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Politics
Give 5 more years to BJP and will make flood-free Assam: Shah
Nalbari: Asserting that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led government has made Assam free from bullets and agitations, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday urged people to give five more…
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India
If BJP returns to power, you cannot grow beard, wear topi, offer azan, says Badruddin Ajmal
Dhubri (Assam): Stirring up controversy during the campaign for forthcoming assembly elections in Assam, AIUDF president Badruddin Ajmal referred to Muslim community at a rally here and said if BJP…
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News
If BJP returns to power, you cannot grow beard, wear topi, offer azan, says Badruddin Ajmal
Dhubri: Stirring up controversy during the campaign for forthcoming assembly elections in Assam, AIUDF president Badruddin Ajmal referred to Muslim community at a rally here and said if BJP comes…
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Featured News
Is the passage of new education bill in Assam another push for Hindutva?
The New Education Policy 2020 received both praise and criticism from various sections of the society. It talks about universalisation of education from pre-school to secondary level and also want…
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Top Stories
Govt-run madrassas in Assam to shut soon; bill to be introduced in assembly today
Guwahati: Assam Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday stated that a Bill to repeal the provincialisation of Madrassa, aiming to end the practice of running Madrassa by the Assam government,…
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Photos: Amit Shah in Guwahati
Guwahati: Union Home Minister Amit Shah along with Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal visits Maa Kamakhaya temple, in Guwahati, Sunday, Dec. 27, 2020. (PTI Photo) **EDS: IMAGE POSTED BY @AmitShah…
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Crime
Assam man sentenced to death for rape, murder of minor girl
Guwahati: A man was sentenced to death by a district court in northern Assam on Monday for raping and killing a five-year-old girl two years ago. The accused, Mangal Paik, was…
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India
Anti-CAA protests begin in Assam
Guwahati: Fresh agitation against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) was launched by 18 organizations in Assam on Friday demanding repeal of the legislation and release of jailed KMSS leader Akhil Gogoi…
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India
Modi pays tributes to martyrs of Assam movement
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday paid tributes to the people who lost their lives in the Assam movement and said their passion towards the state’s progress and its…
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Top Stories
Hindus will be beaten if they visit church on Christmas: Bajrang Dal leader
Guwahati: A leader of the right-wing Bajrang Dal in Assam’s Cachar district has threatened Hindus with dire consequences if they visit any church to celebrate Christmas. “Hindus will pay a…
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India
Earthquake of 3.4 magnitude hits Tezpur in Assam
Sontipur: An earthquake of a magnitude of 3.4 on the Ritcher scale hit Tezpur in Assam’s Sontipur district on Saturday, the National Centre for Seismology (NCS) informed. The tremours took…
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Top Stories
Former Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi passes away
Guwahati: Former Chief Minister of Assam Minister Tarun Gogoi passed away on Monday. He was 86. Giving information about his demise, Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said, “Former Chief…
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Crime
Branded ‘witch’, Assam woman tortured at tea garden: Police
Golaghat: A 70-year-old woman sustained injuries after some people tortured her after branding her a “witch” at a tea garden in Assam’s Golaghat district, police said on Thursday. The gruesome…
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Top Stories
Assam Police SI suspended for wearing religious skull cap on duty
Guwahati: For allegedly wearing religious skull cap Assam police suspended a Muslim Sub-Inspector of Assam Police Radio Organisation (APRO) and said that it violated the Uniform Rule which is serious…
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Crime and Accident
Assam: 2 women gang-raped; 5 arrested
Karimganj: Two women from Tripura were allegedly raped by six people in Karimganj district of Assam when they were returning after meeting their ailing mother in a hospital, police said on…
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India
Pollution Control Board orders firecracker ban in Guwahati
Guwahati: The Pollution Control Board, Assam (PCBA) has ordered a complete ban on the sale and bursting of firecrackers in Guwahati till the end of this month, including on Diwali,…
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Top Stories
Doctor dances in PPE suit to cheer up COVID-19 patients in Assam
Guwahati: A video went viral which showed a PPE-clad doctor in Assam grooving to the steps of a Bollywood song to cheer up the COVID-19 patients. The man in the video, Dr Arup Senapati, an…
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Assam government to shut state-run Madrassas from November
Guwahati: All government-run madrassas and Sanskrit tols will be closed in Assam and a notification to this effect will be issued in November, Education Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on…
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India
Kaziranga National Park to reopen on Oct 21
Guwahati: The iconic Kaziranga National Park in Assam will reopen from October 21 after being shut since March due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the monsoon season, officials said. “Kaziranga…
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Crime and Accident
Four more arrested in Assam Police exam paper leak scam
Guwahati: Four more persons have been held in connection with the Assam Police exam paper leak scam, taking the total number of arrests so far to 49, officials said on Sunday.…
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Crime and Accident
AK-47 cartridges seized, 1 arrested in Assam
Dhubri: A man has been arrested and AK-47 cartridges seized from his possession in Assam’s Dhubri district on Sunday, police said. Acting on a tip-off, police personnel arrested a mobile shop…
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India
Farm bills are biggest reforms in agriculture sector: Rijiju
Guwahati: Union Minister Kiren Rijiju on Thursday said the three farm reform bills passed by Parliament are the “biggest reforms” in the agriculture sector since Independence and farmers of the North…
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Lone woman Assam CM Syeda Taimur passes away
Guwahati: Assam’s only woman Chief Minister Syeda Anwara Taimur, Aligarh Muslim University alumni and lecturer in Economics in 1956, passed away on Monday. Taimur was also the lone Muslim chief…
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India
2.25 lakh people affected by fresh floods in Assam
Guwahati: A total of 2.25 lakh people in nine districts were affected and over 10,000 hectares of crops submerged on Sunday as fresh floods hit Assam, the state disaster management authority…
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India
Assam reports 17 fresh COVID deaths, 1,792 new positive cases
Guwahati: The COVID-19 tally went up to 1,67,374 in Assam on Friday after 1,792 new cases were detected, while 17 fresh fatalities took the death toll to 625, Health and Family…
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India
Quarantine period of passengers coming to Assam reduced from 10 days to 24 hours
Guwahati: Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Assam has reduced the quarantine period of passengers coming to the state from 10 days to 24 hours, said Assam Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on…
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India
Slight improvement in Tarun Gogoi’s health condition: Minister
Guwahati: The health condition of former Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, admitted to the ICU of GMCH following post-COVID-19 complications, has marginally improved on Friday, Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.…
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Crime
3 Nigerians held in Assam for entering India without documents
Guwahati: Three Nigerian nationals were apprehended from Assam’s Karimganj district on Wednesday for allegedly entering the country without any valid documents, police said. During routine checking, police stopped a car coming…
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India
Assam reports 2,073 new COVID-19 cases, 8 more deaths
Guwahati: Assam on Tuesday reported 2,073 new cases of COVID-19 and eight more deaths, Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said. Among the latest deaths, two happened in Kamrup Metropolitan and one…
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India
350 detainees in Assam released on bail: Minister of Home Affairs
New Delhi: As many as 350 detainees, who were lodged in the different detention centres across Assam, have been released on bail in compliance of the Supreme Court order, Minister of State for Home…
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