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Assam CM helped wife’s firm get ₹10 crore subsidy: Congress

Congress alleges Assam CM helped wife's firm secure ₹10cr subsidy under Central project. CM denies allegation. Congress MP Gogoi posts story & questions if Central schemes meant to enrich BJP. CM reiterates no subsidies received. Gogoi posts link to Ministry's website.

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Company owned by Assam CM’s family sanctioned Rs 10 crore govt subsidy for food processing unit

A media company owned by the Assam chief minister’s family has been sanctioned a government subsidy of Rs 10 crore to establish a food processing plant in Assam’s Nagaon district.

Newslaundry

Drivers of fuel tankers to go on indefinite strike in Manipur

Drivers of the fuel tankers transporting petrol and diesel for domestic consumption from Assam to Manipur have said that they will go on an indefinite strike unless armed militants are booked and punished. This comes close on the heels of firing on some empty tankers in Noney district on Tuesday. The Central government…

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Hanumanthanagar police station felicitated for best performance under QR code feedback system

It was in the second week of August when a Hoysala patrolling team based on information from 112 rushed to the spot and rescued a 25-year-old labourer from Assam who was allegedly inflicting injuries on himself with a knife and threatening passers-by in Srinagar.

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Assam deported 3,100 foreigners since 2001, says Sarma

Assam has deported 3,100 people declared as foreigners by tribunals since 2001. 224 non-citizens currently housed at a transit camp in Goalpara. Steps taken according to Foreigners Act, FT Order & Centre notifications.

The Hindu

Assam initiates steps for delimitation of panchayat seats

Panchayat and Rural Development Minister Ranjeet Kumar Dass on September 11 introduced the Assam Panchayat (Amendment) Bill, 2023, that seeks to delimit the Gaon Panchayat, Anchalik Panchayat, and Zilla Parishad constituencies apart from bringing in other changes.

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Assam: Forest department seizes rhino horns, elephant tusks, tiger bones; five arrested

The forest department in Assam has seized a huge cache of smuggled animal body parts from the Manas National Park and arrested five suspected poachers on Friday. Read further on dynamite News:

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Rhino horn among wildlife body parts recovered in Assam, 5 held

Forest & police officials in Assam's Baksa district recovered wildlife body parts incl. rhino horn, deer antler, elephant tusk & bones.

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‘India’ in Reserve Bank’s name should be replaced with ‘Bharat’: Himanta

Assam CM Sarma calls for renaming RBI to Reserve Bank of Bharat, claims India & practices associated with British era are 'colonial hangovers'. He believes Modi ji is the one to root out these hangovers & that Sanatana Dharma has no beginning or end.

The Hindu

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…

The Hindu

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

The Hindu

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.

The Hindu

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.

The Hindu

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.

The Hindu

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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