Cong seeks list of leaders not taking part in Assam leg of Bharat Jodo

The Congress high command has warned of action against its state leaders for not cooperating with the party in the state leg of the Bharat Jodo Yatra.

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Jnanpeeth awardee Mamoni's dream hospital in a shambles

Jnanpeeth awardee author Mamoni Raisom Goswami had dreamed of a hospital in her ancestral village Amranga in Kamrup district and had donated the entire sum of Rs 40 lakh she had received in 2008 to a government mini primary health centre to upgrade it. The great example of benevolence was cheered by the then health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma who promised 24x7 healthcare at the rural hospital with the best possible facilities for the villagers when the foundation stone for the renovation was laid in 2009. A decade after the inauguration of the renovated hospital in 2011, lack of adequate health staff and basic diagnostic facilities plague the hospital.

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Mizoram church leaders apprise min of Christians' problems in other states

Mizoram Kohhran Hruaitute Committee (MKHC), a conglomerate of major Christian church denominations in the state, apprised the visiting Union minister of state for minority affairs John Barla about problems being faced by Christians community in states where anti- conversion laws are in force.

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Two medical students expelled from AMC hostel on charges of ragging

Two postgraduate students of Assam Medical College (AMC) were expelled from the hostel and suspended from attending classes for six months after they were found guilty of ragging junior PG students.

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Union civil aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia flags off first flight to Arunachal Pradesh's new airport

Ten days after the inauguration of Arunachal's first greenfield airport at Hollongi by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union civil aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Monday flagged off the maiden flight to the newly built Donyi Polo Airport from Kolkata.

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18 Dibrugarh University students expelled from hostel for ragging

A day after a first-semester student of Dibrugarh University jumped off from the 2nd floor of his hostel after being allegedly ragged by his seniors, authorities on Monday expelled 18 students from the university hostel for their involvement in the incident.

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3 Meghalaya MLAs resign from assembly before polls, to join BJP

Ahead of the assembly elections due early next year, three Meghalaya legislators, including two from the ruling alliance’s major partner National People’s Party (NPP), resigned from the assembly on Monday and are set to join BJP.

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1,224 dengue cases & 5 deaths in Mizoram this year so far

About 1,224 people were infected with dengue in Mizoram until November 20. At least five persons, all from Aizawl district, succumbed to the infection, officials of the state-vector borne disease control programme said on Sunday.

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Have blocked Ulfa(I) finances, Assam Police say on evening of rebel outfit ‘protest day’

On the eve of Ulfa (I)’s ‘protest day’, the Assam Police claimed to have blocked the finances of the outlawed outfit with the arrest of four persons, including a linkman, in the last one week.

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PM Narendra Modi pat for Naga lifestyle, culture

Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed the lifestyle of the Naga community, their art, culture and music, calling these features an important part of the glorious heritage of India.

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Assam: 35,000 looted from businessman at gunpoint

Two bike-borne robbers looted Rs 35,000 from a businessman at gunpoint in Tingrai locality under Digboi police station in Tinsukia district on Saturday. They also took away his mobile phones.

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Assam: BJP Gaon Samparka Abhiyan to connect with masses ends

The state BJP’s 18-day Gaon Samparka Abhiyan (village connection drive), which kicked off on November 9, culminated in Barpeta district on Saturday evening.

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Assam: ‘Criminal’ trying to ‘escape’ shot at by police

A 25-year-old “habitual offender” was reportedly injured in police firing while he was allegedly trying to flee from their custody by snatching the service weapon of a policeman. The incident tookplace at Teok in Jorhat district early on Sunday.

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Dibrugarh University student jumps from hostel 'to escape ragging'

A student of Dibrugarh University and an inmate of PNGB Hostel, reportedly jumped from the two-storied hostel building on Saturday night to escape from brutal ragging by seniors.

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Assam lifts travel restrictions to Meghalaya, six days after border violence

Assam on Sunday lifted travel restrictions to Meghalaya, six days after being imposed in the aftermath of violence in a disputed area along the inter-state border, police said. Vehicles from Assam are now allowed to enter Meghalaya, a senior police officer said.

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16 artists from Assam to receive Akademi Puraskar

The Sangeet Natak Akademi will honour 16 artists from Assam with the Akademi Puraskar in various categories. The ministry of culture announced the awards for the years 2019, 2020 and 2021 on Friday.

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5 months after toppling Uddhav govt, Maha CM visits Kamakhya again

Nearly five months after leading a rebellion from Guwahati and toppling the Uddhav Thackeray government, Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde and his men returned to the city on Saturday to revisit the Kamakhya Temple where he had sought the blessings of the goddess before hoisting himself as CM

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Over 50 Assam students in hospital after taking folic tablets

Over 50 school students were hospitalized in upper Assam's Charaideo district on Saturday after they fell sick on taking Iron Folic Acid tablets (IFA) as a part of a health initiative.

