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UN’s highest environmental honour for Assam conservationist
Guwahati: Assam’s leading conservationist Purnima Devi Barman has been awarded the United Nation’s highest environmental honour, ‘Champions of the Earth’, for 2022. Barman, a wildlife biologist, bagged the award along with four…
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Five civilians, forest guard killed in police firing near Assam-Meghalaya border
Shillong/Guwahati: At least six people, five civilians of Meghalaya and an Assam forest guard, died following “unprovoked” firing by Assam Police and state forest guards on Tuesday, Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K.…
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Assam CM Himanta raises Mehrauli killing issue, demands law against ‘Love Jihad’
New Delhi: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday demanded a stringent law against “Love Jihad” as he raised the issue of the gruesome Mehrauli killing while campaigning for the municipal…
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Gauhati High Court pulls up SP on bulldozer action in Assam
The Gauhati High Court on Thursday slammed the bulldozer action in Assam and condemned the Superintendent of Police for not following procedure. A division led by Chief Justice RM Chhaya pulling up…
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FIR lodged against Assam madrasa for ‘teaching jihadi ideology’
Guwahati: An FIR has been lodged against a private madrasa in Assam’s Cachar district for allegedly “teaching jihadi ideology”, an official said on Friday. Sahab Uddin Khan, a resident of the Sonai…
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‘Forcible religious conversions in Assam’s BTC areas’
Guwahati: Bodoland People’s Front (BPF) chief Hagrama Mohilary in a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah claimed that there were reports of multiple incidents where Bodo…
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Banned PFI’s student wing leader held in Bengaluru, brought to Guwahati
Guwahati: A leader of the student wing of the banned Popular Front of India (PFI), Amir Hamza, who was arrested in Bengaluru, was brought to Guwahati on Sunday, the Assam Police said.…
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84 fresh dengue cases detected in Assam
Guwahati: At least 84 fresh dengue cases have been detected in Assam, taking the total to 726 this month, a bulletin by the National Health Mission, Assam, said on Friday. Sixty-five cases…
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Madrasas in Assam asked to submit details of teachers
Guwahati: Assam government has asked all the madrasas in the state to provide information about the teachers employed by them latest by December 1, an official said on Wednesday. The madrasas came…
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80% voter turnout in Assam’s Deori autonomous council election
Guwahati: A 79.99 percent voter turnout was recorded in Assam’s Deori autonomous council elections on Tuesday, officials said. The election was held for 22 constituencies spread across six districts and four sub-divisions…
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Assam: Schools, colleges in Diphu shut due to dengue outbreak
Guwahati: All schools and colleges in Diphu in Assam’s Karbi Anglong district were asked to remain shut next week due to dengue outbreak in the city, an order said on Sunday. In…
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Badruddin Ajmal re-elected AIDUF President
Guwahati: Badruddin Ajmal has been again elected as the President of All India United Democratic Front (AIDUF) during the party’s general meeting on Friday. While talking to ANI, after being elected as…
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Policemen will lose jobs if found intoxicated on duty: Assam DGP
Guwahati: The policemen in Assam may lose their jobs if found intoxicated during duty hours, warned the state DGP Bhaskarjyoti Mahanta. He said that new rules will be introduced to check the…
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Assam’s oldest medical college to become ‘state-of-the-art institute’
Guwahati: The Assam government is planning to transform the Assam Medical College (AMC) in Dibrugarh into a state-of-the-art research institute for dealing with new age ailments, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said…
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Tribal organisation demands announcements in Santhali language at railway stations
Jamshedpur: A prominent tribal organisation has demanded that announcements be made in Santhali language in Railway stations of tribal-dominated areas in the eastern and northeastern states. In a letter to Railway Minister…
