BJP street plays for mass connect in Assam

After the Pariyal Sampark Abhiyan that will end on Sunday, BJP in Assam is now ready to reach out to the masses through street plays from March 1.

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Assam assembly elections 2021: RJD set to enter fray, eyes voters from Bihar

The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) is all set to enter the political fray in Assam, but with an understanding with key Grand Alliance headed by Congress and AIUDF so as not to divide votes. RJD leader Tejaswi Yadav said this in Guwahati on Saturday.

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Election Commission stays transfer of police officers in poll-bound Assam

The Election Commission (EC) on Saturday stayed the transfer of 12 IPS and six Assam Police Service (APS) officers ordered by the Assam government the previous day when the dates of assembly election were announced.

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Assam: BJP, Congress in race to declare their first list of candidates

The BJP and Congress are in a race against time to declare their first list of candidates, as the process of filing nominations for the first phase will begin on March 2 with the issuance of election notification.

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Assam Assembly elections: BJP, Congress in race to declare first list of candidates

The BJP and Congress are in a race against time to declare their first list of candidates, as the process of filing nominations for the first phase will begin on March 2 with the issuance of election notification.

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RJD all set to join Congress-led alliance in Assam with sole aim to unseat BJP

Bihar’s main opposition party- RJD is all set to join the Congress-led ‘grand alliance’ of opposition parties in Assam with sole aim to unseat the BJP and its allies in the impending assembly polls. Assam goes to the polls in three phases on March 27, April 1 and April 6.

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Mizoram ready to welcome refugees from Myanmar, says CM Zoramthanga

Mizoram chief minister Zoramthanga said the government and people of Mizoram would welcome any ethnic Mizo or anyone persecuted for participating in the pro-democratic movement in Myanmar, with open arms.

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Assam: Senior politicians, poll campaigners over 45 with co-morbidities to get jab

As the state assembly election is round the corner, a large number of politicians and campaigners who are over 60 or 45 and above with co-morbidities, will get the jab soon.

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Central Institute of Technology declared a containment zone in Assam

Assam in the last 24 hours reported 27 new Covid-19 cases, and among the infected are five students of the Central Institute of Technology (CIT). The Kokrajhar district administration promptly declared the entire CIT complex as a containment zone last evening.

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Assam: Noted musician Kula Barua dies

One of Assam’s best loved musicians and singers, Kula Barua, who lent his voice to an endless number of songs for films, passed away on Thursday night in his residence in Silpukhuri here. He was 83.

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'Ajmal ally' Congress can't protect Assam, says Amit Shah

Congress cannot provide security to Assam after joining hands with Badruddin Ajmal in its "lust for power", Union home minister Amit Shah said at an election rally at Batadrava, the birthplace of Vaishnavite saint Srimanta Sankardeva, in Assam's Nagaon district on Thursday.

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In a first, NTA to conduct state-level exam in Assam

The National Testing Agency (NTA), New Delhi, will be conducting a state-level exam for the first time for Assam.

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Assam: Polls round the corner, Congress & AIUDF yet to seal seat-sharing deal

Congress and All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) are on a collision course over sharing of seats for the coming assembly election.

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Assam: Poll authority urges immediate jabs for election officials

The state election authority has asked deputy commissioners of all districts to treat officials, who would be engaged in election duty, as frontline workers (FLW), and prepare their list for registering in the Co-WIN portal for immediate vaccination.

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‘320 hectares of Assam forest land encroached’: Assam forest department

The Assam forest department has admitted before the Gauhati high court that 320 hectares of reserved forest land of Longai Reserved Forest in Karimganj district have been encroached by people from Mizoram.

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Over 1,000 rebels of five outfits lay down arms before Assam CM Sarbananda Sonowal

A total of 1,040 cadre of five militant groups active in Karbi Anglong district of Assam surrendered before chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal in Guwahati on Tuesday.

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Assam: BJP door-to-door drive to establish connect with voters

Gearing up for the ensuing assembly election, the BJP on Tuesday started its door-to-door campaign, ‘Pariyal Sampark Abhiyan’, from the Dispur legislative constituency, which they believe will give an extra mileage to the party in achieving the ‘BJP+=100+’ mission.

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No plans for any lockdown in Assam now, says Himanta Biswas Sarma

Alarming daily upsurge in Covid cases has become a matter of concern in many states, but Assam health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday said there is no possibility of going back to lockdown days in the poll-bound state now.

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Won’t interfere in Kamrup schools’ plans on classes: DC

The administration won’t interfere in schools’ plans to stop offline classes and exams here amidst fresh virus threat in some parts of the country, the Kamrup (Metropolitan) district administration clarified on Tuesday.

