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12 hurt in grenade attack
Twelve persons were injured, three of them critically, when suspected Karbi Longri NC Hills Liberation Front rebels hurled a grenade at the busy fish market in Diphu at 7 pm on Wednesday.
he injured were taken to Diphu civil hospital.
NSCN-K plea
The NSCN (K) has demanded a separate chairman for its Ceasefire Supervisory Board. It alleged the present chairman, Lt Gen. (retd) R.V.Kulkarni, was biased in favour of the rival NSCN (I-M) faction.
Expert panel
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Wednesday ordered the constitution of an experts committee for preservation and protection of satras in the state.
Mizo stir off
The Mizo Students Union called off its agitation over allocation of MBBS seats a meeting with chief minister Zoramthanga on Tuesday.
Protest rally
Students and guardians of Kendriya Vidyalaya, Dhaligaon, recently took out a procession protesting the decision of the Bongaigaon Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd to close down the school.
Karbi demand
The Karbi Students? Association demanded the resignation of the chief executive member of Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council, Khorsing Engti, for his alleged failure to develop the hill district.
Inauguration
The new District Library building in Karimganj was inaugurated by social welfare minister Gautam Roy on Monday.
Meeting
The seventh biennial meet of the All Assam Higher Secondary School Teachers and Employees Association of Kamrup district will be held at Jawaharjyoti Higher Secondary School in Puthimari on August 19 and 20.
Delegation
A Congress delegation led by Speaker Prithvi Majhi urged Congress president Sonia Gandhi to table the bill in Parliament, giving Scheduled Tribe status to the tea tribes, Koch-Rajbonshis, Moran,Matak, Ahoms and Chutias.
Thumbs Up
To Bikash Mahanta, chairman, Assam Professional Academy Society, Guwahati, for being conferred the Rajiv Gandhi Shiromani Award by Global Economic Council, a socio-economic organisation
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