14% rise in vehicle registration in city in 2021

The city has seen a 14.12% increase in registration of new vehicles in 2021 compared to last year, according to data from the ministry of road transport and highways, despite the Covid-19 pandemic affecting the purchasing power of most people.

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Former Goalpara DC’s project selected for govt award

Project “GOALMART,” a brainchild of former Goalpara district deputy commissioner Varnali Deka, has been selected for Gold Award under Category I – “Excellence in Government Process Re-engineering for Digital Transformation” by the department of administrative reforms and public grievances

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No conclusive report on Omicron cases in state yet, says Mahanta

Assam health minister Keshab Mahanta on Friday said there is “no conclusive” report of Omicron variant in samples of Covid-19 positive persons in the state, but the health department is equipped with 9,000 ready-use beds for any eventuality.

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Assam plans to finish first dose of 15-18 group by Jan 9

Assam plans to complete the first dose of Covid-19 vaccination of children between 15 and 18 years in the state within a week from January 3 to 9 and start the booster dose campaign for the 60+ citizens from January 10.

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Assam: Project GOALMART, brainchild of former Goalpara deputy commissioner Varnali Deka, selected for Gold Award

Project “GOALMART,” a brainchild of former Goalpara district deputy commissioner Varnali Deka, has been selected for Gold Award under Category I – “Excellence in Government Process Re-engineering for Digital Transformation” by the department of administrative reforms and public grievances under the ministry of personnel, public grievances and pensions.

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Covid-19: Concern over 'not reachable' overseas passengers to Assam

Assam-bound international travellers, many of whose mobiles are switched off, have raised concern in the health department amid the Omicron scare.

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Concern rises as foreign fliers to Assam remain ‘not reachable’

Assam-bound international travellers, many of whose mobiles are switched off, have raised concern in the health department amid the Omicron scare.

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To curb flooding, river channels to be revived in city

The river channels and wetlands in the city, which are in dying condition, will be demarcated and revived in the new year, with the move expected to reduce the issue of flooding, Kamrup (Metro) deputy commissioner Pallav Gopal Jha said on Thursday.

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Health infra boost, hike in MBBS seats, online edu poser mark ’21

The second wave of Covid-19, which hit people hard from all sections of society, gave a major boost to the state’s health infrastructure. For both critical care and medical education, the year was remarkable.

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Class X, XII students to be jabbed before March Boards

Assam Class X and XII state board exams will be held in March next year with all examinees fully vaccinated, said education minister Ranoj Pegu here on Thursday.

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AFSPA extended in Nagaland for 6 months amid calls to repeal Act

The MHA declared that Nagaland is in a “disturbed and dangerous condition” that necessitates use of the armed forces and extended the enforcement of the draconian Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act of 1958 in Nagaland for another six months from Thursday, resulting in strong protests, the

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Konyak body flays Army probe team for visiting firing site with ‘killer personnel’

Nagaland’s Konyak tribe, whose 13 members were killed by 21st Para (SF) of the Army near their village, Oting, on December 4, on Thursday said the Army’s Court of Inquiry team, which visited the site of the incident on Wednesday, was “accompanied by the killers.

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Assam novelist, poet get Sahitya Akademi Award

Assam’s well-known writer Anuradha Sarma Pujari and Mwdai Gahai are among 20 writers who will be bestowed upon the Sahitya Akademi Award 2021.

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Driver drunk? Assam dist offers home-drop facility to passengers

The civil and police administration in Assam’s Biswanath district has decided to drop people home if their drivers get drunk at New Year parties. The driver, however, cannot avail the facility and will have to spend the rest of the night at the police station.

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Covid-19: Uncertainty prevails over vaccine brand for seniors in Assam

Uncertainty prevails over the vaccine brand that will be administered to the elderly even as the state health department is ready to roll out the booster shots to an estimated eight to 10 lakh 60 plus citizens with comorbidities.

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5 northeast capitals shiver as mercury dips

With temperatures dipping to single digits in five of the state capitals of the region on Wednesday, the northest is set to usher in the New Year amid teeth-chattering cold.

