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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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Assam to foot power bill of 20 lakh poor households

GUWAHATI: Assam will pay the electricity bills of 20 lakh poor households with a capping of Rs 250 each per month through direct benefit transfer mode under an ongoing socio-economic empowerment scheme called ‘Orunodoi’.

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Sumy-returned students stare at uncertain future in Assam

GUWAHATI: Assam students, who have returned from Sumy city in Ukraine, are facing a big dilemma, as the Assam medical education directorate has failed to offer them alternatives so far to continue with their studies. Sumy State University authority is not conducting online classes either.

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Civic poll: Flood mitigation top agenda of voters in Guwahati

GUWAHATI: Ahead of the ensuing Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) polls, residents questioned the civic body about the measures it has taken to mitigate floods that wreak havoc every year. The situation has worsened in the last 20 years due to unplanned urbanisation and massive encroachment on the wetlands and water…

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Border pact: People will get to pick state of choice

GUWAHATI: The partial resolution of the five-decade-old Assam-Meghalaya border dispute on Tuesday was the culmination of a unique exercise that gave people living in the six disputed areas with dual voter cards the freedom to choose which state they wanted to be part of.

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Assam-Meghalaya border pact: People will get to pick state of choice

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Women cricketers, footballers of Assam gear up for big league

GUWAHATI: From Monalisa Barua Mehta to Hima Das to Lovlina Borgohain, individual sportswomen have brought accolades to Assam for decades, but when it comes to two of the most popular team sports in the country, the girls have not been able to attain similar heights.

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Assam artist, Itanagar-based advocate held for defacing public property with anti-dam graffiti

GUWAHATI: The Arunachal Pradesh Police on Sunday evening arrested a graffiti artist from Assam and an Itanagar-based advocate on the charges of defacing public property for a graffiti work with a slogan against building of dams on a memorial wall in Itanagar.

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Himanta Biswa Sarma re-elected as BAI chief, Sanjay Mishra general secretary

GUWAHATI: Incumbent Himanta Biswa Sarma was re-elected unopposed as the president of Badminton Association of India (BAI) for a second term of four years -- 2022 to 2026 -- during its General Body Meeting here on Friday.

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Only 34% households in rural Assam have tap water

GUWAHATI: Scarcity of household tap water in northeastern villages remains the biggest concern for the Centre's mission to connect all rural households with tap water by 2024 under the Jal Jeevan Mission even as the region observed World Water Day on Tuesday.

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Medical admission racket: 1 held in Guwahati

KOLKATA: Cops from Golf Green police station arrested Bhaskar Mukherjee, a former BJP Kisan Morcha leader, from Guwahati for allegedly running a fake medical college admission racket in Kolkata and duping a medical aspirant and her father of Rs 52.5 lakh.

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100 vultures die of suspected poisoning in Assam

Experts at Vulture Conservation Breeding Centre near Guwahati save 12 Himalayan griffons and a steppe eagle

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Guwahati bizman murder accused nabbed in Bihar

GUWAHATI: The police have nabbed a shooter involved in the killing of businessman Avdhesh Yadav from Begusarai in Bihar.

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Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma watches ‘The Kashmir Files’

GUWAHATI: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and his cabinet colleagues, along with several legislators from the ruling BJP-led coalition, watched the 'The Kashmir Files' together in a cinema in Guwahati on Tuesday evening.

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AAP set to contest 60 wards in Guwahati Municipal Corporation election

GUWAHATI: Buoyed by the success of the Punjab assembly election, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has decided to throw its hat in the election ring for the Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC). It will contest in all the 60 wards with 99% candidates to be picked from among the residents of…

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Doul Utsav at Barpeta Satra from tomorrow

GUWAHATI: People of Assam’s culturally rich Barpeta district, around 95 km west from Guwahati, are all set to celebrate the much-awaited “Doul Utsav” (locally known as Deul) or Holi with Satriya tradition at the Barepta Satra from Wednesday to Saturday.

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Assam: AAP set to contest 60 wards in Guwahati Municipal Corporation election

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No teacher in Assam's 314 primary schools: Survey

GUWAHATI: Over 300 government-run elementary schools in the state are functioning without any teachers, according to a survey conducted by Assam State Primary Teachers' Association (ASPTA), raising question marks about the quality of education imparted to students at the foundation stage.

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No teacher in 314 primary schools in Assam: Survey

GUWAHATI: Over 300 government-run elementary schools in the state are functioning without any teachers, according to a survey conducted by Assam State Primary Teachers’ Association (ASPTA), raising question marks about the quality of education imparted to students at the foundation stage.

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Ranji Trophy: TN spinners call the shots on Day 2

On a day when 15 wickets fell, it was Tamil Nadu who had their noses in front as they led Jharkhand by 73 runs in their Ranji Trophy clash at the Nehru Stadium in Guwahati on Friday. After ending their opening essay on 285, Tamil Nadu restricted Jharkhand to 226…

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Ranji Trophy: TN ride Indrajith's third successive ton on Day 1

Baba Indrajith has been Tamil Nadu's crisis man in this Ranji Trophy season. Indrajith (100, 11x4, 2x6) hit his third successive hundred in the tournament as Tamil Nadu ended Day 1 of their clash against Jharkhand at the Nehru Stadium in Guwahati at 256-7 on Thursday. It would have become…

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CJM allows Himanta Biswa Sarma time till March 21 to appear in MCC flout case

GUWAHATI: The chief judicial magistrate, Kamrup (Metro), on Friday allowed chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma’s prayer seeking time to appear before the court in an alleged case of violation of model code of conduct during the Lok Sabha election in 2019.

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Ranji Trophy: Aparajith, TN bowlers shine on Day 2

It was yet another day of Tamil Nadu’s dominance against Chhattisgarh in their Ranji Trophy clash at the Nehru Stadium in Guwahati on Friday. Baba Aparajith’s (166, 15x4, 4x6) top effort helped Tamil Nadu declare their first innings on 470-9 before the spinners Sai Kishore (2-20) and M Siddharth (2-35)…

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Ranji Trophy: Ton-up Indrajith & Aparajith make it Tamil Nadu’s day

After starting the Ranji Trophy season with a fluent 117 against Delhi, Baba Indrajith (127, 21x4) notched up yet another hundred this time against Chhattisgarh as Tamil Nadu were 308-4 on Day 1 of their clash at the Nehru Stadium in Guwahati on Thursday.

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Assam chief minister says 'misunderstanding' over football ground's use for cricket

GUWAHATI: Days after hundreds of football players and fans hit the streets demanding a permanent football ground in Guwahati, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday claimed that a "misunderstanding" has led to this situation.

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