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Sibsagar

<p>A sensational incident of murder that took place in Sivasagar has shaken the entire district.&nbsp;</p>

<p>A 28-year-old son was stabbed to death by the father in a fit of anger. The father, Ramen Barua, claimed that he committed the crime out of frustration because his son was a drunkard and used to cause a lot of chaos in the drunken state. He used to come home late at night and behave like a rowdy.&nbsp;</p>

<p>It has been alleged that a state of unrest was created in the house whenever the victim used to drink alcohol. The victim’s brother claimed that the father used to break down whenever the victim used to misbehave while using foul language with the father.&nbsp;</p>

<p>On the night of the incident, the victim had come home in a drunken state and started using foul language while talking to his father. Ramen Barua could not tolerate it anymore and with the help of a machete, he stabbed his son.</p>


It has been alleged that a state of unrest was created in the house whenever the victim used to drink alcohol.

Assam: Father stabs drunkard son to death in a fit of rage

<p>Troops of Lekhapani Battalion of Red Shield Division under the aegis of Spear Corps based on input received regarding the presence of suspected armed cadre in General area Amguri launched an operation with Assam police, an official informed on September 25.</p>

<p>The swift action of the security forces resulted in the apprehension of two NSCN(IM) cadres along with a 7.62mm pistol and one magazine. The cadres have been handed over to Amguri police for further investigation.</p>

<p>A cadre of the ULFA(Independent), a banned organization, was detained in Assam's Charaideo district and a cache of rifles and ammunition was found in his possession on September 24.</p>

<p>Troops of Joypur Battalion of Red Shield Division under the aegis of Spear Corps apprehended the United Liberation Front of Asom (Independent) member from Sonari</p>


Two NSCN(IM) cadres along with a 7.62mm pistol and one magazine. Cadres have been handed over to Amguri police for further investigation.

NSCN(IM) cadres held in Assam’s Sivasagar district

NSCN(IM) cadres held in Assam’s Sivasagar district, arms recovered

<p>With a focus on women's safety, the Assam Police have launched special cells across 11 districts of Assam which will provide a space for violated women to receive emotional and social assistance via excellent psychological, social and legal services through trained full-time social workers.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Announcing the same, Assam Director General of Police Bhaskarjyoti Mahanta on Sunday stated that Assam Police is committed to providing safety to women of the state and for this special cells have been launched within the framework of the criminal justice system (CJS) to help the violated women of the state. &nbsp;</p>

<p>“Counseling and service are linked in a very rigorous way. Assam police is now concentrating their efforts on preventing crime against children and women. We are also focused on how to support a woman who has been sexually assaulted,” DGP Mahanta said while addressing police officers in the office of Deputy Commissioner, Sivasagar.</p>

<p>The Assam Director General of Police convened a high-level meeting of police personnel to discuss the prevention of crime against women and children.</p>

<p>Assam DGP Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta also informed that Sivasagar is considered a pilot project. The department chose experienced and well-trained Councilors and provided them with specialized training.</p>

<p>Earlier in June, Assam Director General of Police (DGP) Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta launched the cell for police stations in Dibrugarh, Sivasagar, Sonitpur, Nagaon, Kamrup (Rural), Karbi Anglong, Cachar, Barpeta, Kokrajhar, and Dhubri districts.</p>

<p>The Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), which inked an agreement with the Assam Government, represented by the Assam Police, Home Department, and Department of Social Welfare, would operate these Special Cells with Social Workers, Counsellors, and State Coordinators.</p>

<p>The DGP also commented on the Jihadi issue, saying that Assam police will not compromise on social situations or geographical integrity, adding that they are already successful in many aspects and have received numerous inputs.</p>


Counseling and service are linked in a very rigorous way. Assam police are now concentrating their efforts on preventing crime against children and women

Assam DGP Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta

Assam Police focused on women's safety, special cell launched in 11 districts: DGP

<p>Assam’s prominent literary body and the custodian of Assamese literature since 1917, the Asam Sahitya Sabha, has found itself mired in another controversy, this time over food served during an executive meeting and charges of disrespect towards the organisation’s vice-president Mrinalini Devi, who happens to be mother of Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.</p>

<p>According to reports, pork was served during the central executive meeting of the body held at Upper Assam’s Sivasagar district on July 24. This caused outrage among a section of the participants who objected to pork meat&nbsp;on the menu. A large section of people in Assam avoids eating pork, at least in public, for religious and customary reasons. However, in Upper Assam, especially among tribal communities it’s a very popular delicacy.</p>

