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Assam: 14 college students rusticated from hostel for ragging
Silchar: Another case of ragging surfaced at a dental college in Assam’s Silchar town where at least 14 students have been rusticated from the hostel by the authority, officials said on Monday.…
- India
Police cases continue against AIUDF chief Ajmal over remarks on Hindus
Guwahati: Congress leader Debabrata Saikia on Sunday lodged a police complaint against AIUDF supremo and Lok Sabha MP from Assam Badruddin Ajmal over his remarks purportedly targeting the Hindu community, adding to…
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Police complaint lodged against Ajmal; parties link his comments to Guj polls
Guwahati: Police complaints were lodged in Assam on Saturday by Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP) against AIUDF MP Badruddin Ajmal for his purported comments targeting women and the Hindu community. AJP vice-president Dulu…
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Vaishnavite monasteries’ land under encroachment in Assam: CM Sarma
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma claimed that as per an interim report submitted, an aggregate of 7,504 bighas (1,898 hectares) of land belonging to 303 Satras (Vaishnavite monasteries) are under…
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Assam: Mosque committee ask people not to join burial for drug addicts
Nagaon: In a bid to tackle drug menace, a mosque and a Kabristan committee in central Assam’s Nagaon district have decided not to participate in the burial of people who die due…
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India to take over UNSC presidency at time of acute crisis
United Nations: India will take over the presidency of the Security Council on Thursday at a time of an acute international crisis that will call upon its diplomatic skills in the UN’s…
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Assam: Jorhat college student alleges ragging in hostel
Guwahati: Another incident of alleged ragging surfaced at a college in Assam’s Jorhat district on Monday. A B.Com 1st-semester student Pranab Chutia of Jagannath Barooah College alleged that he was mentally and…
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Assam’s Dibrugarh University rusticates 18 students for ragging
Dibrugarh: The authorities at Assam’s Dibrugarh University on Monday rusticated at least 18 students for their alleged role in ragging a student who eventually jumped off a two-storey building of the varsity…
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Meghalaya to set up border posts at sensitive areas: CM Conrad
Shillong: Following last week’s violence at Mukroh which led to the killing of six persons, the Meghalaya government on Monday decided to set up border outposts in sensitive areas along the inter-state border,…
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Assam-Meghalaya border dispute explained
On November 22, at least six people, five civilians of Meghalaya and an Assam forest guard, died following ‘unprovoked’ firing by Assam police and state forest guards. According to Meghalaya chief minister…
- India
Modi remembers general ‘who defeated Mughal oppressors’, says ‘history misrepresented’
Prime Minister Narendra Modi claimed on Friday that India’s history had been purposefully misrepresented during an event held at New Delhi’s Vigyan Bhavan commemmorating Ahom Kingdom’s general Lachit Barphukan. Lachit Barphukan was…
- India
Assam continues ‘advisory’ against travel to Meghalaya
Guwahati: Assam on Friday continued to ‘advise’ people from the state not to travel to Meghalaya as the “situation is not very good” following a clash in a disputed border area between…
- India
Son kills mother for not giving money to buy mobile phone
Guwahati: A youth has allegedly killed his mother in Assam’s Dibrugarh district when she refused to give him money for buying a mobile phone, an official said on Thursday. The incident happened…
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Firing incident: Assam police could have shown more restraint, says CM Sarma
Guwahati: Reacting to violence that claimed six lives in a village along the Assam-Meghalaya border, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday said that police could have shown more restraint before…
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Rahul Gandhi looks like Saddam Hussain now: Assam CM
Ahmedabad: Addressing a public meeting in Ahmedabad for a BJP candidate ahead of next month’s Assembly elections in Gujarat, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Tuesday that nowadays Rahul Gandhi…
