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Nagaland DGP and Assam ADG among Prez medal winners
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Saturday, October 31, 2020
Assam: Central govt officials on covert visits exempt from Covid-19 tests
In a partial modification of the standard operating procedure for persons arriving in Assam by any mode of transportation , the state health department on Saturday has decided to exempt central government officials on covert visits from Covid-19 tests in order to protect their identities.from
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‘Miyas not indigenous Muslims, reject idea of separate museum for them’
An organisation of indigenous Muslims on Friday, while slamming Congress MLA from Baghbar constituency Sherman Ali Ahmed over his proposal of setting up a ‘Miya museum’ at Srimanta Sankardeva Kalakshetra, warned him against taking political advantage by referring to ‘Miyas’ as indigenous Muslimsfrom
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How Assam became a hotbed of IPL & ‘Teer’ betting
Alleged negligence on part of the police and a said tacit understanding between cops and gamblers have turned Assam into a hotbed of IPL betting and “Teer” gambling. Over 40 people have been arrested in October and police say they are trying their best to check such illegal activities.from
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Jishnu Barua replaces Sanjay Krishna as Assam chief secretary
Jishnu Barua was appointed as the new chief secretary of Assam on Friday, replacing Kumar Sanjay Krishna who retires on October 31.from
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Assam: Prime accused in JEE scam still absconding
Bhargab Deka, one of the prime accused in the JEE (Mains) racket who had helped Neel Nakshatra Das in the entire process of using a proxy candidate to clear the exam, is still absconding.from
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Friday, October 30, 2020
Thursday, October 29, 2020
In Arunachal’s Ziro Valley, a mission to make wine from discarded fruits
In the mountains of sleepy Ziro Valley in Arunachal Pradesh’s lower Subansiri district, a silent mission is underway to use abandoned fruits for making wine.from
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School blast probably to scare locals: Senior cop
Assam Police additional DG (law and order) GP Singh said the recent instance of bomb blast in a school at Lailapur along the Assam-Mizoram border may be an attempt to terrorise the locals.from
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Assam truckers refuse to withdraw blockade
Sonai circle officer Sudeep Nath visited Lailapur in Cachar district close to the Assam-Mizoram border on Thursday and held discussions with the local residents and truck drivers who are unwilling to ply their vehicles to Mizoram.from
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UNDP teams up with Aaranyak to promote livelihoods in Udalguri district
United Nation Development Programme (UNDP) and Aaranyak, an NGO, are jointly implementing a project for promoting livelihood opportunities through landscape conservation for six months in Dhansiri-Sikaridanga JFMC man-made forests and 13 fringe villages at Bhairabkunda in Udalguri district bordering Arunachal Pradesh and Bhutan.
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JEE proxy candidate case: 5 accused sent to cop custody
All the five accused, who were arrested in connection with a case of using a proxy candidate in the Joint Entrance Examination (Mains) examinations, were produced in the court of chief judicial magistrate, Kamrup (Metro) district and sent to five-day police custody.from
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BBCI bolsters its fight against breast cancer with mammography machine
A state-of-the-art digital mammography machine with a facility for tomosynthesis was inaugurated at Dr B Borooah Cancer Institute (BBCI), Guwahati, on Thursday.from
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Vigilance Awareness Week begins at Dibrugarh airport
To further strengthen the commitment of all the employees and staff working at Dibrugarh airport to uphold the highest standards of personal integrity in public services, Dibrugarh airport has started observing Vigilance Awareness Week, 2020.from
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Gold smuggling case: NIA raids 4 locations in Guwahati
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday carried out searches at four locations in Guwahati and Maharashtra’s Sangli in a gold smuggling case and recovered alleged incriminating documents and electronic devices.
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AGP holds meeting in Dibrugarh
AGP on Thursday held a organisational meeting at its district headquarters in Dibrugarh during which the new executive committee of Dibrugarh district led by newly appointed district president Aditya Goswami took charge.