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Heritage bungalow of Ahom rulers turns into tourist magnet

The British-era bungalow on a hillock that used to be the 17th century military office of the Ahom rulers but now converted into a heritage centre depicting life along the Brahmaputra in modern times, has become a major attraction for visitors with over 300 footfall being recorded every day.

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International airport at Silchar soon, formalities complete: MP

Silchar will get an international airport soon as various formalities related to the project have been completed, local MP Rajdeep Roy said on Tuesday.

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Garo schools get a boost as 13 local youths crack TET

Educating children in Garo medium schools in Assam bordering Meghalaya was a big problem some time back because teachers here were not qualified in Teachers’ Eligibility Test (TET), a recognition that was made mandatory for teaching in schools a decade back. But all that has changed now, thanks to the initiative of an educator, who helped train local Goro-speaking youths and 13 out of 33 of them cleared the TET exam conducted by the state government in October. The youths can now take up teaching assignments in government Garo-medium schools.

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Nine traffic interceptor cars rolled out to curb accidents

In a bid to achieve zero-accident goal during the December 31 celebrations and bring down overall mishaps in the state, transport minister Chandra Mohan Patowary flagged off nine highly advanced Traffic Interceptor Vehicles (TIV)s at Assam Administrative Staff College here on Tuesday.

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Schools to be turned into jab centres for children in Assam

Government and private schools with about 100 to 200 students will be turned into Covid vaccination centres for children in Assam as the state health department is gearing up to vaccinate children between 15 and 18 years of age from January 3.

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Assam households, industries stare at steep power tariff hike

The Assam Power Distribution Company Limits (APDCL) has petitioned the Assam Electricity Regulatory Commission (AERC) for an upward revision of retail tariff for 2022-23 to meet its requirement of Rs 8367.68 crore, which would hit hard the household consumers, who form 93% of the company’s consumer base.

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Aasu protest over members' arrest

The All Assam Students' Union (Aasu) on Monday burnt the effigies of state agriculture minister and guardian minister of Dibrugarh district, Atul Bora, and Dibrugarh SP Shwetank Mishra in protest against the arrest of five of its members following a brawl during a college election.

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Gauhati HC asks govt to help slum dwellers without ration cards

The Gauhati High Court has directed the state government to provide help in the form of food and other day-to-day support to the families living in slums of Guwahati, who do not have a ration card and are in need of help during the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Assam aims to jab 18 lakh teens

Assam has set an estimated target of inoculating 18.25 lakh teens between 15 and 18 years of age as the children vaccination drive is set to roll out in the state early next month with the Covaxin doses available in the state.

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Assam gallops ahead in Niti Aayog health index

Assam has emerged as the top state that has made the maximum improvement among larger states in overall performance and is also among the top three most improved states in incremental performance in Niti Aayog's health index for 2019-20, which was released on Monday.

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Assam: 17 international travellers test Covid positive since December 1

Most foreign returnees are testing Covid positive on the eighth day of stay in Assam ever since the state government tightened surveillance on the international travellers arriving in the state.

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Vandals target churches in Haryana and Assam

Two intruders in Haryana vandalised Ambala’s heritage Holy Redeemer Church early on Sunday and allegedly desecrated Jesus Christ’s statue, according to a CCTV footage that shows the unidentified duo loitering inside the British-built shrine for more than an hour past midnight.

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PM Modi lauds Arunachal’s airgun surrender drive in ‘Mann Ki Baat’

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Assam: 17 foreign returnees test Covid positive since December 1

Most foreign returnees are testing Covid positive on the eighth day of stay in Assam ever since the state government tightened surveillance on the international travellers arriving in the state.

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Christmas celebration disrupted in Assam town

A Christmas event in Assam's Silchar was disrupted by some miscreants, demanding that Hindus should shun the celebrations.

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Mizoram witnesses muted celebrations, no community feasts

Christmas was celebrated peacefully in the Christian-dominated northeastern state of Mizoram under strict surveillance of the administration to prevent further spread of Covid-19 as well as any effort to disrupt religious festivities by miscreants.

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Oting lights candles in memory of its dead

For the people of Oting in Nagaland, the village cemetery, where 12 of their fellow villagers were buried after they were killed in firing by security forces on December 4, has become the prayer arena this Christmas.

