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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…
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Flood situation in Assam remains grim, around 1 lakh affected
Guwahati: The flood situation in Assam remained grim as around 1 lakh people were affected by the deluge in 10 districts, an official bulletin said on Sunday. According to the daily flood…
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Religious conversion through enticements cannot be acceptable: Himanta
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday said no religious conversion done through enticements of any kind, especially monetary benefits, can be acceptable. Sarma was speaking at a grants-in-aid distribution…
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Omar Abdullah hits out at Assam CM Sarma over his ‘Miyan Muslims’ remarks
Ramban: Jammu Kashmir National Conference leader Omar Abdullah on Friday hit out at Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sharma, over the latter’s remarks on “Miyan Muslims”, saying that any community shouldn’t be…
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72 pc districts face extreme floods, 25 pc of them have early warning systems: Report
New Delhi: An estimated 72 percent of districts in India are exposed to extreme flood events but only 25 percent of them have level flood forecasting stations, or early warning systems, a…
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ECI to hold three-day public hearing on delimitation draft proposal from July 19
Guwahati: The Election Commission of India (ECI) will hold a three-day public hearing from July 19 on the suggestions/complaints related to the draft proposal on the delimitation of Assembly and Parliamentary constituencies…
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48,747 people in Assam still affected by floods
Guwahati: At least 48,747 people in Assam are still reeling under devastating floods, with the districts of Biswanath, Dhemaji, and Lakhimpur the worst-hit. According to the latest bulletin of the Assam State…
