Sasthi today; Assam ready for revelry without Covid curbs

With the Covid-19 positivity rate hovering around just 1%, Assam is set to celebrate Durga Puja without any pandemic restriction after two subdued years.

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Victor gets absolute bail from HC

The Gauhati high court has converted the interim bail granted to vlogger-teacher Victor Das into absolute after ruling that it was “unimpressed” as there were no “ingredients” in the police case diary required to make out the offences for which he was arrested.

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Arrest parents who sexually abused daughter: Mizoram activist

Aizawl-based social activist Vanramchhuangi aka Ruatfela Nu, on Thursday filed an FIR at Zonuam police outpost in the western part of the city, demanding the arrest of the parents of a two-year-old girl, who, according to a doctor, had been sexually abused before her death.

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Farmers undertake mass poisoning to end rat menace in Mizoram

With rodents leaving behind a trail of destruction on the paddy fields in Mizoram, farmers have undertaken mass poisoning of the pests with help from the government.

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Guwahati: ‘King’ of Rani to display pre-1947 sword used for Durga Puja sacrifice

Animal sacrifices have been an integral part of many Durga Puja traditions, but the erstwhile Rani kingdom near the Assam-Meghalaya border showcases its heritage drenched in human blood during the festival every year.

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Assam: Hojai DM, ADM assault two for violating traffic rule; suspended

Hojai district magistrate Anupam Choudhury and additional district magistrate Raktim Baruah have been suspended for allegedly assaulting a man, who came in from the opposite direction in front of their convoy.

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3 missing in boat capsize in Assam's Dhubri, 19 rescued

Three persons, including a circle officer, went missing after a mechanised boat carrying 22 passengers capsized in a tributary of the Brahmaputra in Assam's Dhubri district on Thursday morning. Nineteen others were rescued with minor injuries, a government official said.

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Boat capsizes in Brahmaputra river in Assam's Dhubri, several missing

A mechanized boat carrying nearly 75 people, including many school students, capsized in Brahmaputra river in Assam's Dhubri on Thursday.

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Rajnath visits Dibrugarh Army stn, reviews infra development

Defence minister Rajnath Singh visited the Army station at Dinjan in Dibrugarh district on Wednesday and will leave for the frontline locations in eastern Arunachal Pradesh on Thursday.

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Offices of PFI sealed in several Assam districts

Hours after the Centre banned Popular Front of India (PFI) and its numerous affiliates for five years, Assam moved swiftly to seal the organization's offices in several districts, including its state headquarters, in Guwahati.

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25 more PFI members arrested in Assam

In a fresh crackdown on Tuesday, Assam Police arrested 25 more members of Popular Front of India (PFI) from eight districts of the state on charges of trying to foment communal strife in the state by criticizing government policies.

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Arunachal seeks CBI probe into ‘paper leak’ case

The Arunachal Pradesh government has sought a CBI probe into the alleged question paper leak case in the state public service commission exam.

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2 orangutans rescued in Cachar

Cachar police on Tuesday seized two young orangutans, which are native to Indonesia, from Lailapur locality in Assam near the Mizoram border.

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Activists hit streets after Subansiri mishaps

After a yearlong hiatus, anti-mega dam protests erupted in various parts of Assam on Tuesday amid major concerns over the safety and security of the people living in the downstream areas of the 2000-MW Subansiri Lower hydropower project.

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World Tourism Day: Assam focus on wooing more visitors

Assam joined the world to celebrate World Tourism Day on Tuesday with a focus on attracting more visitors to state after the pandemic-induced slump in tourist footfall in the last two years.

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Gauhati HC upholds life term of 2008 serial blasts convict Ranjan Daimari

The Gauhati high court on Tuesday upheld a special court’s verdict of 2019, awarding life sentence to former chief of now disbanded National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) Ranjan Daimari, on charges of carrying out serial blasts in the state on October 30, 2008.

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2008 Assam serial blasts: Gauhati HC upholds life imprisonment sentence of former NDFB chief Ranjan Daimary

Gauhati High Court on Tuesday upheld the life imprisonment sentence awarded by a lower court to Ranjan Daimary, the former chief of now disbanded National Democratic Front of Boroland (NDFB) in the October 2008 serial blasts case in Assam.

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Can't ask govt to act against owners of undeclared exotic pets: Tripura HC

The Tripura HC has ruled that most people possessing exotic wildlife species are animal lovers and it cannot direct the government to declare the possession of undeclared stock of such species as illegal and prosecute the owners.

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Police arrest 25 PFI activists in fresh crackdown in Assam

Twenty-five Popular Front of India (PFI) activists were arrested from different districts of Assam in a fresh crackdown against the outfit on Tuesday, police said.

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Work on Subansiri powerhouse stopped after wall collapse

The National Hydro Electric Power Corporation (NHPC) on Sunday stopped all construction work at its 2000MW Subansiri lower hydropower project on the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border after a guard wall of the powerhouse collapsed under surging floodwaters.

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3 IIIT-G students die in Kamrup road accident

Three students of the Indian Institute of Information Technology, Guwahati (IIIT-G), died in a road accident while they were returning from a picnic spot in Chandubi, located on the outskirts of the city.

