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Assam Rifles recovers contraband drugs worth Rs 3 crore in Manipur

11 hours ago

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Troops of Assam Rifles recovered contraband drugs worth Rs 3 crore near Tengnoupal check post in Tengnoupal district in Manipur on November 16, the paramilitary force said on Monday...

KMSS debunks Himanta Biswa Sarma's CAB claim

20 hours ago

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Organisations against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill (CAB), including the Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS), on Sunday said fundamentals of the 2016 and 2019 versions of the bill are the same. This comes after the North-East Democratic Alliance (NEDA) convener and Assam minister, Himanta Biswa Sarma, said the draft of the 2019 version of the CAB was different from legislation introduced in Parliament three years ago, and envisages protection of the northeast's unique culture and identity...

Assam: Days after capture, ‘Laden’ dies; activists raise a stink

yesterday

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“Laden”, the wild elephant that had killed five people in Assam’s Goalpara district before being tranquillised and captured seven days ago in an operation led by an MLA, died on Sunday at a rehabilitation centre in Orang National Park...

Ready to tackle any tension: Assam Police

yesterday

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Assam Police has said it was fully prepared to tackle any unrest in the state, following tabling of the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) in the winter session of Parliament, which starts on Monday...

Assam: AGP 'divided' on CAB, says will take call soon

yesterday

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Amid growing chorus against the fresh version of the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, which is expected to be tabled during the winter session of Parliament that starts on Monday, the BJP's main ally in Assam, the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), said it will read "the pulse of the people of Assam" before taking any decisive stand on the legislation...

Assam: Rogue elephant 'Laden' dies in captivity

yesterday

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Northeast roads safer than elsewhere: Survey

2 days ago

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Roads in the northeast are less prone to fatal accidents than other parts of the country, according to Road Accidents in India, 2018 report published by ministry of road transport and highways...

Assam: CAB in winter session; Student groups ready for stir

2 days ago

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The Centre is set to introduce a new Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in the winter session of Parliament, commencing on Monday, after the earlier one lapsed in the last Lok Sabha. Student organisations and civil society groups in Assam, opposed to the bill, have announced intense protests from day one of the session...

'Betel nuts led to head, neck cancer in Northeast'

3 days ago

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Among men, 2,059 cases of head and neck cancer were detected in 2017-18, while 742 cases in women were reported in the leading cancer research institute, where patients from across the northeast come for treatment...

Assam: Sedition case against Facebook page over Ayodhya posts

3 days ago

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Assam police has registered a sedition case against an unidentified administrator of a Facebook page called "Assamese online" for putting up several controversial posts related to Supreme Court's Ayodhya verdict...

Killer jumbo reaches Orang, protests follow

4 days ago

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Unable to get relocated to its natural habitat, the male elephant that was captured after it killed five persons in Goalpara district, will now undergo "painful and gruelling" training session at Orang National Park...

Assam: App for child rights violation complaints

5 days ago

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This November 14, on the occasion of Children's Day, the Assam State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (ASCPCR) will launch a mobile application which will allow citizens to file complaints against child rights violations. Titled 'Sishu Suraksha', the app, which will run on android and iOS devices,..

NIA charge sheet against eight in Guwahati grenade blast case

6 days ago

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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday filed charge sheet against eight in connection with the grenade blast in the city's upscale Zoo Road on May 15. Twelve people, including two Seema Shashastra Bal personnel, were injured in the explosion that took place near a shopping mall...

Cyclone Bulbul: Arunachal and Tripura hit; light rain elsewhere

7 days ago

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Most of the northeast was spared of any adverse impact of cyclone Bulbul, which made a landfall in the region on Sunday. Barring Arunachal Pradesh, and Tripura, no other state in the region saw an adverse impact...

Mandatory registration of outsiders for entering Meghalaya: State govt yet to send it to the governor

8 days ago

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Northeast accepts Ayodhya judgment, tight vigil in Assam and Tripura

8 days ago

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The whole of northeast remained peaceful on Saturday, as there was a air of acceptance from almost all quarters regarding the Ayodhya verdict...