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Congress, other parties doing politics for vested interests: BJP Assam president
The state unit of BJP, while coming down heavily on opposition Congress and other political parties, said it is committed to eliminating the “evil forces” that always stand against the interest of the state and the greater Assamese community.from
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Sarbananda Sonowal opens newly rebuilt police stations in Dibrugarh
Chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Thursday inaugurated the Lahowal and Duliajan police stations which have been rebuilt under the Mission for Overall Improvement of Thana for Responsive Image (MOITRI).from
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‘Totally unwanted’: Congress tells MLA after ‘Miya museum’ remark row
Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) has barred MLA from minority-dominated Baghbar constituency, Sherman Ali Ahmed, from making “controversial statements” after BJP latched onto the “Miya museum” remark.from
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NTA to probe ‘fraudulent’ means adopted by JEE(M) Assam topper
The National Testing Agency (NTA) headquarters in New Delhi will probe into the “fraudulent means” allegedly adopted by a Guwahati student to qualify JEE (Mains) with a percentile of 99.8. Police, however, have ruled out the possibility of loopholes in the online system of answering questions in the coveted engineering entrance test.from
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Cup that cheers: Rare Assam tea sells for Rs 75,000 a kilogram at auction
The Guwahati Tea Auction Centre (GTAC) on Thursday sold a speciality tea called Manohari Gold Tea at a price of Rs 75,000 per kg — the highest price at which tea has been auctioned in Assam this year. With this, Manohari Gold Tea equalled the record price at which tea has been sold so far in the state.from
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Assam gets an all-women political party before polls
A new regional political party comprising only women has been formed in the state on the ground that there is no sufficient space for women in any political party, including the ruling BJP and opposition Congress in the state. The party has been named as ‘Mohilar Dal’.from
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Assam ADGP visits Mizoram border
Additional Director General of Police (law and order), Assam, G P Singh visited the Assam- Mizoram interstate border here, the scene of a clash between the people of the two states, and reviewed the law and order situation.from
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Wednesday, October 28, 2020
JEE(M) Assam topper held for using proxy to appear for exam
A JEE (Mains) topper, and his doctor father, were arrested on Wednesday in Assam for allegedly using a proxy candidate to appear in the test on his behalf.Three others were also arrested in connection with the crime.from
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Assam: Police arrest doctor, son for cheating in JEE (mains) exam
Assam Police on Wednesday arrested a doctor and his son for allegedly using a proxy candidate to write JEE (mains) examination held in September instead, in which the son achieved the top rank among candidates from Assam with a score of 99.8 percentile without sitting for the exam.from
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‘Miya museum Cong ploy to eat into AIUDF votes’
Assam BJP on Tuesday, while rejecting the idea of setting up a ‘Miya museum’ at the Srimanta Sankardeva Kalakshetra, said the plan was a conspiracy hatched by the Congress to cut into the AIUDF’s vote share in the upcoming assembly polls.
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Tuesday, October 27, 2020
IIT-Guwahati team develops tech to produce agri-based anti-ageing compounds
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati researchers have developed a low-cost membrane technology to produce psychoactive drugs and anti-ageing compounds from a wide range of agricultural resources such as camellia sinensis, citrus fruits and peels — especially orange peels, berries, ginkgo biloba, parsley, pulses, tea, sea buckthorn and onions.from
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Sunday, October 25, 2020
Mizoram reports 46 new Covid-19 cases
As many as 46 new Covid-19 cases were reported in the past 24 hours in Mizoram, according to the Information and public relations (I&PR) department on Monday.from
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15 school students among 58 new Covid-19 patients in Mizoram
Fifty-eight more people, including 15 students of two private schools in Aizawl, have tested positive for Covid-19 in Mizoram, taking the northeastern state's caseload to 2,447 on Sunday, a health official said.from
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Saturday, October 24, 2020
Assam artist creates Durga idol with medical waste to show solidarity amid Covid-19
In an attempt to showcase his creativity, an artist from Assam's Dubri has created a Durga idol with strips of expired tablets, capsules and injection vials to express solidarity with everyone fighting the COVID-19 menace.from
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Friday, October 23, 2020
NPF slams Nagaland govt over move to hold Hornbill Festival
The Naga People’s Front (NPF), Nagaland’s only opposition party, on Friday lambasted the state government’s decision to celebrate the annual Hornbill Festival, the mega international event in the northeastern region, amid the pandemic. Even though most of the celebrations will be held virtually, NPF said the move to celebrate this year is nothing but a ‘suicide mission’.from
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NFR steps up security of women passengers
The Railway Protection Force (RPF) of Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) has started an intensive awareness drive called ‘Meri Saheli’ to respond to any security-related issues pertaining to women passengers on trains.from
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Gauhati HC notice to govt over exclusion of online media from fellowship
The Gauhati High Court has issued a notice to the Assam government over the exclusion of online media from its “Media Fellowship” for 2020-21 and said the selection of candidates shall be subject to further orders.from
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5000 households get tap water access in Mangaldai
The prolonged wait for water in around 5,000 households has ended with the inauguration of a piped water supply project in Mangaldai town of Darrang district in Assam.from
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Assam Durga idol made with med strips and injection vials
A 37-year-old Assam government employee has captured the mood arising out of the Covid-19 pandemic by creating a unique Durga idol with expired medicine strips and injection vials.from
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War memorial of 1962 braveheart opened at Bum La
A war memorial of 1962 Sino-Indian war braveheart and Param Veer Chakra recipient Subedar Joginder Singh was inaugurated at Bum La on the McMahon Line near Tawang on Friday, coinciding with the day on which the Battle of Tongpen La (Bum La) took place.from
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Blast damages Bengali-medium school building in Mizoram
Miscreants triggered a bomb blast in a Bengali-medium school at Saihapui V village in Mizoram’s Kolasib district bordering Assam late on Thursday night, Mizoram DIG (Northern Range) Lalbiakthanga Khiangte said on Friday. However, there were no casualties.
