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Gulab Chand Kataria sworn in as Assam Governor

Gulab Chand Kataria was sworn in as the 31st governor of Assam on Wednesday, succeeding Professor Jagdish Mukhi. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Crackdown on child marriage tears families apart in India’s Assam

More than 3,000 people arrested this month, with state’s BJP government accused of targeting Muslims in ongoing drive.

Al Jazeera

Indian child marriage crackdown leaves families in anguish

Nureja Khatun’s husband is one of more than 3,000 men who have been arrested in the northeastern state of Assam under a wide crackdown on illegal child marriages involving girls under the age of 18

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India arrests 2,000 men in crackdown on illegal child marriages

Over the last week, police have arrested more than 2,000 men in a crackdown on illegal child marriages involving girls under the age of 18 in the north-eastern Indian state of Assam.

Radio France Internationale

Banned ULFA Militant Killed In Encounter With Forces In Assam's Tinsukia; Arms & Ammunition Recovered

One militant of the banned outfit United Liberation Front of Asom - Independent (ULFA-I) was killed in a fierce gunfight with security forces along with the recovery of arms and ammunition in Assam's Tinsukia. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Mobilising Assam’s ‘hargila army’: how 10,000 women saved India’s rarest stork

Greater adjutants, reviled as bad omens, were endangered until Indian conservationist Purnima Devi Barman transformed attitudes to the bird – and gave thousands of women a new identity

The Guardian - UK

Daily Dose Ep 1268: Adani row rocks Parliament, Assam drive against child marriage

Gurmehar Kaur brings you the news from the Supreme Court, Parliament, Assam, and Poland.

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Indian police arrest 1,800 men in crackdown on underage marriage

Police in Assam have arrested more than 1,800 men for marrying or arranging marriages to underage girls, launching what the eastern Indian state's chief minister said on Friday was the start of a sustained crackdown on the practice.

Reuters

Assam: Action On Child Marriage Cases In State To Start Tomorrow, Says CM Himanta Sarma

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday said that the government is firm in its resolve to end the "menace of child marriage" in the state. Read futher on Dynamite News:

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Assam: Four, Including Qazi, Arrested For Arranging Child Marriage

Assam Police has arrested four people including a 29-year-old groom for allegedly conducting child marriage in the Kurbaha area in Barpeta district: Read Further on Dynamite News:

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Assam: Banned ULFA-I, NSCN-K Call For Republic Day Boycott

Banned militant outfits in Assam on Tuesday issued their customary call for a general strike on January 26 and appealed to the people to boycott the Republic Day celebration. Read full story on Dynamite News:

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Ganga Vilas Cruise Gets Stuck On Third Day Of its Journey In Bihar's Chhapra Due To 'Shallow Water'

The flagship Ganga Vilas Cruise, which was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi last week, got stuck on the third day of its 51-day journey in Bihar's Chhapra due to shallow water in the Ganga. Read on for Details:

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Bangladesh 'key' to India's Northeast

Recently, Indian Foreign Minister S Jaishankar stated that, if there is one border and one region of India which has dramatically improved in the last decade, it is eastern and northeastern India. And the reason for that is that India has vastly improved its relationship with Bangladesh.

Bangkok Post

Reporters Without Orders Ep 254: Sextortion stigma, Assam delimitation fears

This week, host Akanksha Kumar is joined by Newslaundry’s Pratyush Deep and freelance journalist Devendra Pratap Singh Shekhawat.

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Assam: People Are All Set To Celebrate Festival Of Magh Bihu

Assam is all ready to celebrate the festival of Magh Bihu amid the chilly weather conditions tomorrow. The festival is also known as Bhogali Bihu. Read on for details:

The Guardian - UK

‘A lifeline’: mental health camps bring peace of mind to thousands in rural Assam

India’s severe shortage of mental health professionals and treatment funding leaves many patients without options. But a pioneering programme is working to get lives back on track

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PM Modi Flags Off World's Longest River Cruise MV Ganga Vilas In Varanasi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off the world's longest river Cruise, MV Ganga Vilas in Varanasi via video conferencing on Friday. Read on for details:

Newslaundry

Daily Dose Ep 1248: SC denies urgent hearing on Joshimath, Assam eviction drive

Saeeduzzaman brings you the news from Delhi, Assam, West Bengal, South Korea, and China.

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Assam Police, CRPF seize heroin worth Rs 16 crore from Karbi Anglong district; 2 held

Acting on a specific input, the Assam Police and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) set up a joint Naka at Dilai Tiniali area and seized 3.5 kg of Heroin worth Rs 16 crore. Read on for Details

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SC Stays HC Order On Border Pact Between Meghalaya, Assam

The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the Meghalaya High Court's order which had put a stay on the MoU between Meghalaya and Assam to resolve the long-standing interstate boundary dispute. Read on for details:

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Why Assam delimitation has sparked fears amid politics of the ‘indigenous’

The Election Commission’s delimitation exercise, and the Assam government’s decision to merge four districts and redraw administrative boundaries in 14 areas, have sparked fresh concerns among Bengali-origin Muslims. The fear is that these decisions will have an adverse impact on the electoral influence of the community in around 35 assembly…

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Assam Reports Zero Rhino Poaching In 2022; Check Figures Of Past 2 Decades

No rhino poaching incident was reported in Assam in 2022. Read on for details:

Newslaundry

Daily Dose Ep 1240: Mehbooba writes to CJI, pioneering US news anchor dies

Aban Usmani brings you the news from Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Delhi, Bihar, Assam, Vatican, and the US.

Daily Mirror

Leopard injures 15 in one town as beast goes on 'very aggressive' rampage

The wild beast struck in the north-eastern Indian state of Assam on Monday, attacking 10 residents at the Rain Forest Research Institute in Chenijan

Dynamite News

Assam: Gunfight Between Security Forces And ULFA-I Takes Place Tinsukia

A gunfight between security forces and suspected ULFA-I militants took place in Assam's Tinsukia district on Wednesday morning. Read on for details:

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