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Land selected for Karimganj medical college project: Assam minister

The Karimganj district administration has chosen a plot of land in Karimganj town for the construction of a medical college and hospital, the state government has told the assembly.

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Take initiative to stop drink-driving deaths, Assam CM tells officials

Vowing not to allow any deaths in road accidents due to drink driving on the first day of the coming new year, Assam CM Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma has directed the deputy commissioners and superintendents of police to put adequate restrictions on roads.

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Amid Omicron threat, Assam gets revised curfew timings

Assam on Saturday revised the present Covid-19 containment guidelines in view of the emergence of the Omicron variant. Night curfew will continue, but with a revised time and a fine Rs 1,000 has been imposed for not wearing masks or spitting in public.

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Assam government imposes night curfew from Sunday amid Omicron scare

Amid Omicron threat, Assam government has imposed night curfew from 11:30pm to 6am everyday from Sunday. Curfew will be relaxed on December 31st night.

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Mizoram reports 173 new Covid cases in last 24 hours

Mizoram reported 173 fresh Covid cases in the last 24 hours, said the state Department of Information and Public Relations on Saturday.

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Mizoram: Xmas amid pandemic, new variant threat in Mizoram

Deputy inspector general (northern range) Lalbiakthanga Khiangte told ToI that 24-hour police patrolling had been in place since Tuesday while picketing has been put up in all the important junctions in the capital city.

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Assam: CM opens Rs 8 crore Atal Udyan with ampitheatre, gym at Adabari

The park, set up by Guwahati Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) at a cost of over Rs 8 crore and covering an area of 8 bighas of land, has a meditation hall, open air gym, a playground for children, murals with a dais besides an amphitheatre with capacity to hold 250 people.

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Assam: Female giraffe found dead at zoo

Divisional forest officer (in-charge) of the zoo, Ashwini Kumar, said the giraffe died in the wee hours of Friday, and a post-mortem would be conducted to know the exact cause of death. "Prima facie, the death appears to be accidental due to suffocation, but the exact cause will be known only after the autopsy," he added.

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Assam: Opposition parties slam govt for state's dwindling job rate

A job fair was held in 17 districts in Assam on Thursday where over 10 companies on an average went to each district to recruit. However, a huge chaos in Guwahati, Dhubri, Goalpara, Nagaon, Dibrugarh, Tinsukia, Nalbari, Barpeta and Jorhat was seen at the employment exchange offices of the respective districts. Desperation for a job sent Covid-19 protocols for a toss at the centres.

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'Assam's maximum and minimum temperatures increasing'

Minister for science and technology and climate change Keshab Mahanta, in a written reply, stated that according to a research by Gauhati University, "Assam's annual maximum and minimum temperatures are showing a gradual increasing trend."

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Assam land over 4 times the size of Delhi eroded, grabbed: Minister

The minister stated that of these erosion-hit families, 5,028 have been issued landless citizen certificates and another 23,995 families have been given land allotments.

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House disruption bad, planned ones even worse: Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla

Om Birla also underlined that before enacting any law, there should have adequate consultations with "all the stakeholders and for whom the law is being made".

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'Planned disruptions' are even more disturbing, says Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla

Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla while addressing the members of Assam legislative assembly on the concluding day of the winter session on Friday said “continuous disruption” is a matter of grave concern and “planned disruptions” are even more disturbing.

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Assam: Dholpur evictees did not forcibly take land, says report

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Oting firing: Nagaland readies for Christmas with heavy heart

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Dholpur evictees did not forcibly take land: Report

Three months after the eviction drive in Dholpur in Assam's Darrang district, minority families fear their temporary home on the flood-prone banks of the Brahmaputra may become their permanent address.

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Assam amends cattle law, tightens slaughter rules

The Assam assembly on Thursday passed several amendments to the four-month-old cattle preservation law that tightens slaughter guidelines but re-opens inter-district movement of cattle, except to districts bordering Bangladesh.

