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Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy: Subhranshu Senapati, Sandeep Pattnaik star in Odisha’s opening win

KOLKATA: Showing intent to up their stake in the domestic cricket, Odisha started their 2023-24 season on a high as they beat Assam by 11 runs in their Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy campaign opener in an afternoon game at DY Patil Stadium in Mumbai on Monday.

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Kerala scores facile win over Chhattisgarh

Kerala, Manipur & Assam win 3rd successive match in Santosh Trophy, topping respective groups.

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Call for gender-neutral toilets in Assam’s educational institutions

More than a hundred people from diverse backgrounds participated in a pride walk in eastern Assam’s Dibrugarh to demand gender-neutral washrooms in educational institutions across the State. Assam Transgender Welfare Board member and Nguvu Change leader Rituparna led the walk. Nguvu, meaning ‘power’ in Swahili, is a global collective working towards…

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16-year-old boy from Assam chases his cycling dream

16-yr-old Anupam Das, from Assam, dropped out of school to support his single parent mother. He set off on a journey to travel across India, with just ₹500 and a cycle. People have been generous, donating money for his food expenses. He has crossed four states in two-and-a-half months, and…

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STF Assam seizes Fake Indian currency Notes, apprehends 5

The Special Task Force (STF) of Assam police recovered and seized a large number of Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) in Guwahati. Read further on Dynamite News:

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BSF-Assam police seize drugs worth Rs 26 cr in joint operation

In a joint operation with Assam Police, the Border Security Force (BSF) has recovered and seized drugs worth Rs 26 crore. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Heroin worth more than ₹5 crore seized in Assam

“Large quantities of heroin worth a total of ₹5 crore have been seized and three persons arrested in separate incidents in two districts of Assam,” police said on October 13.

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Assam to host agriculture value chain financing conclaves

Assam to host Agri Value-Chain Financing Conclaves from Oct 12-Nov 2 to bridge knowledge gap & introduce appropriate financing instruments for smooth financial services in farm sector.

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Congress MP demands Bihar-like caste census in Assam

“A Census for different castes and communities in Assam, if done properly like Bihar, will help us know how much work we have to do for each community.”

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Members of 8 Adivasi extremist groups surrender in Assam

Officials said the extremists deposited 304 firearms

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Missing Army personnel from Assam confirmed dead in Sikkim flash flood: Himanta Biswa Sarma

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma says missing Indian Army personnel Mitul Kalita of Baksa District confirmed dead in Sikkim flash flood. Nine Army men killed in the floods so far. Sarma expresses condolences to bereaved family.

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Prey, habitat dictate Asiatic wild dog-tiger coexistence, says study

Overlapping prey availability or habitat suitability could dictate a positive association between dholes and tigers, facilitating co-existence or even cooperative behaviours between the two species of carnivores, a new study has found. The dhole or Asiatic wild dog (Cuon alpinus) is the only endangered wild pack-living canid in the tropical Indian…

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Drones fuel the dreams of rural women in Assam

The project took off from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Independence Day announcement of coordinated drone training programmes for creating 20 crore lakhpati didis (millionaire sisters), officials said.

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Flash floods: 150 Assam students in Sikkim to return on Sunday

GUWAHATI: The Assam government will bring back 150 students, stranded in Sikkim, on Sunday even as 26 students of Meghalaya reached Shillong from the disaster-hit Himalayan state on Saturday evening.

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Resentment brews within Assam Congress as 3 MLAs face allegations of ‘anti-party’ activity

Congress in Assam faces dissent due to 3 MLAs' anti-party activities. Naba Talukdar, APCC VP, said party workers are unhappy with lack of action and will submit a memorandum to Bhupen Kumar Bora with a 48-hour deadline. Mass resignation may follow if no action is taken. Issue to be discussed…

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Assam police seize 1320 kg of Burmese Supari from Hailakandi

Assam police have seized 22 sacks of Burmese supari (betel nut) weighing approximately 1320 kg and 4 vehicles in Assam's Hailakandi district. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Video of Assamese man’s Bihu dance in the train goes viral

Assam man’s viral Bihu dance in Jan Shatabdi train

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Where the Mahatma left his footprints

In 1945, freedom fighter Harikrishna Das, an ardent follower of Gandhiji, donated his house at Sarania along with 54 bighas of land where Sarania Ashram, housing the Mahatma’s cottage, now stands:

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1,039 arrested in fresh Assam crackdown on child marriage

“In a massive crackdown against child marriage, Assam Police has arrested over 800 accused persons in a special operation, which began in the early hours of dawn,” Himanta Sarma said on X.

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Morning Digest | AFSPA extended in four districts of Assam; CBI arrests four for abduction, killing of two Meitei students, and more

The Hindu’s Morning Digest brings readers a select list of stories to start the day

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AFSPA extended in four districts of Assam, withdrawn from four others

At the Assam Police Day 2023 celebrations in Guwahati, DGP Gyanendra Pratap Singh said the ‘disturbed area’ tag, which allows enforcement of the AFSPA, has, however, been withdrawn from four other districts.

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Assam: Contraband drugs worth Rs 2 crore seized, 5 arrested

In a joint operation, the team of Special Task Force (STF), Assam and Kamrup district police have seized a large quantity of contraband drugs worth Rs 2 crore and arrested five persons including two women. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Assam, Meghalaya governments to let CBI probe Mukroh killings

The Assam and Meghalaya governments have agreed to wind up the judicial commissions probing the Mukroh killings and hand the case over to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), to maintain neutrality of events.

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Assam native sentenced to RI for life for murdering migrant labourer

The incident took place near Vilayilkonam junction near Station kadavu under the Thumba police station limits on December 2, 2018

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18 rare pygmy hogs reintroduced in their historical home in Assam

18 captive-bred pygmy hogs released in Manas National Park, Assam. Pygmy Hog Conservation Programme (PHCP) aims to reintroduce 60 hogs by 2025.

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