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Congress vs Congress: Two groups clash during meeting in Assam

The incident took place during a meeting held at Rajiv Bhawan in Assam's Dhubri district.

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Three IIIT-Guwahati students killed in road accident

Three students of Indian Institute of Information Technology Guwahati (IIIT-G) died when the car, in which they were travelling, rolled over and fell into a nearby field.

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‘Meghalaya has no right over Karbi Anglong areas’

Amid the ongoing border talks between Assam and Meghalaya, several leading Karbi civil organisations on Sunday protested in West Karbi Anglong district, opposing the “give-and-take policy” adopted by the two state governments to resolve the decades-long boundary dispute.

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Woman held with 168cr drugs on Myanmar border

The Assam Rifles, in a joint operation with Mizoram Police, have recovered drugs valued at Rs 167.86 crore from Champhai district, bordering Myanmar. An official statement by the Assam Rifles stated that 5.05 lakh methamphetamine tablets (55.

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Prodded by PM Narendra Modi, Assam holds ‘chintan shivir’ to chart the road map of economic progress

Prodded by PM Narendra Modi, Assam on Saturday kicked off its first ‘chintan shivir’ of its policymakers to chart the roadmap for pushing the state’s GDP to Rs 6 lakh crore in the next four years in its endeavor to move to the bracket of top five states.

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‘Will oppose tax collection by pvt firms if kept in dark’

The councillors of the ruling BJP-led coalition in the Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) have decided to oppose any tax collection bid by the state government, if the people’s representatives (the councillors) are not taken into confidence before outsourcing property tax collection

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Gauhati University VC PJ Handique joins hands with TOI to help students develop reading habits

Gauhati University VC PJ Handique on Friday stressed the importance of inculcating the habit of reading in students. Speaking on 'Reading Habits and Competitive Examination' during a seminar organised by the varsity's postgraduate students' union (PGSU) in association with The Times of India, Handique urged the student fraternity to be selective in what they pick up to read.

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Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma hands over 11,000 appointment letters

Chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday distributed appointment letters to more than 11,000 new recruits of 24 government departments at a mega ceremony here, taking one more step forward towards fulfilling BJP's poll promise of providing one lakh government jobs.

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IMR lowest in Mizoram and Nagaland, below 40 in Assam

Mizoram and Nagaland have the two lowest infant mortality rates (IMR) in the country with three and four deaths per 1,000 live births of babies under the age of one year respectively, while progressive reduction has pushed the rate in Assam for the first time below the 40-point mark to 36, a decline of whopping 11 points in five years since 2015.

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10 PFI members arrested in Assam for 'fomenting communal strife'

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday arrested 10 members of the Islamic outfit, Popular Front of India (PFI), in different parts of Assam for their alleged involvement in anti-establishment conspiracy. The arrested PFI members have been accused of fomenting communal strife in the state by criticising government policies, including the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), the National Register of Citizens (NRC) and Doubtful voter (D-voter). A local court has sent them to five-day police custody.

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Freedom of speech non-negotiable, says vice president Jagdeep Dhankhar

Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Thursday said freedom of speech is non-negotiable and uncompromising, calling it the nectar of democracy.

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Cops release list of 39 phone nos. & 2 bank a/cs used for sextortion in Tinsukia dist

Amid a spate in cybercrimes in Tinsukia, police have released 39 phone numbers used by crooks for sextortion and blackmailing.

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Din against power lines in golden langur habitat

A chorus is growing against proposed high-power electricity transmission line that will bifurcate the Bhirab proposed reserve forest (PRF) in West Assam’s Bongaigaon district by threatening the most endangered golden langur population.

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Huge cache of tactical and war like stores recovered in Mizoram’s Siaha district

The PRO added that the team had specific information about movement of tactical and war-like stores for insurgents based in Myanmar in two Sumo vehicles near Niawthlang village.

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9 linked to Popular Front of India taken into custody in Assam

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) and Assam Police in joint raids have taken nine members of the Popular Front of India (PFI) into custody from Guwahati and other parts of the state.

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Assam and Mizoram CMs hold talks in Delhi to settle border row

Mizoram CM Zoramthanga and his Assam counterpart, Himanta Biswa Sarma, on Wednesday signed off a review meeting held in New Delhi to resolve the century-old border dispute between the two states on a “satisfied” note.

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Assam: Victor Das suspended from post of govt school teacher

Assam's vlogger and coaching institute instructor Victor Das, who was arrested over his cash-for-jobs allegation in the just concluded written exams for recruitments in various government posts in the state, has been suspended from his post of government school teacher. He was granted interim bail on September 16.

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Heavy rain forecast before monsoon retreats from northeast in mid-Oct

The southwest monsoon is likely to retreat from the northeast by mid-October with heavy rain forecast issued by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) in the next five days.

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Capacity building programme on 'Labour Reforms and New Labour Codes' held in Guwahati

Keeping pace with the new labour reform initiatives in the country, the Commissionerate of Labour, Assam organized a two days training session to train and sensitize the entire lot of field officials and senior officers under the Commissionerate at Assam Administrative Staff College, Khanapara.

