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Assam board exam: General science question paper leaked, test cancelled
Guwahati: The Assam Government on Monday said the general science question paper of the Class 10 state board exam was leaked and the test has been cancelled. A police case was filed…
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Despite HC strictures, Himanta makes bulldozers a part of Assam’s landscape
Guwahati: Assam was not habituated to seeing bulldozing of houses, large-scale evictions, and razing multi-storey buildings to the ground within hours. However, for the last two years, the scenario has changed dramatically…
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BJP to support NPP in Meghalaya: Himanta Biswa Sarma
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Thursday that after the announcement of the result of the Meghalaya assembly election, National People’s Party (NPP) chief Conrad Sangma called up Union…
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Himanta Sarma: Deal-maker for a Saffron sunrise in the northeast
Kolkata: The man who stitched together the various alliances which saw BJP’s sun rising in the Northeast has done it again. BJP’s poster boy from the region, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa…
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No child marriage in Assam in last one month, says CM
Guwahati: Despite heavy criticism on the police crackdown on child marriages in Assam, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Tuesday that not a single instance of a child marriage had occurred…
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Assam Police arrests Army officer in murder case
Rangia: A senior Army officer has been arrested from the 4 Corps headquarter in Tezpur in Assam in a murder case, a police official said on Saturday. The officer of lieutenant colonel-rank…
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Pawan Khera tenders apology in SC, claims Assam CM
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday claimed that Congress leader Pawan Khera has “tendered an unequivocal apology” for his alleged objectionable remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Taking to…
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Anti-CAA stir case: SC protects Assam MLA Akhil Gogoi from arrest
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has granted independent Assam MLA Akhil Gogoi protection from arrest in connection with a case related to anti-CAA protests and suspected Maoist links, and sought response from…
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Guwahati twin murder: Motive is still not known, say police
Guwahati: In the sensational twin murder case in Guwahati, where a woman has been charged with killing her husband and mother-in-law, chopping their bodies into multiple pieces, and later disposing of the…
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Assam woman kills husband & mother-in-law, stores body parts in freezer
Guwahati: A woman in Guwahati allegedly killed her husband and mother-in-law, stored their body parts in a freezer for a few days and later disposed it in a river, police sources said.…
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Assam losing Rs 2,000 cr revenue per month due to illegal coal mining: AJP
Digboi: Opposition party Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP) on Sunday alleged that the northeastern state is losing nearly Rs 2,000 crore in revenue every month due to rampant illegal rat-hole coal mining in…
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Action against those involved in child marriage to be intensified: Himanta Biswa
Guwahati: Action against those involved in child marriages will be further intensified in Assam as the government aims to eliminate the social menace by 2026, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on…
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North East hit by 3.9 magnitude earthquake
Guwahati: An earthquake of 3.9 magnitude hit Meghalaya on Thursday, the third such incident in the northeast in a span of a week. A report by the National Center for Seismology report…
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Assam: Bengali-speaking Muslims most affected by Sonitpur eviction drive
Tezpur: The drive to evict “encroachers” from nearly 1,900 hectares of forest and revenue land in Assam’s Sonitpur district continued for the second day on Wednesday, with 12,000-odd people, who were allegedly…
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Child marriage: Assam civil society says arrests not only solution, need to address causes
Guwahati: The recent arrests of over 3,000 people allegedly involved in child marriages in Assam have created a divide in the civil society, with a section asserting that mere law enforcement cannot…
