These are the old archives of Northeast Vigil which have been put up here for the academic interest of the public. THESE ARCHIVES ARE NOT UPDATED ANYMORE.
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These are the old archives of Northeast Vigil which have been put up here for the academic interest of the public. THESE ARCHIVES ARE NOT UPDATED ANYMORE.
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AASU moves rights body
Date: December 4, 2005 •
Views: • There is/are 1 comment(s). Source / copyright: By A Staff Reporter / The Telegraph Sections: Politics Guwahati, Dec. 3: The All Assam Students? Union (AASU) today filed a complaint with the Assam Human Rights Commission (AHRC) against police action on teachers who organised peaceful protests in Guwahati and Sivasagar. On the basis of the complaints filed by AASU, the commission has registered two cases and asked the commissioners of Lower and Upper Assam to furnish separate reports on the incidents. The students? union also sought the commission?s intervention to ensure that such incidents are not repeated in future. ?AHRC chairman Justice S.N. Phukan has given us his assurance that the commission will ask the state government not to use repressive measures on peaceful and non-violent movements,? AASU adviser Samujjal Bhattacharyya said. The commission also promised AASU leaders that it would despatch a team to Sivasagar to obtain a first-hand account of the incident. The Kamrup (metropolitan) district administration today entrusted additional district magistrate Madhurima Barua Sen to conduct an inquiry into the alleged police excesses on schoolteachers at Dispur on Tuesday. Protesting teachers were caned and teargas shells were burst in Guwahati on Tuesday and in Sivasagar on Thursday, injuring several of them. The AASU has also demanded compensation for the injured and stern action against the officials responsible for these incidents. ?The teachers, along with activists of the AASU and the Asom Unnati Sabha, were holding a peaceful demonstration in Sivasagar demanding their salaries, when they were chased and mercilessly beaten up by the police. We condemn the police action in the strongest possible terms,? AASU president Sankar Prasad Ray said. He also denied police claims that they had to lathicharge the protesters since they started pelting stones at policemen. ?The protests were peaceful till the police started an unprovoked lathicharge,? Ray added. AASU general secretary Tapan Gogoi accused the state government of denying the people their democratic right to protest in order to conceal the government?s failure to resolve the problems plaguing the teaching community.  • Development funds for Assam (May 20, 2006): The Ministry of Rural Development has released Rs 74.52 lakh to Assam under Rajiv Gandhi Drinking Water Mission for implementation of Information, Education and Communication (IEC) activities in four districts namely, Cachar, Hailakand ... More
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Sections: Economy / Tripura • Blow to Bodo unity hope (December 5, 2005): Prospects of a reconciliation between bickering Bodo political leaders evaporated today as a ?special political convention? got under way in Kokrajhar, one that is expected to lead to the formation of a parallel set-up of the Bodoland People?s Progressive Front (BPPF).
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sir, i am from kokrajhar and curently studying in gurgaon..sir , i just wanted to know that whether there is any students union of assam or from northeast so that we from from northeast can socialise together here in gurgaon and try to help each other in problems..as we have seen currently what have happened to two manipuri girls from their land lords..sir ,kindly report me if you have any information regarding this…for which i will gratefull….nyhow have a very prosperous new year to all friends pf assam and northeast