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Assam: 50 students fall ill after taking iron folic acid tablets

Altogether 50 students of two schools in Assam's Charaideo district were taken ill on Saturday purportedly after consuming iron-folic acid (IFA) tablets provided by Health department workers, official sources said. The students were taken to the Sonari Civil Hospital, where they were treated and discharged later.

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Assam: CBI to probe Mukroh firing, Meghalaya CM Conrad Sangma moves NHRC

The CBI will probe the inter-state border clash between villagers and the Assam Police at Mukroh on Tuesday morning in which five persons from Meghalaya were killed in police firing. A forest guard from Assam was also killed in the clash.

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Assam: Violence, arson as border clash plays out in Meghalaya capital

Tension brewing over the death of five Meghalaya villagers in firing by Assam police along the interstate border two days ago erupted in arson and vandalism in Shillong late on Thursday, creating a grim backdrop to contrasting statements from the northeastern states about whether the incident was linked to their partially resolved border dispute.​

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Assam: 63-year old sentenced to life for raping minor in Dhubri

The victim informed her family members about the incident later and they along with the villagers nabbed the accused and registered a complaint with the police against him.

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National Investigation Agency arrests 1 over seizure of explosives in Mizoram

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested a 54-year-old man, suspected of being a linkman of his Myanmar counterparts, in smuggling of arms from Aizawl to the Myanmar border.

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Guwahati: Cry to restore Saraighat War Landmark on Ahom Warrior’s 400th birth anniversary

The 17th century rampart, Momai-kota garh, built by the Ahoms along the banks of the Brahmaputra to prevent the entry of the Mughals to Guwahati, is in a shambles.

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3 JIST students stabbed by youth over right of way

Three students of Jorhat Institute of Science and Technology (JIST) were stabbed by a youth who came in a car along with his two friends on Tuesday evening, the police said.

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Firing at the border seems unprovoked, says Himanta

The Assam cabinet on Tuesday issued instructions restraining the state police from using lethal weapons while dealing with civilians in the future.This comes a day after the death of five villagers from Meghalaya in firing by Assam Police personnel at the border between the two states.

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Assam cabinet passes instructions to state’s police force to restrain from using lethal weapons while dealing with civilian population

Assam cabinet on Wednesday passed instructions to the state’s police force to restrain from using lethal weapons while dealing with civilian population a day after five persons from Meghalaya were killed in firing by Assam Police during a clash with villagers of the neighbouring state and decided to hand over the investigation to CBI.

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Six killed as Assam cops and armed Meghalaya mob clash along border

Six persons, including five villagers from Meghalaya and a forest guard from Assam were killed in clashes between Assam cops and an armed mob from Meghalaya along the disputed border on Tuesday morning.

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5 Meghalaya villagers killed in border firing by Assam cops

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Assam to hand over probe into violence on Meghalaya border to central agency

The Assam government on Tuesday said it will hand over the investigation into the violence that left six people dead on the state's disputed border with Meghalaya in West Karbi Anglong district to a central or neutral agency.

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Assam govt quashes Meghalaya CM’s statement, says firing incident happened on state's soil, forest guards fired in self-defence

Quashing Meghalaya chief minister Conrad Sangma’s statement Assam said that the firing incident took place well inside Assam's territory and not in Meghalaya.

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Four killed in violence at Assam-Meghalaya border over timber smuggling

Four people, including a forest guard, were killed in violence at the Assam-Meghalaya border after the police intercepted a truck transporting illegal timber in the early hours of Tuesday, officials said.

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Businessman shot dead in Guwahati, robbed of 2L

A 58-year-old distributor of a renowned state dairy firm was shot dead at point blank range with a pistol by two bike-borne persons and robbed of over Rs 2 lakh on Monday. He was on his way to deposit the cash amount in a bank, police said.

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'Over 300 Kuki Chin refugees in jungles near Mizoram'

More than 300 Kuki-Chin refugees crossed the Mizoram-Bangladesh border and took shelter in Bondukbangsora village near the Mizoram-Bangladesh-Myanmar tri-junction in southernmost Mizoram's Lawngtlai district on Sunday, intelligence sources said.

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Search for last victim of quarry collapse called off

The search for the missing body of Jahindur Islam (27) of NC Barpeta, Assam, killed after a stone mine, operated by the ABCI Infrastructure Private Limited, collapsed on November 14, was officially closed in accordance with Mizo customs on Sunday at 3 pm.

