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In the News (Tue 9 Feb 10)

  
  Diphu Haflong   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Diphu is a beautiful hill station in Karbi Anglong district.
Diphu is the Head Quater of the district.
The nearest Airport is Dimapur, 54 km from Diphu.
www.assamlook.com /diphu_haflong.htm   (200 words)

  
 Indian Catholic, Christian leaders gather warring ethnic groups for peace - Catholic Online
Diphu Citizens Forum, comprised mainly of Baptist, Catholic and Presbyterian Church leaders, organized the peace conference to unite people in the multiethnic state.
Hilson Singnar, 34, director of Christian Education for Diphu Baptist Church, says peace is necessary for the socioeconomic advancement of the region.
Teron, 56, pastor of the Presbyterian Church in Diphu, said his people have conducted "innumerable prayer meetings and fasted for peace." These efforts have brought what he called "a sense of normalcy," as evident from the presence of people of several ethnic groups at the conference.
www.catholic.org /international/international_story.php?id=19834   (1130 words)

  
 Diphu Diocese
He was installed at Diphu on March 4, 1984.
On June 24, 1994 Bp John Thomas Kattrukudiyil was appointed the second Bishop of Diphu.
He was consecrated and installed at Diphu on September 8, 1994.
www.cbcisite.com /Diphu.htm   (113 words)

  
 museum
The District Museum, Diphu is an infant museum in comparison to the other museums of Assam under this directorate.
With its nuclear staff and limited facility, the District Museum, Diphu could preserve the indegenous culture of the locality, by collecting the socio-cultural objects of the multi ethnic tribes of the district.
To preserve and protect the cultural heritage of the past, the District Museum, Diphu is playing a vital role in creating awareness among the mass and disseminating education through visual display.
karbianglong.nic.in /museum.htm   (548 words)

  
 Archaeological Evidence « Karbis Of Assam
From this area, decorative architecture, stone pillars with geometric designs etc. were collected by the District Museum, Diphu.
Besides, the earlier discussed archaeologically important region of Diphu subdivision, there are places like Borbil of Howraghat, Udali near Bokolia, Teteliguri Rajpathar, Singason hill, etc. which merit a mention here.
Numerous broken pieces of potteries with designed, pointed knobs were found abudantly with the sword, thus indicating the flourishing of some kind of civilization in the past.
karbi.wordpress.com /archaeological-evidence   (1270 words)

  
 Karbi Anglong
The Mikir Hill district was again rechristened as "Karbi Anglong District" w.e.f the 14th October'1976 vide Govt.
The airport in Dimapur is 54 km away from Diphu being the nearest to the district.
Diphu P.S. Diphu Town O.P. Manja O.P. Dhansiri O.P. Howraghat P.S. Bakulia O.P. Dokmoka O.P. Uttorborbil O.P. Bokajan Civil Sub-Divn.
www.indianngos.com /districts/karbianglong_about.htm   (620 words)

  
 Militant hand seen in Diphu jailbreak
DIPHU, (ASSAM) June 11: One prisoner was killed and 37 others, including prisoners and policemen, were injured when police opened fire to foil a jailbreak attempt here on Tuesday.
Yesterday's jail-break attempt incidentally took place in the very presence of the district deputy commissioner and the district superintendent of police while they were trying to pacify a group of agitated under-trial prisoners.
When the jail authorities informed the district authorities that the inmates had refused to take food to press for their demands and that they wanted an audience with the deputy commissioner himself, both the DC as well as the SP rushed to the spot.
www.expressindia.com /ie/daily/19970612/16350623.html   (327 words)

  
 Combating Torture   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Bijendra Hasnu by Assam Police and paramilitary forces on 21 May 2002 at Kheroni village, under Diphu police station, Karbi Anglong district, Assam.
On 21 May 2002, at around 11.30 pm, a police squad, comprising of para military force from a nearby police outpost of Mohandijua and Manja raided the house of one Mr.
Neo Sing Hasnu at Kheroni village, under Diphu police station, Karbi Anglong district, Assam.
www.aitpn.org /Torture/BijendraHasnu.htm   (403 words)