<p>Those opposing the serving pork meat also pointed to the fact that currently there is a prohibition on sale and consumption of pork in Sivasagar and neighbouring districts due to the rise in African swine fever.</p>

<p>Sivasagar district Sahitya Sabha Secretary, Santosh Dutta said that they were unaware of the prohibition on pork sale and consumption. &nbsp;As pork was a local delicacy of various tribal groups, it was included in the menu which, they thought, would appeal the representatives of different groups. “Some consumed pork, some didn’t. Yet, we would like to express our deepest regrets if our actions have hurt the sentiments of the people. We admit our mistake and take full responsibility for the incident,” Dutta said speaking exclusively to India Today NE.</p>

<p>However, Asam Sahitya Sabha President Kuladhar Saikia, who has been in office for a second term following his retirement as DGP of Assam, rubbished these reports and said that the media should instead focus on the literary discourse that took place during the meeting. Meanwhile, Kamal Kumar Tanti, a poet from Assam, joined the debate and claimed that the contemptuous attitude toward serving pork indicates the caste predominance of Hindu Assamese society even though pork has long been a staple of the state’s tribal people.</p>

<p>As this debate continued, another controversy hit the Asam Sahitya Sabha. Taking to Facebook on July 24, Dr Jayanta Biswa Sarma, brother of Chief Minister Sarma, expressed displeasure over the current workings of the apex literary body. The UK-based Medical Microbiologist claimed that his mother Mrinalini &nbsp;Devi was humiliated by some of the “insiders” of the Asam Sahitya Sabha during the central executive meeting at Sivasagar. “For last three years my octogenarian mother has been facing humiliation by the inner circle of Sahitya Sabha. Today, at Sivasagar executive meeting, she was unceremoniously barred from speaking…she has been crying because of this humiliation,” he posted.</p>

<p>As per sources, Mrinalini Devi felt insulted when she was denied her turn to speak at the meeting at Sivasagar. She has not expressed her displeasure in public yet. However, a top Sabha official told India Today NE that Mrinalini Devi was never barred from speaking at the meeting. “It was an open session. The agenda was pre-decided. She did not show any intent to speak. If she wanted to speak, she could have,” said the official</p>


Pork was served during the central executive meeting of the body held at Upper Assam’s Sivasagar district on July 24 which caused outrage among a section of the participants.

Pork controversy hits Asam Sahitya Sabha

Mrinalini Devi upset over Asam Sahitya Sabha

Asam Sahitya Sabha at Sivasagar hit by a barrage of controversies

Pork on the menu, insult to CM Himanta Biswa Sarma’s mother: Assam’s literary body courts controversy

<p>The Northeastern state of Assam is witnessing an outbreak of African Swine Fever (ASF), a highly infectious viral disease affecting pigs.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The recent outbreak comes from the Sivasagar district where the villages are seeing a surge in cases.<br />
According to the district animal husbandry officer, 280 pigs have already died in Sivasagar due to African Swine fever (ASF).</p>

<p>It is now advised to slaughter any remaining afflicted pigs in order to prevent infections from spreading in the region. Pork, on the other hand, has been prohibited in places where swine flu has been detected.</p>

<p>According to data from the state's Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Department, 526 pigs died in Mizoram this year as a result of ASF, with 111 pigs dying as a result of a suspected case of the illness.</p>

<p>Meanwhile, the Sikkim Department of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Services, has recorded 115 pig fatalities, including probable ASF cases.</p>

<p>According to the 2019 livestock census, Assam has more than 24 lakh pigs, Mizoram has more than 25 lakh, Sikkim has more than 39,000, and Mizoram has more than 5.5 lakh. Other Northeastern states are also major pork-producing centres.</p>

<p>As thousands of farmers in these states rely on pig farming for a living, last year's ASF epidemic in Mizoram resulted in losses of around Rs 60.82 crore.</p>


The recent outbreak comes from the Sivasagar district where the villages are seeing a surge in cases.

