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Assam: Met issues heavy rain, thunder squall warning, advisory

GUWAHATI: The India Meteorological Department has forecast likely heavy isolated rainfall and thunder squall with wind reaching 50 to 60 kmph and hailstorm over Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur and Mizoram and sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim on April 18 and 19.

The Times of India

Drink driving: 5 teen Bihu artistes killed

GUWAHATI: A man driving a Rongali Bihu troupe in an inebriated state, lost control of the vehicle in northern Assam’s Biswanath district, killing five teenagers in the early hours of Sunday.

The Times of India

Ex-Assam Cong chief Ripun Bora resigns from party, joins TMC

GUWAHATI: In yet another blow to the Congress party, former Assam PCC president Ripun Bora joined the Trinamool Congress (TMC) in Kolkata, hours after sending his resignation letter to Congress chief Sonia Gandhi.

The Times of India

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Former Assam Congress chief Ripun Bora joins Trinamool

Senior leaders fighting against one another instead of BJP, he says

The Hindu

West Bengal: Former Assam Congress president Ripun Bora joins TMC

KOLKATA: Former Assam Congress president Ripun Bora on Sunday joined the TMC in the presence of party's national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee in Kolkata.

The Times of India

Pandemic-Hit Theater Back in India’s Northeast

Traveling theater groups in India's northeastern state of Assam are reviving the local art and culture scene after the COVID-19 pandemic forced a pause in their performances for a year and a half. Seven roving theater companies are back on stage playing before crowds in villages, towns and cities across…

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AP Photos: Pandemic-hit theater back in India's northeast

Traveling theater groups in India's northeastern state of Assam are reviving the local art and culture scene after the COVID-19 pandemic forced a pause in their performances for a year and a half.

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Vultures in Assam under threat for survival

GUWAHATI: While in states like Karnataka, vulture conservation and efforts to revive its dwindling population has been taken up on a mission mode, in Assam the species is facing a crisis for survival.

The Times of India

IB, Central cyber security agencies to probe ransomware attack on Oil India

NEW DELHI: The Intelligence Bureau and two national cyber security agencies – CERT-In and NCIIPC – have joined the probe into the ransomware attack on state-run explorer Oil India Ltd’s (OIL) headquarters at Duliajan in Assam on April 10 asking for a ransom of $75,00,000 (Rs 57 crore), sources said.

The Times of India

Alliance Air has its own website now; to start Dornier operations in North East India from April 18

NEW DELHI: Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd’s (HAL) made-in-India Dornier 228 will from April 18 connect remote parts of Arunachal Pradesh by air with rest of the country via Dibrugarh in Assam.

The Times of India

Hyderabad: Communities ring in new year with fervour

HYDERABAD: The city wore a festive look on Thursday as Tamil, Punjabi, Odia, and Assamese communities in Hyderabad celebrated their new year with fervour.

The Times of India

Arunachal Pradesh grapples with inter-district boundary dispute too

CM Pema Khandu seeks cooperation from people of two districts

The Hindu

Happy Baisakhi 2022: Wishes, Messages, Quotes, Images, Facebook & Whatsapp status

Baisakhi or Vaisakhi is the festival of harvest and is celebrated every year on April 13. This year, Baisakhi is being celebrated on 14th April. It is also the first solar month of the Punjabi calendar. On this day farmers start their harvesting of the crops. It is popular with…

The Times of India

Time ideal to amend UAPA: rights group

It cites reduction in violent incidents including left–wing extremism

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When is Baisakhi 2022: Date, History, Story, Significance and all you need to know about Vaisakhi

Baisakhi, also called Vaisakhi or Vaisakh Sankranti, is an annual festival which is celebrated with great enthusiasm and fervour by Sikhs and Hindus. It is a spring harvest festival and so it generally falls in mid-April every year. Many Hindus also believe that Baisakhi marks the beginning of the New…

The Hindu

Andhra Pradesh: Bodies of train accident victims sent to their native places in Assam, West Bengal

Five people run over by Konark Express near Batuva village in Srikakualm district on April 11 night

The Hindu

Explained | First commercial flight of the made-in-India Dornier-228

The 17-seater Dornier-228 can carry out day and night operations and take off from semi-prepared runways.

The Times of India

56th Jnanpith Award presented to Assamese poet Nilamani Phookan

Eminent Assamese poet Nilamani Phookan was conferred the 56th Jnanpith Award at a ceremony on April 11, 2022. The award ceremony was held for the first time in Assam, considering Phookan's health-related issues. He is 88 years old.

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Made-in-India Dornier 228 takes off on maiden commercial flight from Assam to Arunachal Pradesh

Service will help bolster tourism, says Arunachal CM Pema Khandu

The Hindu

Plea to issue Aadhaar cards to those in final NRC list

Assam, UIDAI denying basic amenities, TMC MP tells SC

The Hindu

BSF team comes in 15 km to seize cattle

New jurisdiction of force is 50 km

The Times of India

Maoists planning to set up base on Guwahati outskirts: Top cop

GUWAHATI: Law-enforcing agencies in Assam, battling Ulfa insurgency for decades, may have another big security problem at hand with Maoist rebels on the run from central and south India setting up base on the outskirts of Guwahati city.

The Hindu

Assam-Meghalaya border dispute | The people caught between two States

Villagers of six areas of dispute between Assam and Meghalaya were asked to give their consent for inclusion in either State towards ending a 50-year-old boundary dispute. An agreement between the States has led to friction between the ‘Meghalaya supporters’, mostly Garos, and the ‘Assam supporters’, mostly non-Garos, reports Rahul…

The Times of India

Ready to fight new Covid-19 variant XE: Assam health minister

GUWAHATI: Assam health minister Keshab Mahanta on Thursday said the state is ready to fight the coronavirus variant of XE, though the Centre is yet to confirm the presence of the new mutant in Mumbai.

The Times of India

Stop donations, embrace Bihu culture: CM Himanta Biswa Sarma to non-Assamese

GUWAHATI: Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday appealed to the non-Assamese population of the state to set an example towards building a greater Assamese society by embracing the state’s culture and wear the gamocha on Bihu instead of donating to Rongali Bihu functions in their localities.

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