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Arunachal calls off search for missing Assam labourers

Kurung Kumey district officials said there is no further hope for rescuing three of the 19 workers who went missing on July 5

The Hindu

TOI interview: 'Ulfa expecting a deal with Centre by August 15'

The peace process between the United Liberation Front of Asom (Ulfa) and the Centre has reached the final stage, according to its chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa. However, Paresh Baruah, who leads a smaller faction called Ulfa (Independent), has so far shunned the government’s offer, insisting on the ‘sovereignty’ demand. Excerpts from…

The Times of India

Assam: Drugs worth Rs 15 crore seized in Karbi Anglong, 3 peddlers held

GUWAHATI: A huge consignment of heroin marked as “100% pure” in Chinese, morphine, crystal meth and syabu worth about Rs 15 crore was seized from a Sikkim registered vehicle in Assam’s Karbi Anglong district on Tuesday morning. The consignment was headed for Siliguri in West Bengal, police said.

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Take steps to curb road accidents, Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma tells deputy commissioners

Guwahati: Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday directed the deputy commissioners of the districts, which have recorded over 100 fatalities in road accidents in the last one year, to take urgent steps to cut down such road mishaps.

The Times of India

Medical textbooks for undergrads in Assamese language soon

GUWAHATI: The Srimanta Sankaradeva University of Health Sciences (SSUHS), to which medical colleges of Assam are affiliated, said it has completed the compilation of the English to Assamese medical dictionary-cum-lexicon and will soon print the textbooks for medical education at the undergraduate level in Assamese language.

The Times of India

Documentry recording torment of ‘love jihad’ to be screened at South Asian fest

KOLKATA: Assamese actor-turned-director Aimee Baruah’s documentary on love jihad in Assam is in competition at the ongoing 5th South Asian Short Film Festival. The director has interviewed multiple women, who spoke on camera about their brutal victimization. ‘Screaming Butterflies’, which won the Silver Conch award for Best Documentary Film at…

The Times of India

Central officials assessing impact of Zawahiri’s killing on al-Qaeda’s presence in India

18 Indians are known to have joined the terror group between 2012 and 2015: police

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Assam: Eight labourers injured as under-construction roof collapses in railway station

BONGAIGAON (ASSAM): At least eight labourers were injured, three of them seriously, when an under-construction roof collapsed at Bongaigaon Railway Station in Assam on Tuesday, police said.

The Times of India

Assam CM Himanta slams Jharkhand MLA’s ‘fake’ FIR

Information and Public Relations Minister Pijush Hazarika said Himanta Biswa Sarma took Kumar Jaimangal to the residence of Coal Minister Prahlad Joshi for a trade union-related matter

The Hindu

Pull of Sattriya draws Bangladesh woman to Assam for learning dance form

GUWAHATI: Drawn by the pull of Sattriya, a girl from Bangladesh came all the way to Assam to learn the dance form introduced by great Vaishnava saint Mahapurusha Srimanta Sankaradeva in the 15th century.

The Times of India

New Assam policy to allow each tribal family to own up to 50 bighas of land

GUWAHATI: Assam will roll out a tribal land policy to allow each tribal family of the state to hold up to 50 bighas of land while the upper ceiling of 8 bighas under Assam Land Policy, 2019, will continue for the rest of the population.

The Times of India

Links of 11 arrested in Assam with Bangladeshi terror outfit confirmed: Police

Police are maintaining surveillance on private madrasas across Assam for any "suspicious activities"

The Hindu

Orunodoi scheme to aid Assam’s Tricolour plans

Beneficiaries to get ₹18 extra to buy flag

The Hindu

Police in Assam, Uttar Pradesh flag concerns at demographic changes in districts bordering Bangladesh, Nepal

They highlight an increase in number of mosques, seminaries and a high decadal growth in population in these areas

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The Hindu

Assam’s Manas Reserve has more tigresses than tigers

Annual monitoring results of the trans-boundary World Heritage Site was released on Global Tiger Day

The Hindu

Gauhati High Court asks Assam to file updated probe report encounter cases since May 2021

Altogether 161 encounters took place within 13 months of Himanta Biswa Sarma becoming the Chief Minister

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Assam police arrest journalists for reporting on minor’s ‘porn’ video

On July 9, a video clip was posted on social media. It purportedly showed four men having sex with a girl, later revealed to be a minor aged 17, in Assam’s Morigaon.

The Hindu

New Assam NRC Coordinator appointed

Incumbent Hitesh Dev Sarma retires on July 31

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Assam CM Himanta hits out at Chowdhury over ‘rashtrapatni’ remark

Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury had referred to President Murmu as ‘rashtrapatni’ while speaking to media during a protest programme at New Delhi

The Times of India

IndiGo flight cancelled after aircraft skids off runway at Assam airport

GUWAHATI: An IndiGo flight from Assam's Jorhat to Kolkata on Thursday was cancelled apparently after the aircraft skidded off the runway during take-off and a pair of its wheels got stuck in the muddy outfield.

The Hindu

Assam cricket pitch curators get soil science lessons

The State needs ace groundsmen for 21 upcoming cricket fields

The Hindu

CCB nabs terror suspect who was working as food delivery executive in Bengaluru

The accused, a native of Assam, was living with four others in a rented house

The Hindu

2 more labourers rescued in Arunachal

Ten of the 19 labourers from Assam missing since July 5 have been rescued so far

The Times of India

8 of 19 missing workers from Assam rescued in Arunachal Pradesh

DIBRUGARH: Search teams combed through dense forests in Arunachal Pradesh’s remote Kurung Kumey district and rescued eight of 19 missing workers from Assam who fled a BRO road construction site on July 5 because of salary delays and lack of basic amenities at their camp. They lost their way and…

The Hindu

Eight of 19 missing Assam labourers rescued in Arunachal Pradesh

Found in a jungle near the China border, they are in a critical condition, officials say

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