African Swine Fever

Outbreak of African Swine Fever in Assam’s Sivasagar

<p>Activists under the banner of Jatiya Sangrami Sena, Asom, on July 18 lodged an FIR against Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mahua Moitra for connecting the 'Gogoi' surname to sexual harassment in a tweet.</p>

<p>The organization, lodging it's FIR at the Sivasagar Sadar police station, demanded Moitra to apologize for a tweet that has sparked a nationwide controversy.</p>

<p>"This is observed that her Twitter comment is deliberately replacing the word sexual harassment by the word Mr Gogoi is a clear intention to defame and disregard an established ethnic community in Assam, and hence I urge the law of the land to protect the sanctity, integrity, and respect of the Ahom community and bring Mrs Mohua Moitra to justice", Pramad Chetia, president of the Jatiya Sangrami Sena's Sivasagar unit wrote in his FIR.</p>

<p>The Trinamool MP courted controversy yesterday afternoon when she cryptically posted: "My first of new twitter series on replacements for unparliamentary words. Banned word- Sexual Harassment Replacement- Mr. Gogoi."</p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">My first of new twitter series on replacements for unparliamentary words .<br />
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Banned word- Sexual Harassment<br />
Replacement- Mr. Gogoi</p>
— Mahua Moitra (@MahuaMoitra) <a href="https://twitter.com/MahuaMoitra/status/1547488321076871169?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 14, 2022</a></blockquote>
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<p>The tweet was made against the backdrop of the Lok Sabha Secretariat releasing a booklet consisting of words considered “unparliamentary” such as jumlajeevi, baal buddhi, ashamed, corrupt, and abused. This soon sparked a heated debate as opposition leaders, including senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, took turns to criticise the decision calling the “gag order” an assault on parliamentary democracy. Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla later clarified that no word had been banned in Lok Sabha. The booklet only mentioned words expunged in the past.</p>

<p>Moitra's tweet soon triggered a backlash in Assam, where 'Gogoi' is a very common surname used by the Ahom community.</p>

<p>Famed movie critic and national award winner Utpal Borpujari urged the MP to be specific about the identity of the 'Mr. Gogoi' in her tweet.</p>

<p>"Who is this Mr. Gogoi? Please give the complete name if you have a specific person in mind. Else, it's a slur on all the Gogois. (Yes, the list of 'unparliamentary' words is ridiculous, but that can be opposed without being equally ridiculous)", he tweeted.</p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Who is this "Mr Gogoi"? Please give the complete name if you have a specific person in mind. Else, it's a slur on all the Gogois. (Yes, the list of 'unparliamentary' words is ridiculous, but that can be opposed without being equally ridiculous). <a href="https://t.co/eHc72mzkfG">https://t.co/eHc72mzkfG</a></p>
— উৎপল বৰপূজাৰী Utpal Borpujari (@UtpalBorpujari) <a href="https://twitter.com/UtpalBorpujari/status/1547526608583462912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 14, 2022</a></blockquote>
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<p>"In Assam, your next-door neighbor, or your best friend, or your child's teacher, or perhaps all of them could be called Mr. Gogoi. This tweet abuses every man who uses this common surname. Please delete it" wrote journalist Kabir Firaque.</p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">In Assam, your next-door neighbour, or your best friend, or your child's teacher, or perhaps all of them could be called Mr Gogoi. This tweet abuses every man who uses this common surname. Please delete it.</p>
— Kabir Firaque (@KabirFiraque) <a href="https://twitter.com/KabirFiraque/status/1547507594968764416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 14, 2022</a></blockquote>
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<p>It may be mentioned that last year on February 9, in a speech during the discussion on the Motion of Thanks to the President’s address, Moitra raised the matter of an allegation of sexual harassment against former Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi. Her comments were later expunged from Parliament’s records.</p>

<p>Amid the backlash, Moitra clarified that she was indeed referring to the former Chief Justice, who has now been elected to the Rajya Sabha.</p>

<p>"Just for those sanghis twisting tweet to say I targetted all Gogois let me spell it out: Mister Ranjan Gogoi. Honourable MP, Rajya Sabha," Moitra wrote in a follow-up tweet.</p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Just for those sanghis twisting tweet to say I targetted all Gogois let me spell it out:<br />
<br />
Mister Ranjan Gogoi. Honourable MP, Rajya Sabha. <a href="https://t.co/FKJBhNOEz8">https://t.co/FKJBhNOEz8</a></p>
— Mahua Moitra (@MahuaMoitra) <a href="https://twitter.com/MahuaMoitra/status/1547821900578971648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 15, 2022</a></blockquote>
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The organization, lodging its FIR at the Sivasagar Sadar police station, demanded Moitra to apologize for a tweet that has sparked a nationwide controversy.