Assam 'dissent': Congress MP caught unawares criticizing own party

9 days ago

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Former Assam Congress minister and newly elected Lok Sabha MP Pradyut Bordoloi was on Thursday caught off guard on camera telling AICC in-charge of the state, Harish Rawat, that the "AICC is notorious for indecisiveness."..

Guwahati: ABVP leader's jibe at Aasu over 'weak stand' on NRC

10 days ago

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"NRC was necessary not just for Assam, but also for the whole country.But in the wake of discrepancies that have come to light during updating of the NRC, it has become essential to go for a 100 per cent verification...

Khandu: Will not part with any territory for Nagalim

11 days ago

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Arunachal Pradesh chief minister Pema Khandu has said his government will not part with any territory of the state, as demanded by NSCN(I-M) to create a Greater Nagaland or 'Nagalim', by merging all Naga-inhabited areas in Assam, Arunachal and Manipur...

'Ahom capital' gets a fresh survey

11 days ago

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After the unavailable map of the ancient burial grounds of Ahom royals, known as 'Maidams' in Upper Assam's Charaideo district, came in the way of the aspiring world heritage site from getting the coveted tag from Unesco, the district administration has finally approved the plea of history enthusiasts and started conducting a fresh survey of the historic monuments of Charaideo, the erstwhile capital of the Ahom kingdom, which ruled Assam for 600 years till the advent of the British. ..

BSF procures drones to keep vigil on trans-border crimes

12 days ago

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The Border Security Force (BSF) has procured Israeli-tethered drones and thermal imagers to check smuggling and illegal infiltration in Dhubri sector of Assam, where a major part of the India-Bangladesh border passes through a riverine stretch, making it difficult to erect fences...

Woman's body near canal in Manipur

13 days ago

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In two separate incidents, a woman's body was found on the banks of a canal, while another woman died in a road mishap in Bishnipur district on Monday morning...

CM flags off 15 electric buses, to ply from Panbazar to Kamakhya

13 days ago

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In line with the state government's vision to make Assam a pollution free state, chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Monday flagged off 15 electric buses in the city...

Focus on rearing mithuns beyond four Northeast states

yesterday

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Scientists at the Indian Council of Agricultural Research's (ICAR) National Research Centre on Mithun (NRCM) in Nagaland are exploring ways to promote the rearing of mithuns (Bos frontalis) as a as livelihood option for farmers in places beyond the four northeastern states...

Assam: Elephant creates panic inside Numaligarh refinery complex

2 days ago

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CISF jawan to start Assam's first food and clothes bank on Sunday

3 days ago

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Leading by example, a 32-year-old CISF jawan from Assam has decided to set up the state's first-ever food and clothes bank with his own money in Sivasagar district...

Over 50 Kg smuggled gold seized by DRI from Northeast, UP, 6 arrested

3 days ago

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The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has seized a total of 51.66 kg smuggled gold worth Rs 20.40 crore in three parallel operations in Guwahati, Siliguri and Varanasi on the intervening night of November 11 and 12...

Headmaster spends earned leave to free NRC-hit woman in Assam

3 days ago

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Going beyond the call of duty, the headmaster of a Tripura school spent his own money and used up 10 days from his annual leave to travel to Assam and bail out a 61-year-old woman languishing in a detention camp there after being excluded from the final NRC...

How fresh is the milk? An IIT-Guwahati sensor can tell you

4 days ago

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IIT- Guwahati (IIT-G) researchers have developed a paper-based sensor that can test the freshness of milk...

Student's crusade against burning plastic bears fruit

5 days ago

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A crusade against plastic by a Class IX student from Chabua near Dibrugarh town has compelled the Chabua Municipal Board (CMB) and the administration to levy penalty for burning plastic and other harmful products...

Assam MLA captures 'Laden' to end tusker terror

7 days ago

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Mounted on one of his seven trained elephants engaged in the operation, Sootea legislator Padma Hazarika was quite the hero after accomplishing what many others had tried but failed to do for weeks...

