A personal security officer of former chief minister Hiteswar Saikia?s nephew Parag Saikia, opened fire on Tuesday inside a restaurant at Simaluguri in Sivasagar district killing the owner of the hotel and injuring another. police officer at the Simaluguri police station said Dambaru Phukon fired 30 rounds from his service carbine after a heated argument with the owner of the restaurant, Jogen Handique. Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi has laid stress on updating the skills and expertise of police to deal with crime. He was speaking at the 48th all-India Police Duty Meet at Police Training College, Dergaon, on Tuesday. A PIL has been filed by Enviro Legal-Protection Society, an NGO, in Gauhati High Court questioning the airworthiness of the helicopters of Pawan Hans Limited. The petition stated the helicopters made by French company were defective. The petition said no proper inquiry was held regarding the copter which crashed near Shillong on September 22, killing eight persons. The Birsa Commando Force (BCF) has threatened the Union and state governments of launching another movement for a separate Adivasi land if their demands of Scheduled Tribe status were not meet. Chairman of the force D. Hasda and commander-in-chief Birching Munda said Adivasis living in Assam have been exploited and deprived of their right for long. A.K. Jain has joined as the general manager (construction) of NF railway. Meghalaya science and technology minister Mukul Sangma has emphasised that knowledge and benefits of science and technology should reach the masses. MPs from the Northeast have urged the Centre to make operational some of the abandoned airports in the region. All MPs from the Northeast held a meeting with Union civil aviation minister Praful Patel and discussed the need to make the abandoned airports operational.
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To Paragjyoti Saikia, a Class VI student of Maharishi Vidya Mandir, Guwahati, for being awarded gold merit certificate for his distinctive performance in the fourth national Cyber Olympiad