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Assam, Mizoram CMs to now hold interstate border talks tomorrow

The proposed talks between the Mizoram CM Zoramthanga and his Assam counterpart, Himanta Biswa Sarma, on the interstate boundary dispute, has now been pushed back to Wednesday. They were scheduled to hold a dialogue in New Delhi on Monday.

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80% pupils in 3 North East states walk to school; in Goa, only 20% do

About 80% of the school students in Nagaland, Meghalaya and Mizoram, characterised by difficult terrains and remoteness, walk to school while nearly same the percentage of students in Goa either take the bus, family vehicle or ride bicycles to school.

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Numaligarh Refinery to invest over 35k-cr in next five years

Buoyed by its impressive performance in the last financial year, Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) has planned to invest more than Rs 35,000 crore in the next five years for executing four major ongoing projects.

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Assam assembly sees ruckus over English language row

Raising the matter, leader of opposition Debabrata Saikia said that the government’s decision to teach the two subjects in English will have a negative impact on the students.

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Myanmar refugees cannot buy land or build houses without govt nod: Mizoram

Myanmar refugees taking shelter in Mizoram following the military coup there in February last year will not be allowed to purchase land or building here without the permission of the state government.

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All BJP members committed to nation: Sonowal in Dibrugarh

Union minister for ports, shipping & waterways and Ayush, Sarbananda Sonowal, was given a rousing reception when he arrived in Dibrugarh on Sunday, for the first time after his recent appointment in the central parliamentary board and central election committee, the apex decision-making

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Four-member Assam team to examine Joymala in Tamil Nadu

A four-member team sent by the Assam government to Tamil Nadu on Monday will examine elephant Joymala at Srivilliputhur temple near Madurai, where she has been kept captive.

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Foreign nationals used tourist visas for religious preaching in Assam: DGP

Assam DGP Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta on Sunday said the 17 Bangladeshi nationals who were arrested from Assam’s Biswanath district on Saturday for violating Indian visa rules came to the state as tourists but were indulged in religious preaching.

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IIT-Guwhati student's body found in hostel room

The body of a student of the Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) Guwahati was found in his hostel room on Friday night. He was a resident of Kerala.

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Mizoram CM Zoramthanga, Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma to discuss border disputes in Delhi on Monday

Mizoram CM Zoramthanga and his Assam counterpart Himanta Biswa Sarma would on Monday hold negotiations in New Delhi to find a permanent solution to the vexed interstate boundary dispute, additional private secretary to Zoramthanga said on Friday.

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Fines up to 10k for traffic rule flout during Durga Puja

Traffic rule violations, including drink driving, during Durga Puja in Guwahati may attract immediate suspension of driving license along with a penalty of up to Rs 10,000, the transport department said on Friday.

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Assam: 50 lakh families with ration cards will now get health insurance of up to Rs 5 lakh

About 2.5 crore people of more than 50 lakh families of Assam, who hold ration cards under the National Food Security Act (NFSA), will now get a health insurance cover of up to Rs 5 lakh.

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Will resolve border row by year-end: Assam, Arunachal CMs

The chief ministers of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh said the two states are working on resolving the interstate border dispute by the end of this year, after their meeting with Union home minister Amit Shah in New Delhi on Thursday.

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Minor girl gang-raped for two days in Assam's Nagaon

​​​​​According to Nagaon BP Civil Hospital Superintendent Dr L C Nath, the 16-year-old girl was brought in an e-rickshaw by a youth in a semi-conscious state.

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Assam: Three Ulfa-I linkmen held in Tinsukia

Three youths were arrested on Wednesday for maintaining frequent links with Ulfa-I in a joint operation by police and the army in Tinsukia district.

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Rahul Gandhi skips NE part of Bharat Jodo Yatra

A small group of Congress workers without Rahul Gandhi will take a detour from its Kanyakumari to Srinagar Bharat Jodo Yatra in the northeastern direction to touch Guwahati on Friday.

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Monsoon in full flow, makes up for deficit in 6 northeast states

The last leg of monsoon rain that has lashed vast parts of northeast in the last couple of weeks has helped six of the seven NE states to get rid of rainfall deficit this season.

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Pre-paid power meters in Aizawl soon

Mizoram power and electricity department will soon introduce pre-paid system of bill payment by installation of pre-paid energy meters, an official statement said on Tuesday.

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195 doubtful citizens lodged in 6 transit camps, Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma informs house

There are 195 doubtful citizens lodged in transit camps attached with jails in six districts of the state, CM Himanta Biswa Sarma informed the assembly on Tuesday in a written reply.

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Delhi, Assam to sign peace pacts with 5 Adivasi outfits tomorrow

The Centre and Assam government will sign settlement agreements with five Adivasi armed groups of the state in New Delhi on September 15.

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Pacts with Assam groups that gave up arms in 2012

The Centre and Assam government will sign settlement agreements with five Adivasi armed groups of the state in New Delhi on September 15.

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ASI of Assam CID found dead in Guwahati hotel room

An assistant sub-inspector of the criminal investigation department of Assam police was found dead in a hotel in the Bora service area in Guwahati on Tuesday.

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