Mohua Moitra (L)

FIR against Mahua Moitra in Assam for insulting 'Mr Gogoi'

<p>Providing a boost to Aam Aadmi Party’s expansion in Assam, over 500 party members from six districts of upper Assam namely Dibrugarh, Tinsukia, Jorhat, Sivasagar, Charaideo, and Golaghat conducted a training camp at MC Club in Nazira in the Sivasagar district.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The day-long programme was attended by four party leaders led by central leader Rajesh Sharma from Delhi and seven party leaders led by Dr. Bhaven Chaudhary from Guwahati.</p>

<p>Aam Aadmi Party worker's training camp at Nazira MC Club provides training to members on how the Aam Aadmi Party will be taken forward across Assam in the future.&nbsp;</p>

<p>On the other hand, the aam aadmi party is all set to contest in 14 Lok Sabha constituencies of Assam in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections along with contesting the upcoming panchayat elections, Aam Aadmi Party joint state coordinator Rajiv Saikia told India Today NE.</p>

<p>Notably, following its landslide victory in the Punjab Assembly Elections, Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is looking to expand its footprints across the country. To strengthen its organizational base, the party has launched a massive membership drive in almost all states.</p>

<p>Following a surprise victory in two Municipal Board seats in the recent Municipal Board Election, the AAP is looking to establish itself as a worthy opposition to the BJP-led government in the State.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The party won one seat on the North Lakhimpur Municipal Board and another on the Tinsukia Municipal Board. In the Guwahati Municipal Corporation election, however, the party won one seat and came second in 25 wards.</p>


Aam Aadmi Party worker's training camp at Nazira MC Club provides training to members on how the Aam Aadmi Party will be taken forward across Assam in the future. 



AAP active in Upper Assam

AAP gets boost in Sivasagar; over 500 join party

<p>In response to Assam Chief Minister Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma's call and following the government's directive, a person from Sivasagar avoided Qurbani this time.</p>

<p>Moinuddin Hussain, a resident of Nazira Ward 6, handed over a cow raised at his home for Qurbani on Eid to Nazira Gaushala officials.</p>

<p>Gaushala officials praised the donation of the pet cow reared for Qurbani and took responsibility for keeping the cow, and Moinuddin Hussain resolved not to slaughter animals in the near future.</p>

<p>On the eve of Eid, some instructions were issued by the state government. The state home department sent special emergency instructions to the deputy commissioners and superintendents of police of the districts.&nbsp;<br />
According to this directive, illegal killing of animals and closure of sacrifices was ordered during Eid.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Addressing media at Dibrugarh today, Biswa Sarma said: “I would like to request revelers not to sacrifice some animals in areas where people of other faiths stay as it might hurt sentiments,” adding that people can perform all other rituals without any hitch.</p>

<p>Eid-ul-Adha is one of the biggest and most important religious festivals of The Islamic faith. Meanwhile, Islamic people from different parts of the country and the state have performed holy Eid mass prayers at Eidgah maidans.</p>


Moinuddin Hussain, a resident of Nazira Ward 6, handed over a cow raised at his home for Qurbani on Eid to Nazira Gaushala officials.


Muslim man donates a cow

Assam: Muslim man donates a cow to Gaushala without performing Qurbani

<p>Due to heavy rain, most wards in Sivasagar city were inundated by artificial floods. Water has submerged many neighborhoods, including Daulmukh Chari Ali, Mukti Nath Chari Ali, and ONGC Colony.</p>


Due to heavy rain, most wards in Sivasagar city were inundated by artificial floods

Flash flood in Sivasagar

Sivasagar MLA Akhil Gogoi blamed for the artificial floods in town

<p>Sujeet Baruah, a local artist from the Sivasagar area, has brought the unique creation mask of Mahapurush Srimanta Sankardev to life. Early training in mask-making helped Sujeet Baruah establish himself as a talented craftsman. Baruah, known for his various sculptures, paintings, and other works of art, called his home "Barna Kutir" (artist Village).</p>

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<p>Baruah, a role model for the younger generation, turned mask-making into a career. Along with producing a variety of masks at home without looking for employment with the government, he is providing free education to young people in various Sivasagar neighborhoods.</p>

<p>He has worked as a mask artist and instructed more than 1000 young people in the craft. The Sivasagar district's artistic hub is currently Barna Kutir. Sujeet Baruah learned how to make masks from his father and has since produced hundreds of them.</p>

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<p>Mask artist Sujeet Baruah took part in a number of prestigious Government of India exhibitions as well as one that was held outside of the country thanks to Make in India and Sangeet Natak Akademy. Sujeet Baruah has also been asked to take part in the painting exhibition at the Lalit Kala Academy.</p>

<p>If given the proper assistance, Baruah hopes to popularise mask art on a global scale. He also promised to keep as many masks in his "Barna Kutir" museum as feasible.&nbsp;</p>

<p>A talented artist, Baruah’s illustrious works have been showcased on numerous accounts by the Department of Handicrafts, Sangeet Natak Akademi, and the Government of Assam under the Ministry of Textiles, Government of India.</p>


Baruah, who hailed from Sivasagar, Assam hopes to popularise mask art on a global scale. He also promised to keep as many masks in his "Barna Kutir" museum as feasible. 