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Centre to give vaccine for free to all states: Assam health minister
: Assam health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said here on Friday that the Centre has taken a decision to provide Covid-19 vaccine for free to all states, including Assam.from
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Depression to bring heavy rain across northeast: IMD
Depression over the Bay of Bengal will bring heavy rain to the northeastern states of Tripura, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Assam and Meghalaya, the Cyclone Warning Division of the India Meteorological Department said on Friday.from
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Start process to hold BTC polls by December: Gauhati HC to election body
The Gauhati High Court has directed the state election commission to initiate the process to conduct the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) polls by December.from
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Popn control body hails Assam move on madrassas
Janasankhya Samadhan Foundation (JSF) Northeast Chapter chairman Sailendra Pandey hailed the Assam education minister Himanta Biswa Sarma for his recent decision to close down all government-run madrassas in the state and convert them into general schools in November.
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No fee cut for private schools charging Rs 27,000-37,000 per annum
Private schools in Assam with an annual fee structure between Rs 27,000 and Rs 37,000 will not need to bear any cut in the amount. However, elite schools are set to be severely hit by the “fee cut” set to be implemented from the April 2021 academic session.from
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Stranded trucks leave Lailapur after 4 days
A day after Assam and Mizoram agreed to restore peace on the interstate boundary following a clash, movement of trucks carrying essential items has resumed after four days, superintendent of police (Cachar) Bhanwar Lal Meena said on Thursday.from
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Antonov lands with Baghjan equipment
The AN-124 — the world’s largest transport aircraft — flew into the country from Canada carrying 59,000kg payload of snubbing equipment to help kill the Baghjan well that has been spweing gas uncontrollably since June 9.from
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Sonowal inaugurates Ganeshguri flyover’s new wing
Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Thursday inaugurated the new wing of Ganeshguri flyover which aims to ease traffic congestion in the city. Built at a cost of Rs 58.74 crore, the 425.5-meter-long extension wing connects RG Baruah Road with Bishnu Rabha Flyover at Ganeshguri Chariali in the city.from
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BJP: Grand alliance a Mughal Jotbandhan
Assam BJP on Thursday said any grand alliance of opposition parties for the upcoming Assam assembly polls will be nothing but a ‘Mughal Jotbandhan’.
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14 IIT-Guwahati PhD students selected for PM’s Research Fellowship scheme
A batch of 14 research scholars from the Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati (IIT-G) have been selected for the Prime Minister’s Research Fellowship (PMRF) scheme. All the 14 PhD students enrolled in interdisciplinary programmes have been selected for the scheme through the lateral entry channel.from
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After Covid, no new movie & power dues keep curtains down at cinemas
With no films set to release anytime soon and overburdened by heavy power dues, the All Assam Cinema Halls Owners’ Association has decided not to open movie halls till November 13.from
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‘Adhere to all safety protocols while celebrating Durga Puja’
Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal has appealed to the people of state to celebrate Durga Puja by adhering to all safety protocols amid the pandemic.from
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Will give funds for cow shelters: Assam government
The BJP-led Assam government will from now on provide financial assistance to the state’s numerous gaushalas (cow shelters) to feed cows. The decision was taken by the state cabinet on Thursday.from
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