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Explained | How the amended Forest (Conservation) Act imperils the Northeast

The Mizoram Assembly has passed a resolution opposing the Forest (Conservation) Amendment Act, 2023. Aside from special Constitutional protections in Mizoram and Nagaland, the Act is applicable in the rest of India’s Northeast. In 1996, the Supreme Court expanded the term ‘forest land’, such that the Forest Rights Act also…

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Himanta discusses with Shah complete withdrawal of AFSPA from Assam

CM Sarma met Union Home Minister Shah to discuss roadmap for complete withdrawal of AFSPA from Assam. Govt will take steps based on HM's suggestions. AFSPA has been in force in Assam since 1990 & was removed from entire State except 8 districts. Sarma assured people of Assam AFSPA will…

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Assam government forms three-member panel to draft anti-polygamy law

The Chief Minister had earlier said a lot of cases of polygamy were detected in southern Assam

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Assam doctor alleges threats from family for embracing Hinduism; family claims kidnap

The doctor claimed that she had irked her family by converting to Hinduism and they have threatened to kill her, leading her to go into hiding.

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Assam Police seize 1,420 kg of Ganja from Karimganj district

Assam Police seized a large number of contraband drugs and arrested one person in Assam's Karimganj district. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Bardhanara, a village in Assam where only one family lives and has no roads!

Hardly a kilometre away from the Medical College in Assam’s Nalbari town, the journey to Bardhanara village is a long and arduous voyage as there are no roads connecting the village to the city. Yes, home to only one family, Bardhana is one of India’s most remote villages.

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Himanta govt spends more on ads than Sonowal; Assam brochure says cap was removed in 2021

After being voted to power in 2021, the Himanta Biswa Sarma government in Assam removed the monetary cap for government advertisements in print and electronic media.

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Assam to relaunch drive against child marriage in September

The drive against child marriages in Assam would be relaunched in September, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said. The last such drive in February caused a commotion across the State after 4,235 complaints were registered and more than 3,000 people, including 93 women, were arrested for involvement in child marriage.

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Central BJP leader meets sulking veterans in Assam

Party insiders said the BJP’s national vice-president, Baijayant Panda had a closed-door meeting with two former State presidents, Rajen Gohain and Siddhartha Bhattacharya, in Guwahati

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Woman officer accused of assaulting domestic help ‘closed’ to Assam police headquarters

A woman officer accused of torturing her domestic help has been ‘closed’ to the Assam police headquarters with immediate effect

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Assam: Brahmaputra in spate; houses submerged in Morigaon, 120 villages affected

Water gushed into homes in Assam's Morigaon district after flooding from an overflowing Brahmaputra river submerged several villages amid incessant rainfall in several parts of the state. Read Further on Dynamite News:

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NIA files supplementary charge sheet against two members of al-Qaeda linked terror group’s module operating from Assam

The National Investigation Agency has filed a supplementary charge sheet against two alleged members of an al-Qaeda linked terrorist group’s module operating from Assam

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Reroute railway track running through Assam gibbon sanctuary, suggest scientists

Primatologists have suggested rerouting a 1.65-km-long railway track that has divided an eastern Assam Hollongapar Gibbon Sanctuary dedicated to the western hoolock gibbon into two unequal parts. “The sanctuary has become a ‘forest island’, having lost connectivity with surrounding forest patches. Since gibbons are exclusively arboreal animals inhabiting the forest’s upper…

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Assam STF seizes large quantity of contraband drugs from Tinsukia

In a joint operation, Special Task Force (STF) Assam Police and Tinsukia district police recovered a large quantity of contraband drugs in Tinsukia district. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Assam: Part of bridge over Kalanadi River collapses in Tamulpur following heavy rainfall

Following incessant rainfall, a large part of the bridge over the Kalanadi River in the Tamulpur district collapsed. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Flood situation in Assam turns grim again, 53,000 marooned in six districts

The flood situation in Assam deteriorated on Sunday, with over 53,000 people across six districts of the state reported marooned. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Domestic help’s minor son found dead at Assam MP’s residence

An 11-year-old boy, the son of a domestic help, was found dead at the residence of BJP MP Rajdeep Roy in southern Assam’s Silchar town on August 26.

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Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma asks DGP to study High Court acquittal in 2004 Dhemaji blast

Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma has asked DGP to study HC's verdict acquitting all 6 accused in 2004 Dhemaji bomb blast, which killed 13 people. He said the reasoning of the judges needs to be understood before deciding to appeal. HC overturned 2019 trial court order which prescribed life term…

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Sonowal calls for tapping Himalayan flora to create Ayush jobs

Ayush Minister Sonowal urges NE States to unlock potential of Ayush sector by exploring Himalayan flora. Assam CM Sarma and Sonowal inaugurate regional review meeting on NAM. PM Modi's leadership has enabled India to reinvent traditional medicine.

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BRS’s rout in the upcoming Assembly polls is certain: Bandi Sanjay

Bandi Sanjay, BJP National General Secretary & Karimnagar MP, alleges K. Chandrasekhar Rao hurriedly announced BRS candidates list to keep party's flock together. Sanjay claims BRS will deny B-forms to several candidates, including those facing allegations. He further accuses BRS of funding Congress ticket aspirants. Sanjay predicts BRS will face…

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Catering to an elephant’s diet to prevent conflicts with humans in Assam

Among the 25,000 saplings of native species of trees planted between June and August in an effort to improve the 100-hectare elephant habitat are some 2,000 sprouts of Alpinia allughus, a ginger-like rhizome locally called ‘tora’. It is an important source of fodder for elephants in the region.

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Assam Cabinet decides to ‘create’ 4 districts

The four districts are Bajali, Biswanath, Hojai, and Tamulpur. These districts were, however, merged with their parent districts in December 2022 to facilitate the delimitation exercise that was finalised a few days ago.

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Manipur violence | Supreme Court shifts 27 CBI cases, including crimes against women, to Assam

Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud told petitioners that the Supreme Court was not asking the Assam government to nominate the pre-trial judges to look into cases arising out of the CBI’s investigation into the Manipur violence, but the Gauhati High Court Chief Justice Sandeep Mehta. Issuing a series of…

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Assam Congress seeks justice for deceased BJP leader

Following the death by suicide of an Assam woman BJP leader Indrani Tahbildar, 44, the State Congress unit has sought justice for her. The 11 Congress women leaders, in a memorandum to Governor Gulab Chand Kataria alleged that she took the extreme step under pressure from an “unholy nexus” of…

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Manipur Violence: SC relocates 21 CBI cases to Assam; Asks Gauhati HC to ensure fair trial

The Apex Court also said that applications for production of the accused, judicial custody and other proceedings in connection with the investigation are allowed to be conducted in online mode. Read further on Dynamite News:

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