Final solution not possible sans Naga constitution, flag: NSCN-IM

Amid the standoff, NSCN (IM) on Tuesday put the ball in Centre’s court saying that without the Naga flag and constitution, there cannot be a final solution to the country’s longest continuing peace talks that has been on for quarter of a century.

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PS arson: AIUDF, Cong demand judicial probe

All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) and Congress in Assam demanded a judicial probe into the Batadrava police station arson case, death of accused in police custody and eviction of houses of the arrested accused in Nagaon district.

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Pre-monsoon season ends, excess rainfall in Meghalaya and Assam

The pre-monsoon season ended on Tuesday with excess rainfall in Meghalaya, Assam and Manipur since March 1. But the rainfall distribution pattern has been divergent in Mizoram and Tripura where deficit rainfall was experienced in the last three months.

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Youngsters demand stricter rules to check tobacco use

Over 300 cyclists participated in a cyclothon in the city demanding tobacco control laws be made stricter on World No Tobacco Day on Tuesday.

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Petition in SC against conversion of madrassas

A group of 13 petitioners has filed a special leave petition in the Supreme Court, challenging the Gauhati High Court’s order that upheld the validity of the legislative decision of the Assam assembly and executive decision of the state government by which religious instruction in

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Assam’s first solar park opened in Sivasagar

Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday inaugurated Assam’s first solar park at Amguri in Sivasagar district. The 70-MW Amguri solar power park is an outcome of the Assam Accord. The foundation stone of the park was laid by former CM Sarbananda Sonowal on February 27, 2019.

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Fuel strike today over excise duty cut

Fuel stations will be closed across the northeastern states in sync with the other parts of the country on Tuesday as the North East India Petroleum Dealers’ Association (NEIPDA) has extended support to the All India Petroleum Dealers’ Association’s (AIPDA) call for a protest against the

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ASTC reduces free buses to four from 25

The Assam State Transport Corporation (ASTC) has reduced the number of pink buses, which were launched last year by the previous state government to provide free services to women and the elderly, from 25 to just four citing low passenger traffic in the last couple of months.

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Submit financial reports by Jun 24: EC to RUPPs

The Election Commission (EC) of India has asked the Registered Unrecognised Political Parties (RUPPs) to submit their financial reports by June 24 in order “to avoid consequential action.

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Meghalaya's Ankur Das tops UPSC in northeast region

Meghalaya's Ankur Das with an all-India rank of 52 has topped the list of nine from the northeast who have cracked UPSC civil services (main) examination, the results of which were declared on Monday. Three other candidates are from Assam, two each from Manipur and Nagaland one from Arunachal Pradesh.

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Assam ring well discovery throws light on possible civilization

The discovery of countless pieces of broken terracotta pot shards in the Kuji Sattra village since last month, along with the recent unearthing of a giant ring well in present day Morigaon district dating back between 9th and 11th century AD, point to the possibility of the discovery of a

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Govt anti-tobacco drive hits consumption hurdle

The socially accepted culture of tobacco consumption in the state has become the biggest stumbling block for the government’s tobacco control programme on the occasion of World No-Tobacco Day (WNTD) on Tuesday. Assam had above 48.

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Assam PS arson suspect run over while ‘fleeing’ custody

One of the prime accused in vandalising and torching Batadrava police station in Nagaon district on May 21 died in an accident in police custody late on Sunday night after he was arrested.

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Police shoot at rape accused

Police in broad daylight on Sunday shot at a man charged with raping a minor, who had fled from Diphu Medical College in Diphu on Saturday night by breaching police security, at Dhansiri in Assam’s Karbi Anglong district.

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HC notices over coal block lease

Gauhati High Court has issued notices to the Centre, state government and Coal India Limited (CIL) asking them to file their response to the allegations of leasing out four coal mining blocks in Tinsukia and Dibrugarh district by violating Supreme Court directions that deprecated ex-post

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River links with Nepal and Bangladesh key to India’s growth: Fin min

Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday said India needs to tap the potential of historic riverine systems with Nepal and Bangladesh to accelerate logistic movement to expedite its growth story.

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Monsoon to hit region this week

The southwest monsoon is all set to hit the northeast in the next three to four days, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) announced on Sunday.

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Monsoon to hit northeast this week

​​​​Met officials said conditions have turned out favourable for further advancement of the monsoon towards the northeast, after it arrived in Kerala, three days ahead of time on Sunday.