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No lockdown in Assam now: Health minister Himanta Sarma

Alarming daily upsurge in Covid cases has become a matter of concern in many states, but Assam health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday said there is no possibility of going back to lockdown days in the poll-bound state now.

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IIT-Guwahati scholars find way to control life of droplets

Researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, have developed a novel method which can control the lifetime of droplets containing suspended nanoparticles.

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Twenty companies of central forces sent to Assam

The Election Commission of India (ECI) has dispatched 20 companies of central security forces which will start arriving in poll-bound Assam for area domination exercise by next week.

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Assam govt may review decision of discontinuing Covid tests for travellers

With Covid-19 cases rising again across the country, the Assam government may soon review its decision of discontinuing mandatory tests at airports and railway stations from March 1.

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Three visits in one month, PM avoids CAA question again: Assam Congress

The opposition Congress and its grand alliance partners slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday over his silence regarding the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA).

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Assam: 'Jabs for 50 plus people in third phase most challenging'

The third phase of Covid vaccination is going to be the most challenging, with over 90 lakh people, aged 50 years and above, estimated to be inoculated in Assam.

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PM Modi dedicates energy infra projects worth Rs 3000cr in Assam

PM Narendra Modi on Monday on his third visit in one month to poll-bound Assam at Dhemaji, dedicated three energy infrastructure in the state worth over Rs 3,000 crore to the nation.

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Guwahati on alert after top school gets fresh infection

Even as Assam has been registering less than 25 cases of Covid-19 per day over the last one week, a fresh infection in a leading city school has sounded alarm bells in Guwahati.

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New variant scare in country: Assam paces up Covid shots

The Assam government has stepped up the second dose campaign for Covid vaccine in the state in the wake of spike in cases of the new variant in the country. Among those shortlisted for the second dose are bureaucrats.

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Congress plans protests over price rise

The Congress, which has stepped up its campaign in the state for the upcoming assembly election, is targeting to corner the BJP on the price rise issue. Skyrocketing prices have burned deep holes in pockets of consumers and the party could use this issue as a ‘trump card’.

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Aasu calls for statewide stir on day of PM’s visit

The All Assam Students’ Union on Saturday said they will organise statewide protests against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit on February 22 seeking implementation of Clause 6 of the Assam Accord and a solution for the flood and erosion problems.

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Aasu warns protest against PM Modi's Assam visit

The All Assam Students’ Union (Aasu) on Saturday said they will organise statewide protests against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit on February 22 seeking time bound implementation of Clause 6 of the Assam Accord and a solution for Assam’s flood and erosion problems.

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Assam: Congress plans large-scale protests over price rise

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Assam paces up Covid vaccine second shot after spike in cases

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Assam cabinet nod to government to buy 8,000 wheelchairs to help voters in need

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Aasu stir in upper Assam over price rise of essentials

Activists of the All Assam Students’ Union (Aasu) staged a protest against the rise in prices of essential commodities in the upper Assam districts of Jorhat, Golaghat, Sivasagar, Majuli and Charaideo on Friday.

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PM Narendra Modi visit to give push to ‘modern Assam’

On Monday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be on his third visit in one month to poll-bound Assam when he arrives at Dhemaji. His visit has been labelled as one that gives a push for developing a ‘modern Assam’ when he dedicates three projects of petroleum ministry worth over Rs 3,000 crore to the nation.

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Covid effect: Passengers hit as only 1 local train plies in Assam

Thousands of passengers, who travel daily by local trains in the state, have been hit badly as only one passenger train, Manas Rhino, is plying. The train runs between Guwahati and New Bongaigaon.

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Assam sticks to no-test order from March 1 even as new corona variants spread

The Assam government, which had decided to discontinue mandatory Covid testing for all flight and train passengers from March 1, has not changed its plan even as new variants of the novel coronavirus have emerged across the country.

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Ulfa (I) declares 'final step' on two abducted for ransom

Proscribed Ulfa (I) on Friday declared it will take the ‘final step’ next week against the two employees of a New Delhi-based drilling services contractors, Quippo Oil and Gas Infrastructure Limited, who were abducted in December last year for ransom are being held captive in unknown location.

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65% health workers in Assam get second jab

Over 65% of the healthcare workers in Assam, eligible for the second shot of the Covid vaccine, got the jab by Thursday. The inoculation drive for the second dose started in the state on February 13.

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Syndicate for illegal cow trade in Assam: Bhupesh Baghel

Chhattisgarh chief minister and Congress observer for the assembly election in Assam, Bhupesh Baghel, who is campaigning in the state, said on Wednesday night that the BJP is seeking votes in the name of the ‘holy cow’ but their government here is allowing the cow trade to flourish with neighbouring Bangladesh.