Mask-making

Sivasagar Artist Sujeet Baruah aims to establish mask art on the Global Platform

<p>Assam's first sculpture-based cultural institution Srimanta Sankardev Lok-Bhaskarjya Kalakshetra is under construction in the Sibsagar district. The Asom Sattra Mahasabha proposed funding for the cultural institution.</p>

<p>The Kalakshetra project was initiated by award-winning sculptor Amrit Mahanta who recently grabbed public attention and government approval by carving in wood a replica of some portion of the 'Brindavani Bastra'.<br />
The Srimanta Sankardev Lok-Bhaskarjya Kalakshetra (SSLBK) will include a museum, a Sankari art, and culture training centre, an auditorium, a theme park, and a guest home.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Amrit Mahanta's family, the secretary of the Srimanta Sankardev Lok-Bhaskarjya Kalakshetra Unnayan Samiti (SSLBKUS), has contributed three bighas of land for the Kalakshetra's construction.&nbsp;Some Muslim residents around the Lok-Bhaskarjya Kalakshetra site are expected to give land for the project as well.</p>

<p>The cultural institution's construction has already begun. Initially, eleven sculptors were assigned to create idols and other sculptural works for the Lok-Bhaskarjya Kalakshetra.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Shiva Konyak of Hahchara Kujibali has also donated an idol of Lord Shiva to the Kalakshetra.<br />
Idols of deities seen in places like Mathura and Vrindavan will be engraved on the boundary wall of the Lok-Bhaskarjya Kalakshetra.&nbsp;</p>

<p>They are planning to have a 15-foot-tall statue of Srimanta Sankardev at the Kalakshetra. We hope that the Lok-Bhaskarjya Kalakshetra will also serve as a tourist spot.</p>

<p>Amrit Mahanta recently grabbed public attention and government approval by carving in wood a replica of some portion of the 'Brindavani Bastra' on the seat of the guru (Sankardev). &nbsp;The original 'Brindavani Bastra,' a big holy fabric created under Sankardev's supervision in the 16th century, is reported to be in England.</p>


Assam's first sculpture-based cultural institution Srimanta Sankardev Lok-Bhaskarjya Kalakshetra is under construction in the Sibsagar district.

sculpture-based institution

Assam’s 1st sculpture-based cultural Institution to be set up in Sibsagar

<p>India’s largest pork processing plant will be built at Nazira, Sibsagar district in order to produce organic meat which will be exported to Southeast Asian countries like Myanmar, Bhutan, Vietnam, Philippines, and Singapore as well as some high-level markets in western countries.</p>

<p>Sources claimed that Nazira in the Sibsagar district of Upper Assam will become the main export centre and marketing centre of pork. Construction of the biggest pig meat processing plant in the country at Sanbacha village has already been completed by nearly 80%. JSB Processed Food Private Ltd claimed to have already invested 11 Crore as of now.</p>

<p>Talking exclusively to IndiaTodayNE, a veterinary doctor who is in charge of the project said, “This is a dream project for Assam because the capacity of the plant is 400 pigs daily and it is mainly for export development with better aspects. Around 30 employees will be required. Some issues like electricity and gas connections and road development are there and will be sorted out shortly”.</p>

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<p>The new plant is being built in Nazira under the Trade Infrastructure for Export Scheme (TIES) for an estimated Rs. 11.44 crore. The project will enable indigenous pig rearers to become self-reliant. The project is expected to benefit up to 15,700 families by directly and employing about 100 people producing pigs.</p>

<p>The pig processing plant under construction in the Sibsagar district is one of the country's largest projects, with complete amenities. The initiative is based on the Government of India's Act East policy, which would compel northeast India to enter the foreign market as a pig exporter.</p>

<p>India exported $1.61 million in pig meat, ranking it 56th in the world, however, Assam's contribution was insignificant. Despite producing 2.1 lakh of the country's 9.06 million pigs, the State's demand for pork is high.</p>


India’s largest pork processing plant will be built at Nazira, Sivasagar district in order to produce organic meat which will be exported to Southeast Asian countries

India’s largest pork processing plant will be built at Nazira

Sibsagar will become the main export centre and marketing centre of pork

The project is expected to benefit up to 15,700 families

India's largest pork processing plant

Assam's Sibsagar to get India’s Largest Pork Processing Plant for an estimated cost of 11.44 Crore

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