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Two arrested for Muslim cleric's murder in Guwahati

Police on Saturday arrested two persons involved in the killing of a Muslim cleric in Guwahati's Hatigaon area early this week.

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'Rohingya refugees' criminal tendencies may cause unrest'

Bangladesh foreign minister AK Abdul Momen, while insisting on expediting mutual cooperation between the southeast Asian nations, raised concern that criminal tendencies among "frustrated" Rohingya refugees may give rise to extremism and unrest in the region.

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100 from Dhemaji join Trinamool, party says only it can take on BJP

Over 100 people from upper Assam’s Dhemaji district joined the Trinamool Congress (TMC) in presence of former cricketer and TMC leader Kirti Azad in a programme at Dhemaji town on Saturday. They belonged to various political parties including BJP, Congress and the AGP.

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Cross-border land, sea routes can open new world, says EAM

External affairs minister S Jaishankar said if land connectivity through Myanmar and sea connectivity through Bangladesh become viable on a commercial scale, a world all the way to Vietnam and Philippines, from Haiphong to Hazira and from Manila to Mundra will open up, creating an

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Central team visits Cachar, Dima Hasao to assess flood damage

An inter-ministerial central team from the Union ministry of home affairs visited Cachar and Dima Hasao districts on Friday and Saturday respectively to take stock of the damage caused by the recent floods and landslides.

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ATTSA opposes OIL bid to acquire Balijan TE land

The Assam Tea Tribe Students’ Association (ATTSA) has strongly opposed Oil India Limited’s bid to procure garden land of Balijan tea estate in Dibrugarh to set up of oil fields.

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Workers protest closure of Limbuguri tea estate in Tinsukia

Hundreds of workers of Limbuguri tea estate in Tinsukia district on Friday staged a protest over closure of the tea garden factory and low wages of the workers.

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Panel of three to probe Eco Camp ‘land grab’ suicide

The state government late on Thursday night constituted a three-member inquiry committee to probe if the allegation of land grab in the suicide of entrepreneur George Bordoloi against Assam Don Bosco University under the Sonapur revenue circle is true.

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Darrang mob attack: Prime accused held

Accelerating its investigation, the special investigation team (SIT) late on Thursday night arrested the prime accused in the police station arson case from Assam’s Darrang district.

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₹25cr super-suckers gone down the drain, says minister

The severe flooding after every spell of rain in the city so far has proved that purchasing 10 super-suckers by spending a total of Rs 25 crore to de-silt the 575 drains and five river channels in a bid to mitigate Guwahati’s artificial flood was an ineffective move of the

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Working to position Assam as gateway to SE Asia: Sarma

CM Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday said the Assam government is working to position the state as the gateway and the expressway to ASEAN and South East Asia following the Centre’s renewed thrust on Act East policy.

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Rare snake species found near Manas after 112 yrs

The rediscovery of the Blue-bellied kukri snake (Oligodon melaneus Wall) in the vicinity of Manas National Park, for the first time in India after 112 years, may be an indication of the presence of rarer snake species in the northeast.

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Assam Cong bins reports of Rakibul quitting party

Amid reports of resignation of deputy Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader Rakibul Hussain from the party, the Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) on Thursday rubbished the speculation.

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Central team of ministers arrives in state to assess flood damage

An Inter-Ministerial Central Team (IMCT) from the Union home ministry reached Guwahati on Thursday for assessing the state’s flood situation, which marginally improved on Thursday.About 5.

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SIT begins probe into police station arson, 7 arrested so far

A six-member special investigation team (SIT) headed by an additional superintendent of police (security & intelligence) has begun investigation into the police station arson case in central Assam’s Nagaon district.

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Cops shoot at gang-rape accused as he ‘tries to flee from custody’ in Kokrajhar

Police shot at one of the three accused, arrested in connection with the gang-rape of a minor girl in Assam’s Kokrajhar district, while he was allegedly attempting to escape from custody by snatching a service pistol of an officer on Wednesday night.

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Ulfa-I recruitment racket busted in Charaideo dist

Amid surge in the number of youths leaving homes to join the Ulfa (Independent), troops of the Assam Rifles in a joint operation with Assam Police busted a recruitment racket of Ulfa (I) on Tuesday.