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PM Modi launches projects worth Rs 9,500 crore in poll-bound Assam

PM Narendra Modi on Thursday virtually kicked off multiple road, water and digital connectivity projects worth Rs 9,500 crore in poll-bound Assam, which includes work on inland waterways, for an alternative connect with the northeast to reduce the region’s dependence on the strategically vital chicken’s neck or the Siliguri corridor.

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Assam: Ro-Pax vessels float with icons’ names

The four Ro-Pax vessels made operational in Assam by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday are named after India’s illustrious children — a Jewish general of the Indian Army who converted a ceasefire into a total surrender of the Pakistani army during Bangladesh’s liberation war of 1971, a Naga freedom fighter who led a revolt against the British rule, a legendary Hindi film music composer and an Army officer of the region, who established India’s administrative authority over Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh in 1951.

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More than 65% of health workers in Assam get second jab

Over 65% of the healthcare workers in Assam, eligible for the second shot of the Covid vaccine, got the jab by Thursday.

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Not keen on contesting 2021 polls, says Himanta Biswa Sarma

BJP’s key person in the northeast and Assam minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said he does not want to contest the coming assembly election and is also not chasing a dream of becoming the chief minister.

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Vaccination for frontline workers starts in Assam

The second round of vaccination for frontline healthcare workers started in Assam on Wednesday with nearly 500 CRPF personnel in Guwahati and Silchar receiving the jabs on the first day.

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Assam: Six arrested for attempt to ‘malign’ Himanta Biswa Sarma’s image

Six people, including the editor-in-chief and news editor of a Guwahati-based portal, were arrested on Wednesday for alleged “salacious” intent while releasing a picture of Assam minister Himanta Biswa Sarma hugging his minor daughter, reports Rokibuz Zaman.

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CAA protests irrelevant in post-Covid world, says Assam minister

Assam cabinet minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday said the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) no longer holds any relevance in the state’s political landscape now.

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Assam: BJP, Congress take opposite stance as election nears

Assam cabinet minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday said the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) no longer holds any relevance in the state’s political landscape now.

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BJP will deal with 'love jihad' and 'land jihad' firmly: Himanta

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Vaccination for frontline healthcare workers starts in Assam

The second round of vaccination for frontline healthcare workers started in Assam on Wednesday with nearly 500 CRPF personnel in Guwahati and Silchar receiving the jabs on the first day.

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Earthquake of magnitude 4.7 felt in Assam

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Gauhati medical college first in country with Tomotherapy facility

Assam health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday inaugurated the new radiation oncology block at Gauhati Medical College and Hospital’s (GMCH) Cancer Hospital eqipped with Tomotherapy facility.

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Heroin worth Rs 8 lakh seized in Mizoram

Mizoram excise and narcotics department officials and the Assam Rifles personnel, in a joint operation, seized 306.1 grams of heroin worth around Rs 8.05 lakh at Zokhawthar village in Champhai district in the past 24 hours.

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Assam: BJP committed to welfare of tea garden workers, says Jitendra Singh

With the assembly elections round the corner, the daily wage of tea garden workers’ has become a major political issue for all parties.

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Arunachal Pradesh best state in Covid recovery rate

Frontier state Arunachal Pradesh has emerged as the state with the best Covid recovery rate in the country, touching nearly 99.56%, said the Union health ministry on Tuesday.

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Assam government to regularise jobs of 1,606 GMC workers

The Assam government has decided to regularise jobs of 1,606 contractual workers of the Guwahati Municipal Corporation in three phases. Guwahati development department minister Siddhartha Bhattacharya will start the process by giving out appointment letters to 500 contractual employees on Wednesday.

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Young techie wows Guwahati with start-up on drones

The dream to own a $100 billion company that would revolutionise drone technology in India, spurred young technocrat Anant Mittal to drop out of IIT-Guwahati and set up a start-up with a team of young entrepreneurs.

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Poll dates expected after Narendra Modi, Amit Shah visits

The dates for Assam elections are expected to be announced soon after Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah make their last official visits to the state before the model code of conduct sets in.

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Foundation of northeast’s 1st skill university laid in Assam’s Mangaldoi

Chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Monday laid the foundation of the Assam Skill University (ASU) at Mangaldoi in Darrang district — a first-of-its-kind institute in the northeast.

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Amit Shah to address rally at Srimanta Sankardeva’s birthplace on February 25

Home minister Amit Shah will be addressing a political rally on February 25 at Batadraba in Nagaon district — the birthplace of 15th century Vaishnavite saint Srimanta Sankardeva. It is from here that the saffron party will launch its battle for “protecting Assamese culture and identity”.

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After free power till March, Assam slashes energy charges from April

A week after the Assam cabinet announced free power upto 30 units till March, the state’s electricity tariff regulatory body on Monday approved reduction of energy charges by 15 to 20 paise per KWh for both domestic and commercial connections from April 1.

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