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SSB DG Dr Sujoy Lal Thaosen & Assam CM Biswa Sarma meet, hold talks

GUWAHATI: Director General of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) Dr Sujoy Lal Thaosen, who hails from Haflong in Assam, called on Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday and discussed the present situation. He also me the chief secretary of Assam.

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Assam: 3 more Japanese Encephalitis deaths, 12 fresh cases logged

GUWAHATI: Three more persons succumbed to Japanese Encephalitis (JE), while 12 fresh cases were reported in Assam on Saturday, according to a release issued by the National Health Mission. The death toll due to JE has increased to 63 in the state since July one.

The Times of India

Assam zoo awaits court nod to showcase exotic species

GUWAHATI: Over two dozen rescued exotic wildlife species, smuggled from Australia, South America and Malaysia through wet markets of Southeast Asia, may become a big attraction for visitors at Assam state zoo here after legal clearance.

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Assam: Bhattadev University registrar Guruprasad Khataniar held for seeking bribe

GUWAHATI: The registrar of Bhattadev University, Guruprasad Khataniar, was arrested by the vigilance and anti-corruption (VAC) branch of state police in Guwahati on Saturday on charges of demanding a bribe.

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Jihadi activities in Assam must be curbed: Congress

‘Congress will keep a close watch to ensure that no innocent person is harassed in the guise of searching for suspected Jihadis’

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Include Lachit Borphukan’s valour in textbooks: Assam CM

The request is among a series of initiatives by the Assam government related to the year-long celebration of the 17th-century Ahom general’s 400th birth anniversary

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Daily Dose Ep 1116: Siddique Kappan denied bail, China’s military drills in Taiwan

Veronica Joseph brings you the news from New Delhi, the Supreme Court, Assam, Uttar Pradesh, the Parliament and Taiwan.

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Data | Assam, Arunachal and Mizoram saw the biggest increases in encroachment of forest land in past two decades

Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur and Assam recorded more than 1,000 hectares of forest land diverted for non-forest purposes in the past decade

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Hi-tech radicals turning Assam into Islamist hub: CM Himanta Biswa Sarma

Six Bangladeshi nationals belonging to terror outfit Ansarul Islam had entered Assam and one of them was arrested at Barpeta in March this year, said the CM

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Madrasa run by mufti with Ansarul Islam link demolished

The madrasa in Assam’s Morigaon district, from where its head mufti was arrested for his alleged links with Bangladesh terror outfit Ansarul Islam, was demolished

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Assam to release convicts over 50

The government has decided to remit the sentences of certain categories of prisoners

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Arunachal calls off search for missing Assam labourers

Kurung Kumey district officials said there is no further hope for rescuing three of the 19 workers who went missing on July 5

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TOI interview: 'Ulfa expecting a deal with Centre by August 15'

The peace process between the United Liberation Front of Asom (Ulfa) and the Centre has reached the final stage, according to its chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa. However, Paresh Baruah, who leads a smaller faction called Ulfa (Independent), has so far shunned the government’s offer, insisting on the ‘sovereignty’ demand. Excerpts from…

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Assam: Drugs worth Rs 15 crore seized in Karbi Anglong, 3 peddlers held

GUWAHATI: A huge consignment of heroin marked as “100% pure” in Chinese, morphine, crystal meth and syabu worth about Rs 15 crore was seized from a Sikkim registered vehicle in Assam’s Karbi Anglong district on Tuesday morning. The consignment was headed for Siliguri in West Bengal, police said.

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Take steps to curb road accidents, Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma tells deputy commissioners

Guwahati: Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday directed the deputy commissioners of the districts, which have recorded over 100 fatalities in road accidents in the last one year, to take urgent steps to cut down such road mishaps.

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Medical textbooks for undergrads in Assamese language soon

GUWAHATI: The Srimanta Sankaradeva University of Health Sciences (SSUHS), to which medical colleges of Assam are affiliated, said it has completed the compilation of the English to Assamese medical dictionary-cum-lexicon and will soon print the textbooks for medical education at the undergraduate level in Assamese language.

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Documentry recording torment of ‘love jihad’ to be screened at South Asian fest

KOLKATA: Assamese actor-turned-director Aimee Baruah’s documentary on love jihad in Assam is in competition at the ongoing 5th South Asian Short Film Festival. The director has interviewed multiple women, who spoke on camera about their brutal victimization. ‘Screaming Butterflies’, which won the Silver Conch award for Best Documentary Film at…

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Central officials assessing impact of Zawahiri’s killing on al-Qaeda’s presence in India

18 Indians are known to have joined the terror group between 2012 and 2015: police

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Assam: Eight labourers injured as under-construction roof collapses in railway station

BONGAIGAON (ASSAM): At least eight labourers were injured, three of them seriously, when an under-construction roof collapsed at Bongaigaon Railway Station in Assam on Tuesday, police said.

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Assam CM Himanta slams Jharkhand MLA’s ‘fake’ FIR

Information and Public Relations Minister Pijush Hazarika said Himanta Biswa Sarma took Kumar Jaimangal to the residence of Coal Minister Prahlad Joshi for a trade union-related matter

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Pull of Sattriya draws Bangladesh woman to Assam for learning dance form

GUWAHATI: Drawn by the pull of Sattriya, a girl from Bangladesh came all the way to Assam to learn the dance form introduced by great Vaishnava saint Mahapurusha Srimanta Sankaradeva in the 15th century.

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New Assam policy to allow each tribal family to own up to 50 bighas of land

GUWAHATI: Assam will roll out a tribal land policy to allow each tribal family of the state to hold up to 50 bighas of land while the upper ceiling of 8 bighas under Assam Land Policy, 2019, will continue for the rest of the population.

The Hindu

Links of 11 arrested in Assam with Bangladeshi terror outfit confirmed: Police

Police are maintaining surveillance on private madrasas across Assam for any "suspicious activities"

The Hindu

Orunodoi scheme to aid Assam’s Tricolour plans

Beneficiaries to get ₹18 extra to buy flag

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Police in Assam, Uttar Pradesh flag concerns at demographic changes in districts bordering Bangladesh, Nepal

They highlight an increase in number of mosques, seminaries and a high decadal growth in population in these areas

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