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Aasu protests govt failure to tackle price rise in Sivasagar

Hundreds of All Assam Students’ Union (Aasu) supporters staged a demonstration at Demow Chariali on the NH-37 in Sivasagar district on Wednesday to protest against the government’s failure to curb soaring prices of petrol, diesel, cooking gas and consumables.

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100 new start-ups from IIT-G in 3 yrs

At least 100 start-ups are to be incubated with around 100 doctoral students to be added within the next three years at the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IIT-G), which will be playing a key role in the implementation of the ‘Guwahati Declaration,’ unveiled by Union education

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Assam tea gardens get high schools first time since Independence

For the first time since Independence, students in Assam’s tea garden areas can avail of secondary education without having to move out of home after chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday inaugurated 96 newly built model high schools in the vicinity of gardens.

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Don Bosco VC sent to two-day police custody over abetment to suicide charge

Assam Don Bosco University vice chancellor Father Stephen Mavely, who was arrested on charges of abetting the suicide of a resort owner, was remanded in 2-day police custody by a lower court in Guwahati on Wednesday.

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In a first, Assam tea gardens get high schools; CM Himanta Biswa Sarma dedicates 96 model schools to tea community

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Railway link to landslide-hit Dima Hasao likely by July 10

The Railways have completed dispatching manpower, materials and equipment to rebuild railway infrastructure in the landslide-hit Dima Hasao district, which is a connecting route to South Assam, Tripura, Manipur and Mizoram.

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Truck mows down five in Assam’s Sipajhar town

In less than 24 hours after the state government fixed the speed limits for vehicles, an over-speeding truck mowed down five joggers and morning walkers on NH-15 at Assam’s Sipajhar. Three others were severely injured.

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Tea tribe bodies protest Doloo estate land acquisition

Members of the Assam Tea Tribes Womens’ Association (ATTWA) and the Assam Tea Tribes Students’ Association (ATTSA) formed a human chain protest at Tingrai Chariali in Dibrugarh district on Tuesday to protest against the government’s move to acquire 2,500 bighas of land of Doloo tea estate

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Class XII board results by June 20, says AHSEC

The Assam Higher Secondary Education Council (AHSEC) on Tuesday assured a delegation of the All Assam Students’ Union (Aasu) that the Class XII state board examination results would be declared by June 20.

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ITA: Floods have worsened Barak tea industry crisis

The Indian Tea Association (ITA) has expressed deep concern about the situation in the tea industry in the Barak Valley region of Assam, which has been further compounded by the recent spate of floods.

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Muslim cleric killed in Guwahati during attempted robbery

A Muslim cleric was murdered in the city during a robbery attempt in Guwahati, the second murder within a week, police said on Tuesday.

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Assam: Rail link in landslide-hit Dima Hasao likely by July 10

IMD officials said at least for the next three days only low intensity rainfall is likely in Dima Hasao and south Assam and this can be a breather for the railways. However, June 5 is the normal date of the arrival of the monsoon in the northeast after which the region may experience heavy rainfall.

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Jumbo herd kills 3 of family in Goalpara

Three of a family were killed by a herd of wild elephants in Lakhipur area in Assam’s Goalpara district on Sunday night as floods have pushed jumbos from wetlands to villages in one of the worst human-elephant conflict-hit districts.

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Nagaon PS attack: 6 sent to 5-day police custody

A court on Monday remanded the six arrested accused of vandalising and setting a police station on fire in Assam’s Nagaon district to five-day police custody, police said.SP Leena Doley said, “Six persons were arrested and 12 were detained in this connection.

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Assam cabinet fixes six speed limit slabs to curb accident risk

Vehicles of all categories in Assam will now have to be driven within six speed-limit slabs approved by the state cabinet on Monday to make commuting safer and minimise the risk of accidents.

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Assam Police bulldoze five houses of villagers for torching Nagaon thana

In a first such move to quell mob violence in Assam, the BJP government on Sunday bulldozed houses of five families in Nagaon district for burning down a police station.

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AAP gets boost in Dibrugarh as 5K join party

Providing a boost to Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP’s) expansion plan in Assam, over 5,000 people joined the Arvind Kejriwal-led party in Dibrugarh district on Sunday.