  
 Karimganj
On April 6, DANIEL TERON (GS, ASDC-P, Diphu) lodged an ejahar at Diphu PS to the effect that some armed UPDS activists forced the voters of Lumbajong and Dhansiri area to cast their votes in favour of Ind. candidate DHANSING TERON.
They also threatened the voters of Diphu area to cast their votes in support of Ind. candidate failing which they would face dire consequences.
On March 28 2006, DIPENDRA RONGPI (Chief Convener, Central Election Monitoring Cell of ASDC) lodged a complaint before the Returning Officer for 19 Diphu LAC stating that UPDS (pro-talk) cadres deliberately influenced the voters of Kakoti Ronghang and Serlongion villages by illegal means to cast their votes in favour of DHARAN SINGH TERON (Ind. candidate).
assampolice.com /election2006/Karbi.htm   (1870 words)

  
 Assam Timeline - Year 2005
Hiten Thakuria, a ULFA terrorist, is killed in an encounter with the Army at Ghasbari village in the Dhubri district.
The 'helper' of a truck dies as suspected KLNLF cadres ambush a convoy of six trucks plying from Hojai to Diphu at the Desobai area under Howraghat police station in the Karbi Anglong district.
A ULFA cadre, Dulu Sonowal, is shot dead during an encounter with the SFs at Jokai Sohikota Tepuguri village in the Dibrugarh district.
satp.org /satporgtp/countries/india/states/assam/timelines/Year2005.htm   (6809 words)

  
 press says
DIPHU, Dec 3: The KLNLF has held both the State Government and the Centre responsible for the ‘custodial killings’ of seven of its cadres between May 30 and July 25 last at Langlokso allegedly by the jawans of the 11th Garwal Rifle.
The KNA believes that the creation of a separate administrative council for the Kuki-inhabited areas, including parts of Bokajan and Diphu subdivisions, was the only way to end the unrest.
Diphu, Nov 29: KLNLF general secretary HS Timung has informed that the organization will carry out a programme of burning of the ‘KNA-ASDC agreement’ from December 4 to 10 throughout the NC Hills and Karbi Anglong districts to make the people conscious.
www.geocities.com /klnlf/what_press_says02.html   (1309 words)

  
 NSCN (I-M) kills 10 policemen in Assam ambush
The police convoy, comprising four vehicles, was returning from Barlangphar, about 20 km from violence-battered Diphu, after apprehending suspected extremists, when the NSCN (IM) militants sprayed it with bullets for more than 10 minutes from automatic weapons, killing all the policemen on the spot and critically injuring four.
The convoy was led by the ASP, who is now battling for his life at the Diphu civil hospital along with two constables and one civilian.
The whereabouts of the detained militant, who was in the convoy, is not yet known.
www.hvk.org /articles/0900/57.html   (238 words)

  
 Assam: Six killed, over hundred houses razed
Six persons, including a baby girl, were killed and over a hundred houses of both Karbis and rival tribe Dimasas burnt down in the ethnic violence that erupted in central Assam's Karbi Anglong district on Saturday.
Superintendent of Police Pankaj Sarma told PTI in Diphu that a 20-member group of armed unidentified miscreants in combat fatigue swooped on Borsingbe village, under Diphu police station, at around 2 pm and hacked to death six persons -- two men, three women and the three-year old girl.
Meanwhile, 3000 Karbis fled the violence affected areas and were taking shelter in the district headquarter Diphu.
www.rediff.com /news/2005/oct/09assam.htm   (302 words)

  
 Welcome to Sentinel
AGP general secretaries, Hitendra Nath Goswami, Dilip Kumar Saikia and Atul Bora (Junior), had rushed to Diphu today to hold talks with the Haliram Terang-led ASDC on the proposed AGP support to an ASDC nominee for contesting the LS elections from Diphu constituency.
The AGP, which was still smarting from its debacle in the Rajya Sabha polls, had offered to back an ASDC candidate from Diphu in a bid to prevent any division in the anti-Congress votes there.
It was learnt that the ASDC MLAs skipped the voting to avenge the AGP which had fielded its own candidate from Diphu in the last Assembly elections in the State.
www.sentinelassam.com /sentinel_en/archives/apr0204/story2.htm   (481 words)

