Indefinite curfew in Dima Hasao

HAFLONG: At least ten persons were injured, some of them seriously, as police resorted to blank fire on bandh supporters even as the Dima Hasao district administration clamped indefinite curfew in the district.

Official sources said police resorted to blank fire on bandh enforcers belonging to North Cachar Hills Indigenous Poples Forum (NCHIPF)and North Cacar Hills Indigenous Womens Forum (NCHWF) who had given at a 48-hr district wide bandh which will end at 5 pm today.

The bandh was called to demand bifurcation of Dima Hasao district into two autonmous districts.

There were reports of clashes among police and bandh supporters in various parts of Haflong hill town which is the district headquarter of Dima Hasao district.

FOOTBALL JUGGLER BOY OF DIMA HASAO

Haflong::Baoringdao Bodo, son of Jiban Bodo popularly known as ‘football juggler boy’ of Dima Hasao, will be leaving for London and Japan to play U-14 football tournament representing India on October 1,2012.

Baoringdao Bodo started his football life right from 11 years of age when he was a student of class VII of Haflong DonBosco. Inspired by one his teacher he joined the Sports Authority of India and played U-14 in various places from district level to International level organized by All India Football Federation, AFC etc. He also participated in Subrata Mukharjee Cup Football tournament in 2011 in Sub-Junior (under—14). 

Talking to this correspondent, Baoringdao said he wants to be an International footballer and to play in other countries representing own country India. He disclosed that to achieve such dream to be true ‘discipline’ ‘perseverance’ and of course, confidence is to be maintained. 

People of Dima Hasao offered their best wishes to this ‘football juggler boy’ Baoringdao to be successful in his aim and prayed for his healthy long life. 

Source: assam times

DIMA HASAO bLAST IN ASSAM

Haflong:One person was killed in a powerful bomb blast at Donganraji in central Assam's  Dima Hasao district early tuesday morning, police sources said.
   
The improvised explosive devise (IED) went off at 1 am in the Umrangso market area under Umrangso police station killing the person, the sources said.

Police  recovered the the body parts of the unidentified man scattered in the area. Police suspected the dead man to be a militant who had come to plant the bomb for explosion in the daytime today but the IED got triggered earlier.
   
Investigations are on.