Citizens oppose felling 300 trees for bridge connecting north and south Guwahati

7 days ago

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Plans to build the long-awaited bridge connecting north and south Guwahati has hit a roadblock with residents flocking the streets opposing the cutting down of trees to facilitate the construction...

Assam CM orders probe into 'poor quality' of midday meals

8 days ago

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The previous system of preparation and distribution of midday meal at state schools by midday meal workers is set to return until completion of a probe on the quality of the food being distributed among the school children by the NGOs...

Assam lauds son of the soil for 'historic' Ayodhya verdict

8 days ago

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Social media users across Assam hailed Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi as "defender of Indian judicial system" and architect of a "historical decision protecting unity and integrity of India". Some even compared Gogoi with 17th century Ahom general Lachit Borphukan, who had both Hindus and Muslims in his army that defeated the Mughals...

Assam: 'Laden' calms down but capture plan still on

9 days ago

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'Laden', the lone wandering elephant that killed five persons in Assam's Goalpara district in a state of 'musth' last week, has started calming down. However, the forest department is not taking any chances and is going ahead with its plan to capture the pachyderm on Monday...

Guwahati: Sankardeva musical drama's English debut on foreign soil

10 days ago

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Vaishnavite saint and reformer Srimanta Sankardeva's colourful presentation of musical drama in Brajavali language, created almost 500 years back, made its English debut on foreign soil. Assam's socio-cultural organisation 'Prajanmya Unmesh', which endeavours to popularise the Vaishnavite theatrical performance for global art connoisseurs, and familiarise them with Assamese culture and traditions, presented Sankardeva's creation before Dubai residents and tourists on November 1...

Woman kills three children, commits suicide in Meghalaya

11 days ago

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A 21-year-old woman allegedly killed her three children by slitting their throats before ending her own life by stabbing herself in Meghalaya's North Garo Hills district, police said on Wednesday...

In letter to Sonia Gandhi, 12 Congress MLAs cite 'poor leadership'

12 days ago

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Days after former chief minister Tarun Gogoi expressed his willingness to take over the reins of the Congress in the state from incumbent Ripun Bora, following the party's debacle in the recent bypolls to four seats, 12 party MLAs on Tuesday wrote a letter to All India Congress Committee (AICC) president Sonia Gandhi seeking change of the leader of opposition in the assembly, Debabrata Saikia...

Lot to learn from traditional wisdom of Meghalaya: Prez

13 days ago

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The beauty of Meghalaya is "matchless", President Ram Nath Kovind observed in the course of his address at the 26th convocation of the North Eastern Hill University (Nehu) here on Monday. ..

Aasu protest rally against citizenship bill in Dibrugarh

13 days ago

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Members of the All Assam Students' Union (Aasu) on Monday took out a mass protest rally against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in Dibrugarh town. ..

Assam: Goalpara first district to have road built with plastic waste

14 days ago

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Rural roads, which could not be completed last year for scarcity of stones because of floods, may soon get ready with a green touch. Of the 565-km total stretch, 237.652 km has been completed using various green technologies...

Amazon Bestseller: The Elements of Investing: Easy Lessons for Every Investor - Burton G. Malkiel

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Mother throws daughter into river in Assam, body found

yesterday

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The State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) on Saturday recovered the body of a seven-year-old girl, who was thrown into a river by her mother, in Sivasagar district's Namdang...

Mastodon suspends Assam Police instance; says cops not welcome

2 days ago

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Amazon Bestseller: The Dhandho Investor: The Low-Risk Value Method to High Returns - Mohnish Pabrai

2 years ago

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Gujarat: Local court issues warrant against former Assam chief minister’s son for Rs 1.8 crore cheque bounce

3 days ago

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A local court has issued bailable warrants against former Assam chief minister Hiteswar Saikia’s son, Ashok Saikia and his wife Purabi in connection with a cheque bounce case worth Rs 1.8 crore...

Amazon Bestseller: The Warren Buffett Way - Robert Hagstrom

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CM Sarbananda Sonowal launches children's safety app

3 days ago

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Chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Thursday launched a mobile app "Shishu Suraksha", an initiative of Assam State Commission for Protection of Child Rights, in Guwahati...