  
 Welcome to Sentinel
As for example, burning of houses at Dhansiri, Barlangfar, killing of an auto-rickshaw driver, raping minor girls at Daldali, beating Dimasa people at Diphu, threatening poor cultivators in the remote villages are still going on.
Likewise, the Karbi leaders’ decision (and the approval by the Autonomous Council, Diphu), to evict the non-Karbis from Karbi Anglong is an unjust and crazy decision against the Dimasa people.
Now, the decision is that when the Autonomous Council, Diphu, has already passed and approved to remove the non-Karbis from Karbi Anglong according to the proposal and demand of the UPDS and Karbi leaders, whether the Karbi leaders realize themselves that they migrated to others’ land, i.e., Dimasa land.
www.sentinelassam.com /sentinel_en/archives/dec2404/letters.htm   (892 words)

  
 Army to be called in Karbi Anglong
According to official sources, 5,000 dimasas have fled the relief camps in Karbi Anglong to neighbouring Nagaon and North Cachar Hills districts where they are in majority while 1,000 Karbis had taken shelter in and around the district headquarter town of Diphu.
The body of one person was recovered from Karbi village of Tissobasti, under Diphu police station, where unidentified miscreants set ablaze 23 houses Monday night, the police added.
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www.rediff.com /news/2005/oct/19karbi.htm   (174 words)

  
 Punjab Kesari NewsDetails
Diphu (Assam), (PTI) : At least 23 Karbi tribals, including eight women, were hacked to death and three injured by militants on Monday in continuing ethnic violence between warring Karbi and Dimasa tribes in Karbi Anglong hill district of central Assam, a senior police official said.
District Superintendent of Police Pankaj Sarma said unidentified militants, with their faces covered in fl cloth, waylaid two buses coming from Jirikinding to Hamren and the district headquarters of Diphu at Jengkha at around 8 am.
The insurgents then identified Karbi passengers and after asking them to alight from the Diphu-bound bus hacked them to death before setting their vehicle and the other bus on fire completely burning down the first one and the other partially.
www.punjabkesari.com /frmNewsDetails.aspx?uid=11569   (223 words)

  
 Redeemer Evangelical Free Church - Our Staff
Diphu, India Partnership Located in the Karbi Anglong district of Assam northeast India, the Diphu Church will be the center of evangelical outreach to the Karbi people.
I know this will be a huge blessing to the child and their family in particular and to the Diphu congregation in general!!
For those who sponsored children, my challenge again is to make the effort to develop a relationship with the child and their family through ongoing correspondence.
www.redeemerefc.com /missions.htm   (2598 words)

  
 The Sangai Express --Local News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Diphu (Assam), Oct 9 : In continued bloodletting, eight Karbis were hacked to death and 150 houses set ablaze today with the Army being called in to maintain law and order in Assam’s Karbi Anglong district.
The death toll in the ongoing violence has risen to 14 since yesterday.
Armed with sophisticated weapons and wearing army fatigues, youths suspected to be of the Dimasa tribe raided 12 villages in the forested area of Langsoliet under Diphu police station killing eight persons and torching more than 150 houses, police said here.
thesangaiexpress.manipur.us /2005/10/10/News_pages/Local_page-03.htm   (215 words)

  
 11 killed trucks burnt in Diphu KNV carnage   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The incident took place when a group of about 10 to 15 KNV militants stopped at gun point three timber-laden trucks belonging to a local timber trader.
He also said that the state police have started a massive combing operation to nab the culprits.
The injured have been admitted at the Diphu Civil Hospital.
www.assam.org /news/aa/11_killed_trucks_burnt_in_diphu_.htm   (280 words)

  
 6 killed in fresh ethnic violence in Assam
Diphu: Six persons, including a woman and a two-month-old baby, were killed while two others injured in renewed ethnic violence in Assam's Karbi Anglong district, a senior official said today.
District SP Krihna Das told PTI that around 0100 hours, a group of unidentified militants swooped on Shirrkongnep village under Diphu Police Station and began firing indiscriminately and set ablaze houses of six Karbi families.
On hearing the gunshots, two sections of CRPF rushed from a nearby camp and retaliated the firing for nearly an hour.
www.mid-day.com /news/nation/2005/december/124877.htm   (268 words)

  
 A young director is born
It was Guwahati Guwahati which introduced the young girl from Diphu into the theatre arena of Guwahati.
After completing her academic education and rigorous training in the National School of Drama, New Delhi, with specialisation in Design and Direction, Rabijita Gogoi has proved herself as a brilliant debutante theatre director and has made her presence felt in the experimental field of theatre activities in the capital.
Born at Diphu in the Karbi Anglong district of Assam, Rabijita received her graduation degree in Political Science from Gauhati University in 1994.
www.assam.org /2000/6/a_young_director_is_born.htm   (908 words)

