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Illegal foreign cigarettes worth Rs 90 lakh seized in Mizoram's Champhai

As many as 60 boxes of illegal foreign-origin cigarettes worth Rs 90 lakh were recovered at Champhai's Zokhawthar by the Serchhip Battalion of 23 Sector Assam Rifles under the aegis of Inspector General Assam Rifles (East) on Tuesday. Read further on Dynamite news:

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Chai is tea, tea is chai: India’s favourite hot drink

Indians took the tea the British were marketing to them, added spices, milk and sugar, and transformed it forever.

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Police recover heroin worth Rs 20 crore along Assam-Nagaland border

In a joint operation, police and CRPF recovered around 5 kg of heroin worth Rs 20 crore from a vehicle in Assam's Karbi Anglong district along the Assam-Nagaland border on Sunday. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Heroin worth over Rs 20 crore seized in Assam, one arrested

DIPHU(ASSAM): A huge consignment of heroin worth over Rs 20 crore in the international market was seized on Sunday in Assam's Karbi Anglong district and a person arrested in connection with it, police said.

The Times of India

Mizoram: Illegal foreign cigarettes worth Rs 1.05 seized in Champhai, one apprehended

As many as 70 cases of illegal foreign-origin cigarettes worth Rs 1.05 crore were recovered at Champhai's Tlangsam by the Serchhip Battalion of 23 Sector Assam Rifles under the aegis of Inspector General Assam Rifles (East) on Friday. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Assam enters Guinness World Records Hall of Fame for largest number of handwritten notes

Assam has once again entered in the Guinness World Records Hall of Fame for the largest number of handwritten notes submitted for a common purpose. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Assam: 24 cattle heads recovered from a truck by Police in Nagaon; Two arrested

Police recovered 24 cattle heads from a truck and apprehended two persons in the Borghat area of Nagaon on Thursday. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Assam: Doloni Beel bird survey records 47 wetland species, 1847 individual birds

The premier research-based biodiversity conservation organisation Aaranyak conducted a bird survey at the Doloni Beel in the Bongaigaon district of Assam in association with the Botany and Zoology Departments, Abhayapuri College and the Aie Valley Forest Division. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Assam: Two government employees held for accepting bribes in Guhawati

Two government employees have been arrested by the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption. Read further on Dynamite News:

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India child marriage arrests leave families without breadwinner

Crackdown leaves poor families in Assam without main breadwinner as campaigners say arrests wrong way to tackle issue.

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Assam: 11 soap cases containing heroin seized, two held

Assam police on Tuesday seized 11 soap cases and recovered 538.74 grams of heroin from them during a search and along with the arrest of two persons in Barpeta district. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Heroin worth Rs 13.3 cr seized in Mizoram's Champhai

The Serchhip Battalion of 23 Sector Assam Rifles recovered heroin worth Rs 13.3 Crore in the general area Zote Rd. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Threats, no access, shorter visas: Three surveys reveal the woes of foreign correspondents in India

In India, every second foreign correspondent has been summoned by the Narendra Modi government to explain their reportage critical of ministries. Since August 2019, almost no one has been allowed to visit Jammu and Kashmir and report independently there. And journalists who write “negative stories” are given visas valid for…

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Elephant Conservation Networks help in human, elephant coexistence in Assam

A novel approach has been adopted to ease the surging human-elephant conflict (HEC) in Assam, the state which harbours the world's second-largest Asian elephant population. Read further on Dynamite News:

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In Assam, a double murder triggers fake media angles, from bodies in fridge to chicken in custody

A mother-son duo was murdered six months ago in Guwahati but the case has taken the Assamese media by storm only this week with the arrest of main accused Bandana Kalita and her friends Arup Deka and Dhonti Deka.

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BJP Meghalaya chief’s remarks reveal burden of party’s beef ban push

As Meghalaya heads into elections, a declaration – or confession – by a politician from the state on his dietary habits has attracted national attention. Meghalaya BJP president Ernest Mawrie recently said in a media interview that he eats beef, and his party has no problem with it.

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Happy that Assam cops took bold action on simple complaint: Complainant in Pawan Khera case

Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera has been granted interim bail by the Supreme Court, hours after he was deboarded from a flight in Delhi and arrested by the Assam police over his remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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Congress leader Pawan Khera granted interim bail by Supreme Court till next Tuesday

The Supreme Court today garnted interim bail to Congress leader Pawan Khera till next Tuesday after his arrest by Assam Police at the IGI Airport for his alleged remarks against Prime Minister Modi. Must read on Dynamite News:

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Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera arrested by Assam Police at IGI Airport

Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera was arrested by Assam Police at IGI Airport. Khera will be presented in a Delhi court and will be taken to Assam on transit remand. Must read further on Dynamite News:

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Pawan Khera deplaned, high drama at IGI Airport; Congress alleges "dictatorship"

Congress leader Pawan Khera was stopped from boarding a plane at Delhi airport after a request was received from the Assam Police to stop him. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Gulab Chand Kataria sworn in as Assam Governor

Gulab Chand Kataria was sworn in as the 31st governor of Assam on Wednesday, succeeding Professor Jagdish Mukhi. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Crackdown on child marriage tears families apart in India’s Assam

More than 3,000 people arrested this month, with state’s BJP government accused of targeting Muslims in ongoing drive.

The Independent UK

Indian child marriage crackdown leaves families in anguish

Nureja Khatun’s husband is one of more than 3,000 men who have been arrested in the northeastern state of Assam under a wide crackdown on illegal child marriages involving girls under the age of 18

The Times of India

Three killed, seven injured in clash between two families in Assam's Barpeta

BARPETA(ASSAM): At least three people, including a father-son duo and a 70-year-old woman, were killed and seven others injured in a clash between two families over the construction of a house under PMAY in Assam's Barpeta district, police said.

Radio France Internationale

India arrests 2,000 men in crackdown on illegal child marriages

Over the last week, police have arrested more than 2,000 men in a crackdown on illegal child marriages involving girls under the age of 18 in the north-eastern Indian state of Assam.

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