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Assam: Bajrang Dal camp organisers booked for imparting arms training

Guwahati: Assam Police have registered a case against Bajrang Dal activists for organising an arms training camp at a school in Darrang district. The case was registered with Mangaldai police station under…
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Assam: Class X student becomes District Commissioner for a day

Sivasagar: For the first time in Assam, a Class 10 student of a remote tea garden had the distinction of becoming the Sivasagar District Commissioner for a day. Bhagyadeep Rajgarh of Bokota Nemuguri…

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As 6 ethnic groups demand ST status, Assam fears Manipur-like flareup

Guwahati: The six ethnic groups in Assam — tea tribes, Chutia, Koch-Rajbongshi, Matak, Moran, Tai-Ahom — have been demanding Scheduled Tribe (ST) status for long. The united forum of the six groups…
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Mohan Bhagwat on three-day visit to northeast

Guwahati: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Chief Mohan Bhagwat arrived in the northeast for a three-day visit. Sources said that he may interact with Swayamsevaks and speak to participants of the Sangh Shiksha…
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Man lynched on suspicion of cattle theft in Assam

Guwahati: A man was beaten to death and two others were seriously injured when an angry mob attacked them on suspicion of cattle theft in Assam’s Morigaon district. Speaking to IANS, Superintendent…
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SC refuses to entertain plea against Assam delimitation process

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to put a stay on the delimitation process currently underway in Assam. Withholding the plea filed by nine Opposition parties, a bench comprising chief justice of…
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Assam Rifles files sedition case against Manipur civil society body

Imphal: The Assam Rifles has registered a sedition and defamation case against the Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity (COCOMI), a civil society body of the state’s Meitei community, officials said on Monday.…

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41 people of Meitei community reach Assam from Mizoram after threat

Guwahati: Forty-one Meitei people have reached Assam from Mizoram after an ex-militants’ group asked the community to leave the state following the viral video of two women being paraded naked in Manipur,…
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Manipur’s ethnic conflicts have ‘genesis in faulty politics’ of Cong: Himanta

Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has alleged that the ethnic conflicts in Manipur have “genesis in faulty politics” of previous Congress governments in the state. He also accused the Congress…
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Assam Mahila Congress demands President’s rule in Manipur

Guwahati: The Assam Mahila Congress has demanded the dissolution of the Manipur government and imposition of President’s rule in the violence-hit state. The fresh demand came after videos surfaced of two young…
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Assam delimitation: AASU supports 2001 as base year, demands modifications in ECI draft

Guwahati: Despite opposition parties in Assam questioning the consideration of a 2001 census by the Election Commission of India (ECI) for the delimitation exercise of assembly and parliamentary constituencies of the state,…
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Imam arrested in Assam for attacking woman who refused to marry him

Guwahati: An iman was arrested in Assam’s Jorhat district for attacking a woman with a knife after she refused to marry him, leaving the victim severely injured, police said on Tuesday. The…
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Death toll due to floods in Assam reaches 8, over 1 lakh still affected

Guwahati: The death toll due to the floods in Assam has increased to eight after a man fell in the overflowing water and died in Sonitpur district, with more than 1 lakh…
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Jignesh Mevani appears in Assam court over alleged assault case

Ahmedabad: Gujarat Congress MLA Jignesh Mevani on Monday appeared before a local court in Assam’s Barpeta district. He was summoned in connection with a case related to the alleged assault of a…
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‘Miya Muslim’ remark: Assam police book CM for hate speech

Guwahati: Rajya Sabha MP Ajit Bhuyan has lodged an FIR against Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma for his remarks against Bangladeshi-origin Muslim settlers (‘Miya’) in the state. Bhuyan filed a police…