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No Myanmar refugee arrested for trafficking drugs: Mizoram police

There has been no report of Myanmar refugees being arrested for trafficking drugs from Myanmar to Mizoram to date, a senior state police official said on Sunday.

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Assam’s Masalpur OC hurt in leg as own gun goes off

The officer-in-charge (OC) of Masalpur police station in Baksa district suffered an accidental bullet injury in his leg while he was on the way to arrest an absconding culprit (groom) involved in solemnising a marriage with a minor girl, the police said.

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Couple killed, 4 injured as car falls into gorge in Kohima

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Can't raze homes in the name of probe: Gauhati HC to Assam Police

The Gauhati High Court, while expressing concern over authorities demolishing houses with bulldozers in the name of investigation, has taken suo moto cognizance of such an action by the Assam Police which had razed houses of five men accused of torching a police station in Nagoan district last May. A bench of chief justice RM Chhaya and justice Soumitra Saikia asked the Assam Police to clarify under which law houses were bulldozed.

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Donyi Polo: 1st airport in India named after sun and moon

For practical purposes, Donyi Polo airport that PM Narendra Modi opened on Saturday in the frontier state of Arunachal Pradesh will keep an eye on the sky. At the spiritual level, it will be under the watchful eyes of Donyi (sun) and Polo (moon) — the main deities in the ancient animistic tradition of the easternmost Himalayan state’s vast majority.

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Nobody safe if bulldozer action permitted: Gauhati high court

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New era of expectation, new approach of India: PM Narendra Modi while inaugurating Arunachal Pradesh's first greenfield airport

"This is a new era of expectations and aspirations and today’s programme is a perfect example of the new approach of India," the Prime Minister said in his address at the inauguration function at Holongi in the frontier state.

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'Mizoram has huge potential for adventure & eco-tourism'

Mizoram is a beautiful state with a huge potential for adventure and eco-tourism, said Union minister for tourism G Kishan Reddy. He was speaking at the inauguration of the 10th International Tourism Mart (ITM) for the northeast at R Dengthuama Hall in Aizawl on Thursday night.

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Every Indian citizen must get land rights, but not foreigners: AJP

Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP) president Lurinjyoti Gogoi on Friday claimed that the state government generalised and targeted a particular minority community while announcing ‘Mission Basundhara 2.

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Weeklong events to celebrate Lachit Barphukan’s 400th birth anniv begin

The final week-long programme celebrating the 400th birth anniversary of legendary Ahom general Lachit Barphukan started on Friday with a march past by the army and security agencies and NCC units across Assam.

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2 mishaps in Nalbari claim 6 Raas devotees

Six people died in two separate road accidents in Nalbari district in the early hours of Thursday.

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‘Practising’ doctor without degree arrested in Sivasagar

The arrest of a doctor without a valid registration number from Geleki in upper Assam’s Sivasagar district on Wednesday shines light on a possible nexus between a section of health department officials and unscrupulous elements seeking jobs in government hospitals.

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PM Narendra Modi to inaugurate 600 MW power plant, greenfield airport in Arunachal on November 19

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will arrive in Arunachal Pradesh on Saturday where he would dedicate to the nation a 600-MW hydel power plant located in West Kameng district, which will make the frontier state a power surplus state.

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Seven killed, four injured in road accidents in Assam

At least seven people were killed and four injured in separate road accidents in different parts of Assam on Thursday, police said.

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Assam man held for ‘rape, murder’ of minor

A 45-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly raping and murdering a 14-year-old girl in Assam’s Dhekiajuli on Tuesday, police said.The accused, who has been identified as Hazarat Ali, was married four times and was the victim’s neighbour.

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Kid 'mans' traffic in Guwahati's busy area

A viral video of a street kid in Guwahati manning traffic at a busy intersection prompted Chandmari traffic police to immediately deploy personnel at the spot.

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Man held for murdering and attempting to rape 14-yr-old girl in Assam

The accused person is a resident of the same village as the victim girl, said Kishore Baruah, a police officer of Dhekiajuli Police Station.

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Millet mission launched in Assam for exports, nutrition needs

Chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday launched the Assam Millets Mission to meet the country's export demand, besides raising the nutrition quotient and doubling the income of farmers.

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Party's Nagaland unit to hold 20-km rally on November 19

The Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC) will organise Bharat Jodo Yatra on Saturday, commemorating the birth anniversary of former prime minister Indira Gandhi.

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Rs 15 crore heroin haul from Mizoram border district

Police officials of Mizoram-Myanmar border Champhai district seized 3.26 kg of heroin at four places in the district during the last 48 hours, a police statement said on Tuesday.

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