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67 DNLA cadres lay down weapons in Assam

As many as 67 cadres of the Dimasa National Liberation Army (DNLA), formed in 2019 and operating in Dima Hasao and Karbi Anglong districts in Assam, laid down their arms at a programme held at Dhansiripar in Karbi Anglong district on Thursday.

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Thousands throng Assam job fairs, flout Covid rules

Desperation for a job sent Covid protocols for a toss in several districts of Assam where the government organised job fairs for the unemployed on Thursday.

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IIT-G makes low-cost, recyclable solar cells

The Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IIT-G) researchers have developed cost-effective, highly efficient perovskite solar cells (PSCs) to produce electricity from sunlight that can have over 21% power conversion efficiency — about 5% more than conventional solar panels.

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Omicron threat fails to dampen Yuletide spirit

The city has geared up to celebrate Christmas amid rising fears over the spread of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus.

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Two Bru outfits of Barak meet CM, to surrender

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Sarma: We need to take more loans as Assam’s debt-GDP ratio is stable

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Hailstorm turns Shillong white, mercury dips sharply in NE states

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Assam: Jorhat lynching case chargesheet in January

Assam Police will file a chargesheet in the All Assam Students' Union (Aasu) leader Animesh Bhuyan lynching case in Jorhat district in January next year.

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RGI yet to share biometric data for Aadhaar of NRC-rejects: Assam govt

The Assam government on Tuesday informed the state assembly that the Registrar General of India (RGI) is yet to respond to its letter requesting sharing of biometric data with Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) so that Aadhaar cards can be issued to those people whose names have not been included in the final draft of the National Register of Citizens (NRC).

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Assam: New chargesheet filed in APSC job scam

The investigating officer probing the Assam Public Service Commission (APSC) cash-for-job scam on Tuesday filed the 12th chargesheet against 23 ACS and APS officers as the police have found some new evidence against the accused.

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Amit Shah asks Assam, Arunachal Pradesh CMs to resolve border disputes

Union home minister Amit Shah on Tuesday held a meeting with the chief ministers of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh in his office in New Delhi to push for a permanent solution to the vexed inter-state border disputes between the two states.

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Northeast's first tea museum to come up at Dibrugarh in 2023

The first tea museum in the northeast region will come up in the "Tea City of India", Dibrugarh, and will be officially opened to public in early 2023, said Rituparna Baruah, Assam tourism development corporation limited (AITDC) chairman, here on Tuesday.

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Mob attacks police team in Assam village, three arrested

Over 100 people allegedly attacked a police team when it went to pick up a man in connection with a case of domestic violence in a village at Howly in lower Assam’s Barpeta district on Monday night.

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Assam Congress MLA Sashi Kanta Das supports BJP-led govt for 'sake of development'

A Congress legislator of Assam on Monday announced his support to the BJP-led government in the state "for the sake of development" without resigning from his party. The move was termed as "exemplary" by CM Himanta Biswa Sarma.

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Work on Guwahati's second medical college to begin on January 1

The construction of Guwahati's second medical college will start from January 1 next year, chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said here on Sunday.

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Assam, Arunachal CMs flag off 2 more Vistadome trains to boost trade, tourism

Two trains with Vistadome services were flagged off by Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and minister of state for railways Darshana Jardosh at Guwahati railway station and Arunachal Pradesh chief minister Pema Khandu at Naharlagun station on Sunday.

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Police seek more witnesses in Aasu leader lynching case

With only nine days to go before the expiry of the deadline given by the Assam chief minister to file the chargesheet in the All Assam Students' Union (Aasu) Animesh Bhuyan lynching case, the police are faced with a challenge as very few witnesses have turned up.

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Assam government set to table bill to amend four-month-old cattle law

An amendment bill for modification of the four-month-old Assam Cattle Preservation Act, another to form a recruitment commission for grade II and IV posts, and another to amend the police laws along with several other bills will be tabled by the government during the five-day winter session of Assam legislative assembly from Monday.

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ADB loan to set up univ at Mangaldoi

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Friday signed a loan agreement with Assam Skill Development Mission for establishment of a university at Mangaldoi. The estimated cost of the project is US$140 million.

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'Robber' tries to flee, gets injured in police firing

A member of the 'Irani gang', who was arrested by the police in Guwahati in connection with a robbery case, sustained bullet injuries in police firing while allegedly trying to flee from custody in the wee hours of Saturday.

