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Assamese actor Aimee Baruah drapes a Mekhala Chador to walk on Cannes red carpet

Assamese actor turned filmmaker Aimee Baruah marked her official Cannes red carpet debut this year and made history by being the first Assamese actor to do so.

The Times of India

IOC plans to transport fuel to Tripura via Bangladesh following Assam flood

After a rail link connecting crucial States with the rest of the country was washed away earlier this month, the company started moving all its supplies by road via Meghalaya, bearing more than double the cost

The Hindu

Assam Chief Minister sends show-cause notice to Minister for apologising to separatist leader

Tea Tribes and Employment Minister Sanjay Kishan apologised to Paresh Baruah for calling the ULFA(I) chief a liar.

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Working to position Assam as gateway to South East Asia: CM Himanta Biswa Sarma

GUWAHATI: CM Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday said the Assam government is working to position the state as the gateway and the expressway to ASEAN and South East Asia following the Centre’s renewed thrust on Act East policy.

The Times of India

Assam flood situation improving but toll goes up to 30

Two, including child, drown in receding water

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Spewing hate to please Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh: All India United Democratic Front MLA Rafiqul Islam slams CM Himanta Biswa Sarma

GUWAHATI: Reacting sharply to Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma's remarks on "Madrasa", All India United Democratic Front MLA Rafiqul Islam on Thursday said he is "spewing hate to please RSS" as he "fears losing his position". Earlier on Sunday, Sarma had said the word "Madrasa" should cease to exist…

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Guwahati: Don Bosco University vice chancellor Stephen Mavely gets bail in 'abetment to suicide' case

GUWAHATI: Assam Don Bosco University vice-chancellor Father Stephen Mavely, 72, who was remanded in two-day police custody by a lower court here in Guwahati on Wednesday in connection with a case of "abetment to suicide", was granted bail by Gauhati High Court on Thursday observing that "there is nothing on…

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'During Covid, 40% North East kids lacked digital education tools', says National Achievement Survey 2021 report

GUWAHATI: The National Achievement Survey (NAS) 2021 report, published on Wednesday, has painted a gloomy picture of digital education in schools in the northeast, where over 40% students spent their days at home during the pandemic without any digital device to aid their education.

The Times of India

‘He never returned’: Widespread misery in India’s flooded Assam

At least 28 dead and about a million people impacted as severe pre-monsoon rains cause flooding in parts of Assam.

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Assam: Rs 4 crore heroin seized, one held in Mariani

GUWAHATI: Police on Wednesday seized suspected heroin valued at Rs 4 crore in the international market and arrested one person from Mariani in upper Assam's Jorhat district.

The Times of India

Toll climbs to 28, over Rs 5.75 lakh in grip of floods in Assam

GUWAHATI: Over 5.75 lakh people in Assam were still in the grip of floods on Wednesday even as the administration struggled to restore health and hygiene in the inundated villages.

The Times of India

Assam tea plantation workers protest against clearing of estate for airport

Fearing loss of livelihood, they urgently seek Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma’s attention

The Hindu

Assam: Rail link in landslide-hit Dima Hasao likely by July 10

GUWAHATI: The Railways have completed dispatching manpower, materials and equipment to rebuild railway infrastructure in the landslide-hit Dima Hasao district, which is a connecting route to South Assam, Tripura, Manipur and Mizoram.

The Times of India

Assam flood: Death toll rises to 25; over 6.5 lakh people hit

Nagaon is the worst-hit district with over 3.51 lakh people in distress

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Assam flood: Death toll rises to 25, 6.5 lakh hit

GUWAHATI: The flood situation in Assam has slightly abated even though the death toll rose to 25 as one more person died and over 6.5 lakh people remained affected by the deluge across 22 districts, an official bulletin said.

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Floods kill 25 in India's Assam, displace thousands

Flash floods and landslides in India's northeast Assam state killed at least 25 people and displaced over 650,000 from their homes in the past 10 days, officials said on Tuesday.

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The devastation in Dima Hasao and its after-effects

How important is the railway line, which straddles the tertiary mountain range between the Brahmaputra and Barak River basins, for trade and travel?

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Assam flood: 6 more die, 7.2 lakh affected across 22 districts of the state

The flood situation in Assam has deteriorated with six more persons, including two children, losing their lives and nearly 7.2 lakh people coming under the impact of the deluge across 22 districts. Read details on Dynamite News:

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Death toll in Assam floods climbs to 24

GUWAHATI: The flood situation has remained unchanged in Assam in the last 24 hours though the intensity of rainfall has declined in the northeast.

The Hindu

Assam flood situation improves

Six people, including two children, drowned on Sunday; total death toll up to 24

The Hindu

Prateek Hajela: From the face of the NRC to ‘anti-national’

FIR filed against IAS officer who was transferred to his home State after draft NRC was published in 2019

The Hindu

Houses of suspects in Assam violence razed

The Batadrava police station in Assam’s Nagaon district was set on fire after the alleged custodial death of a fish trader

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Assam floods: Nearly 6.80 lakh people in 31 districts reeling under deluge

The flood situation in Assam continues to remain critical as nearly 6.80 lakh people in 31 districts have been reeling under the deluge.

Al Jazeera

Millions stranded as flooding causes havoc in Bangladesh, India

Nearly 60 people killed and about three million people affected by flooding in Bangladesh and India.

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