Amazon Bestseller: The Little Book of Market Wizards: Lessons from the Greatest Traders - Jack D. Schwager

2 years ago

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An accessible look at the art of investing and how to adopt the practices of top professionals. What differentiates the highly successful market practitioners—the Market Wizards—from ordinary traders? What traits do they share? What lessons can the average trader learn from those who achieved superior returns for decades while still maintaining strict risk control? Jack Schwager has spent the past 25 years interviewing the market legends in search of the answers—a quest chronicled in four prior Market Wizards volumes totalling nearly 2, 000 pages. In The Little Book of Market Wizards, Jack Schwager seeks to distill what he considers the essential lessons he learned in conducting nearly four dozen interviews with some of the world's best traders. The book delves into the mind-set and processes of highly successful traders, providing insights that all traders should find helpful in improving their trading skills and results. ..

Assam: Congress MP calls new NRC coordinator 'biased'

4 days ago

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Congress MP from Barpeta Abdul Khaleque on Wednesday shot off a letter to Assam CM Sarbananda Sonowal, opposing the appointment of Hitesh Dev Sharma as the new state coordinator of National Register of Citizens. (NRC)...

Don't want NGOs: Midday meal workers stage protest

5 days ago

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Midday meal workers on Tuesday gheraoed the residence of state education minister Siddhartha Bhattacharya in Guwahati, demanding withdrawal of the government's decision to rope in NGOs for the meal delivery service to government-run schools..

Assam: Captured on Raas Purnima, 'Laden' now called 'Krishna'; to help tame rogue jumbos

5 days ago

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"Laden" - the dreaded elephant which became the other name of terror by killing five persons in one single night - has got a new name, "Krishna", as he was tranquilized and captured on the day of Raas Purnima on Monday...

Assam MLA captures 'Laden', ends jumbo's reign of terror

7 days ago

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TET in Assam after five years; MA, PhD holders among aspirants

7 days ago

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Many masters and PhD holders were among 3.96 lakh candidates who took the state-level Teachers' Eligibility Test (TET), which was held after a gap of five years, on Sunday. Those clearing the test will be eligible to teach up to Class VIII in Assam government schools...

Indigenous Assam Muslims to donate Rs 5 lakh for Ram temple

8 days ago

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Terming the Supreme Court verdict on Ayodhya land dispute "historic," 21 organisations representing indigenous Assamese Muslims in Assam have decided to donate Rs 5 lakh to the trust that will oversee construction of the Ram Mandir...

CJI Gogoi to release Assamese version of 'Courts of India: Past to Present' in Guwahati

9 days ago

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In Assam jungles, 'Laden' strikes terror

10 days ago

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" Have they got Laden?" said one man. " Not yet, but the officers are armed and ready," replied another...

CM Sarbananda Sonowal meets PM Modi, Union home minister Amit Shah over Naga peace agreement

10 days ago

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Chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Thursday called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah in New Delhi separately, and urged them to take the state into account, before going ahead with any peace deal with Naga groups...

Blast from garbage pile triggers Imphal clean-up

11 days ago

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The roads in Imphal city have all been cleaned up by the Imphal Municipal Corporation (IMC) since Tuesday's blast at Thangal Bazar...

'Thundershowers, rain likely across Northeast in next 24 hours'

12 days ago

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According to the Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) here, the depression over east-central and adjoining southeast Bay of Bengal and north Andaman Sea moved westwards and lay centered at 0830 hours IST on Tuesday...

Pradyot extends support to Bru stir

13 days ago

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Tripura royal scion Pradyot Kishore Debbarman on Monday came down heavily on the BJP-led government at the Centre and the state while extending his support to the ongoing demonstration by Bru refugees in the North Tripura relief camps. ..

Assam: Forest department gets nod to tranquilize killer elephant

13 days ago

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Forest minister Parimal Suklabaidya on Monday gave the nod to tranquilise and translocate the elephant which had killed five persons in a single night last week in Assam's Goalpara district. ..

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