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BTR has taken new momentum towards devpt in 1 year: Sarma

Celebrating the completion of the first year of BJP and its ally United People's Party Liberal (UPPL) in Bodoland Territorial Council in Kokrajhar on Saturday, chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said in one year, the Bodoland Territorial Region has taken a new momentum towards development.

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Guwahati and Agartala top in air pollution index: Report

Though bereft of industries, Guwahati and Agartala have been listed at the top of air pollution index among northeastern cities followed by Kohima and Aizawl by the report of Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) released on Friday.

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Karimganj police officer arrested over 'bribe' video

A police officer was arrested in Patharkandi of Karimganj district on Friday after a video purportedly showing him taking bribe from a man surfaced on social media.

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No room for fake encounters in civilized society, says NHRC

National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) chairperson Justice Arun Mishra, while making a statement on Friday on the alleged fake encounters by the Assam Police in the state since May, said there should be no room for fake encounters. He was addressing a media briefing here after holding a two-day 'Camp Sitting and Public Open Hearing' for human rights violation cases.

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Gauhati high court stay on eviction of Sonitpur villagers

The Gauhati High Court, by an interim order on Tuesday, stayed eviction notices issued by Dheikiajuli circle officer to 243 families of No. 1 Basasimalu village in Assam's Sonitpur district without disposing their plea for allotment of said land in their names.

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Militant leader killed in Assam encounter

The self-styled chairman of newly formed insurgent outfit, Karbi Democratic Liberation Front (KDLF), Jackson Ronghang, was killed in an encounter with the police in Assam's Karbi Anglong district on Friday.

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Civilian killings: Bandh, rallies in five eastern Nagaland dists

Tribal bodies in five districts of eastern Nagaland on Thursday observed a peaceful bandh and took out rallies in protest against the killing of 14 civilians by Army’s Special Forces and Assam Rifles on December 4 and 5 in Mon district.

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AGCL to buy natural gas from Cairn Oil

State-run Assam Gas Company Ltd (AGCL) on Thursday signed an agreement with Cairn Oil and Gas to purchase one lakh standard cubic meters per day (SCMD) of natural gas for distributing it in the state.

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NFR chief electrical engineer arrested by CBI in bribery case

The CBI on Wednesday night arrested chief electrical engineer of Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR), VK Upadhyay, in connection with a bribery case in which the investigative agency had on Tuesday arrested the accused’s deputy, Ranjit Kumar Borah, and bribe giver Niraj Kumar while exchanging a bribe amount of Rs 15 lakh at the NFR headquarter.

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CM stresses on vaccines as Covid-19 cases spike

The second dose coverage of Covid-19 vaccination in Assam has touched about 65%, even as the state continues to detect over 100 positive cases everyday in the state, with capital Guwahati contributing the highest number.

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Former ACA general secretary held for ‘financial irregularities’

Assam Police on Thursday arrested former general secretary of the Assam Cricket Association (ACA), Pradip Buragohain, for alleged financial irregularities amounting to several crores of rupees during his tenure from 2016 to 2019.

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In Parl, BJP MP pitches for 2nd rail link with Mizoram

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Aasu stir against drinking water crisis in Guwahati

The Guwahati wing of the All Assam Students’ Union (Aasu) on Wednesday protested against the city’s drinking water crisis, a decades-old issue, demanding its solution at the earliest.

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Five Nagaland districts say will boycott all national celebrations

Tribals in five eastern districts of Nagaland on Wednesday declared “complete non-cooperation” with the armed forces, including a local ban on recruitment by the Army and boycott of “all national celebrations”, in protest against the killing of 14 Konyak villagers in Mon district in a botched counter-insurgency operation and its aftermath.

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Indian volunteer wins US Presidential honour

A teenager in Arizona, US, has grabbed global attention with her long hours of work as a volunteer during the pandemic. Born to parents from Assam - they are Overseas Citizens of India (OCI) - the 11th grader, Diya Nath, has been honoured with a certificate from US President Joe Biden in recognition of her exemplary service.

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