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SIT to probe AQIS role in mob attack on Nagaon police station, says DGP Mahanta

The Assam Police on Sunday said a special investigation team (SIT) will be formed to probe if there is any involvement of Anasar-ul-Islam, the Bangladesh chapter of the Al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS), in the vandalism and burning down of the Batadrava police station in Nagaon

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Union min Teli bats for tea garden workers’ welfare, reviews schemes

Union minister of state for petroleum and natural gas Rameswar Teli chaired a district development and monitoring committee meeting at the conference hall of the Dibrugarh deputy commissioner’s office on Saturday, and emphasised on the development and welfare of the tea garden workers not

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Cachar admin conducts raids as skyrocketing prices hit residents

The residents of Cachar, which is the worst-hit district following the current wave of flood, are suffering from skyrocketing prices of vegetables and essential commodities.

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GMC tells malls not to charge parking fees

Following numerous complaints, the Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) issued a strict order to the shopping malls and other business establishments within its jurisdiction in the capital city to “stop collecting parking fees in the name of valet parking”.

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29 dead in nine days in northeast floods & landslides

Worst-hit Assam showed signs of returning to normal after the number of affected population came down marginally to 6.8 lakh from 7.11 lakh on Friday.

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Mob attacks Assam police stn over trader’s ‘custodial death’

A mob of few hundreds retaliating an alleged custodial death attacked a police station at the birthplace of Vasihnavite saint Srimanta Sankardeva in Assam’s Nagaon district, beat up the police personnel on duty and burned down the station after vandalizing it on Saturday.

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Panel to assess proposal of turning Cong headquarter into commercial complex

The AICC has constituted a panel to look into the proposal of turning the state Congress headquarter into a commercial complex and make it a source of earning revenue to enrich its exchequer.

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Locals foil bid of ‘Bangladeshis’ to enter Karimganj

“Alert” local residents claimed that they had foiled the attempt of a group of suspected Bangladeshi nationals trying to enter Assam’s Karimganj after crossing the Kushiyara river on a boat on Friday evening, police said on Saturday.

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‘Target of the tea sector to boost economic sustenance, prosperity of all stakeholders’

On the occasion of International Tea Day on Saturday, Indian Tea Association chairperson Nayantara Palchoudhuri said the tea sector’s goal was to strengthen its socio-cultural fabric and economic sustenance and work towards the collective growth and prosperity of all stakeholders.

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Working to make NE free of disputes, weapons and insurgency, says Shah

Union home minister Amit Shah, who is on a two-day visit to Arunachal Pradesh from Saturday, said the MHA has prepared a three-pronged plan for creating a dispute-free, insurgency and weapon-free developed northeast India.

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Summer paddy damaged, state govt’s procurement target likely to be affected

The first wave of Assam floods devastated high-yielding summer paddy, about to be harvested in vast parts of the state, leaving lakhs of farmers in a quandary.The crop damage may hit the paddy procurement target of the government.

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Dibrugarh lens on road safety drive

An awareness programme on road safety was organised by Brahma Kumaris at its spiritual centre at Thana Chariali here on Saturday.

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Couple in Guwahati kills landlord; Golaghat man stabs ex-neighbour

A couple living as tenants allegedly murdered their elderly landlord in Guwahati while an alleged drug addict murdered a neighbour for money in Golaghat district on Friday.

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ENNG rebel held in Arunachal Pradesh

A self-styled captain of the banned outfit-Eastern Naga National Government (ENNG) was arrested by security forces from Arunachal Pradesh’s Changlang district on Thursday.

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Floods force BJP to put off executive meet

In view of the worsening flood situation across the state, BJP’s Assam president Bhabesh Kalita has postponed the party’s state executive, which was slated to be held on Wednesday and Thursday in Duliajan, and asked the party workers to volunteer in flood relief and rescue exercises in

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DDMA alert for people living in city’s landslide-prone zones

In view of incessant rainfall since May 13, the Kamrup (Metro) district disaster management authority (DDMA) has issued an alert for the people living in 366 vulnerable landslide-prone zones spread across 19 hills here and asked those at risk to move to safer places.

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FIR against former coordinator of NRC for forgery, anti-national act

The National Register of Citizens (NRC) updating authority in Assam on Friday lodged an FIR with Assam CID, charging former state coordinator of NRC Prateek Hajela, with ‘anti-national act’ for facilitating names of ineligible persons as Indian nationals in the document.

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