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PM interacts with students aboard cruise ship on river Brahmaputra in Assam
Guwahati: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday morning set sail on river Brahmaputra on a cruise ship, as he began his interaction with students during a ‘Pariksha Pe Charcha’ programme on the…
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Congress neglected Northeast for decades, BJP govt correcting mistakes: PM Modi
Guwahati: Alleging that the Congress has neglected Assam and the Northeast for decades, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday asserted the BJP government was correcting “mistakes” the grand old party kept making…
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Assam: 8 elephants killed after being hit by Rajdhani Express
Eight elephants were killed and one injured after a herd was hit by the Sairang-New Delhi Rajdhani Express in Assam’s Hojai district in the wee hours of Saturday, a forest official said.…
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Retired IAF personnel arrested for alleged Pak links in Assam
Tezpur: A retired Indian Air Force personnel has been arrested in Assam’s Sonitpur district for alleged links with Pakistani intelligence operatives, police said on Saturday. Additional Superintendent of Police Haricharan Bhumij said…
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Assam Umrah pilgrims stranded in Hyderabad after IndiGo cancels flight
Hyderabad: Twenty-eight Umrah pilgrims from Assam have been left stranded in Hyderabad after their IndiGo connecting flight to Guwahati was cancelled on Friday, December 5, adding to the widespread operational turmoil currently…
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Imam uses mosque’s loud speaker to alert sinking car, saves 7 lives
An Imam from Assam’s Sribhumi district saved seven lives with his quick thinking on Tuesday, December 2, after he found that a car had fallen into a reservoir and alerted others through…
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Interim report on ST status to 6 communities of Assam tabled in assembly
Guwahati: An interim report of the Group of Ministers (GoM) over the proposal to grant ST status to six major communities of Assam, was laid in the assembly on the last day…
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Bill banning polygamy passed in Assam Assembly
Guwahati: The Assam assembly on Thursday passed a bill to ban polygamy, making it an offence which may lead to a maximum of 10 years of imprisonment, barring some exceptions. It kept…
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Zubeen’s death ‘plain and simple murder’: Assam CM
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said in the assembly on Tuesday that singer Zubeen Garg’s death while swimming in the sea in Singapore is a case of “plain and simple…
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Assam government tables bill to ban polygamy
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday, November 25 tabled a bill in the assembly to ban polygamy. With permission from the Speaker Biswajit Daimary, Sarma introduced The Assam Prohibition…
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Anti-polygamy bill does not ‘target’ Miyas: Himanta
Tezpur: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday said the state government’s proposed bill to ban polygamy is not aimed at targeting ‘Miyas’, adding that the practice exists among people of…
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Assam invokes 1950 Expulsion Act, orders five ‘foreigners’ to leave
The Assam government has used the Immigrants (Expulsion from Assam) Act, 1950, for the first time and five “declared foreigners” have been asked to leave India within 24 hours. The Sonitpur district…
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On Zubeen Garg’s birthday, Shah approves action against singer’s death accused
Guwahati: Union Home Minister Amit Shah granted sanction under Section 208 of the BNSS to the Assam government to proceed against those linked to the death of Zubeen Garg in Singapore, allowing…
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Assam will undergo special revision of its electoral rolls: EC
New Delhi: The Election Commission of India (ECI) said on Monday that Assam will undergo a special revision of its electoral rolls, an exercise that will culminate in the publication of the…
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Assam cabinet minister shares ‘gobi farming’ post, draws opposition ire
Guwahati: The use of ‘gobi farming’ imagery by an Assam Cabinet minister after Bihar poll results has evoked sharp criticism from opposition, who are alleging that it is an apparent reference to…