  
 ASSAM: ETHNIC CLASHES THREATEN PROSPECT OF PEACE
The ethnic violence in the district was triggered on September 26 when three Dimasa auto-rickshaw drivers were hacked to death by unidentified persons at Tissom village in the Diphu police station area.
Diphu is the headquarters of Karbi Anglong, a district dominated by the Karbi tribe.
Majhi suggested that Assam’s largest district should be broken into three administrative blocks — with Diphu, Hamren and Bokajan as the headquarters — to facilitate efficient monitoring.
www.saag.org /papers16/paper1595.html   (2007 words)

  
 A Profile of Diphu Govt
When the academic session started from July1965, classes were held in the evening at Diphu Govt.
Thus began a new venture in the field of Higher Education.
With a view to promoting in the students and teachers an awareness and understanding of social needs of the country and prepare them for fulfilling such needs, a number of Forums have been formed, like, Diphu Govt.
karbianglong.nic.in /diphugovtcollege/college-profile.htm   (710 words)

  
 The Week   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Rongpi rubbished Gogoi’s allegations and said that when the chief minister visited Diphu after the incident, he blamed the UPDS and the DHD for it and promised that stern action would be taken against them for violating ceasefire rules.
The BJP spoke in defence of George Fernandes and said that the judicial probe ordered by Gogoi was politically motivated.
When Governor Ajai Singh visited Diphu after the incident, he found only two militants present in the UPDS camp.
www.the-week.com /25nov06/statescan_article1.htm   (902 words)

  
 Army out, shoot at sight ordered : 05th dec05 ~ E-Pao! Headlines
Diphu (Assam), December 04: The Assam Government today deployed Army under the Unified Command and shoot at sight order was issued in ethnic violence-hit Karbi Anglong district.
Karbi Anglong district has witnessed ethnic violence between Karbi and Dimasa tribes since September 26 last with more than hundred lives lost from both sides so far while thousands of houses were torched forcing the victims to flee from their villages and take shelter in relief camps.
A group of DHD insurgents also exchanged fire with police the same day at a place at Bokajan PS and one of the militants in army uniform was killed while police and CRPF personnel raided a DHD designated camp at Dhansiri demolishing the checkpost and entry gate and seizing three motorcycles.
www.e-pao.net /GP.asp?src=3.15.051205.dec05   (660 words)

  
 Diocese Of Diphu   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
We also provide hostel facilities for children from far flung villages, where facilities are minimal.
The referal health centre at Diphu through the extension programes reaches as many of the far flung villages as possible to extend help to those who do not have medical facilities nearby.
Each of our parish centres has a trained nurse sister, who from time to time tour the villages of the parish in the company of health workers to monitor the health situation in the area and to administer necessary medicines as and when required.
www.dioceseofdiphu.com /aboutus.htm   (430 words)

  
 South Asia Intelligence Review (SAIR), Weekly Assessments & Briefings
On this occasion, an estimated 200 Karbis were said to have swooped on the village to carry out the raid.
Earlier, on October 8 and 9, at least 16 Karbis had been killed in separate incidents, the worst being the murder of six Karbis at village Bagmari.
Tribal leaders told this writer that the pattern was more or less the same in attacks on both Karbi and Dimasa villages - 15 to 20 armed men carrying AK-47 and other weapons would lead large groups of other community members and raid villages inhabited by the 'rival' community.
www.satp.org /satporgtp/sair/Archives/4_14.htm   (3647 words)

  
 Diphu Map | India Google Satellite Maps (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
This place is situated in Karbi Anglong (Diphu), Assam, India, its geographical coordinates are 25° 50' 0" North, 93° 26' 0" East and its original name (with diacritics) is Diphu.
And last but not least you will find Diphu and India travel services offer including cheap flights, cheap hotels and other accommodation deals at the bottom of this page.
If you would like to recommend this Diphu map page to a friend, or if you just want to send yourself a reminder, here is the easy way to do it.
www.maplandia.com.cob-web.org:8888 /india/assam/karbi-anglong-diphu/diphu   (557 words)

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