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Kolkata: Customs seizes monkeys of foreign origin worth over Rs 1 crore from north Bengal

KOLKATA: Acting on a tip-off, the officers of the Jalpaiguri preventive unit of the commissioner of customs in West Bengal recovered four monkeys of foreign origin, supposed to have been transported from Assam to Siliguri on May 8 in a Siliguri-bound bus (No. AS19C-937).

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Will oust corrupt BJP from Assam: Abhishek Banerjee

Abhishek Banerjee was addressing TMC workers for the first time in Assam at a programme in Guwahati

The Hindu

About 1,000 political workers, leaders set to join Assam TMC in presence of Abhishek Banerjee

GUWAHATI: About a thousand workers and leaders from regional and national parties are expected to join the Assam TMC on Wednesday in the presence of party national general secretary, Abhishek Banerjee.

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Assam tackling illegal migration, West Bengal is not, says Amit Shah

Amit Shah said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is committed to end the problem of infiltration

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Crossword puzzles, CM's musings, 'engagement' with citizens: It's Assam govt's new monthly newsletter

To coincide with the one-year anniversary of Himant Biswa Sarma's BJP government in Assam, home minister Amit Shah will today unveil the first issue of Asom Barta – a monthly newsletter on the "developmental journey of the state".

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Confident AFSPA will soon be revoked from entire Assam: Amit Shah

Earlier Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who is on a two-day visit to Assam, awarded the Assam Police with the President's Colour in the presence of Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma

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Union Home Minister Amit Shah presents President's Colour to Assam Police for exemplary service

The flag is engraved with Assam's map, 36 stars representing the districts of the State, a one-horned rhino and the insignia of Assam Police with its motto

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Rongali Bihu, a vibrant window into Assam

A visit to Assam is a dive into its diverse cultural experiences and Rongali, Guwahati’s cultural festival, is a good place to start

The Hindu

Amit Shah to launch newsletter on Assam Government’s performance

First issue of ‘Asom Barta’ coincides with the first anniversary of the Himanta Biswa Sarma-led government

The Hindu

Amit Shah reviews Indo-Bangla border situation in Assam, interacts with locals

Union Home Minister lays foundation of country’s second arms store for paramilitary forces in Bodoland

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Assam Science Society creates first micro-forest in college

The man-made forest in Goalpara district’s Lakhipur College is based on Japanese ecologist Akira Miyawaki’s model

The Hindu

Ahead of Amit Shah’s visit, northeast organisations warn of anti-CAA stir

Home Minister’s visit to Assam from May 9 coincides with the completion of one year of the Himanta Biswa Sarma government

The Hindu

ULFA (I) executes two of its members for ‘spying’

Outfit says Assam police had planted Dhanjit Das and Sanjib Sarma to monitor its leaders and members

The Hindu

Assam: Man gets life for rape, murder of 6-year-old

GUWAHATI: A man was sentenced to life imprisonment by a court in Assam's Goalpara on Friday for raping and murdering a six-year-old girl from the Adivasi community in a paddy field in the district in 2018.

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Explained | What is the NSCN and where do the Naga peace talks stand now?

What is the role played by the factions of the Naga insurgent group? What are their demands and what has happened since the peace talks began in 1997?

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Assam cow protection law leads to beef crisis in Meghalaya

Main cattle market on interstate border has been closed as transportation of the animal has been affected

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The origin of Haflong Hindi

A ‘nativised’ Hindi associated with Assam’s only hill station is trying to hold its own amid a row over the Centre’s move to make the ‘standardised’ form of the language compulsory in high schools across the northeast.

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Assam’s Haflong Hindi, a fluent example of give and take

Of 19th century vintage, the language has Tibeto-Burman grammar and includes Bengali, Nepali words

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President Ram Nath Kovind attends Bodo Sahitya Sabha meet

The President of India Ram Nath Kovind attended and addressed the 61st annual conference of the Bodo Sahitya Sabha (BSS), a regional language literary meet, in Tamulpur, Assam today. President Kovind became the first Indian President to attend the event.

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Gauhati High Court stays lower court’s observations in Jignesh Mevani case

However, it clarifies that the order should not be interpreted as a stay on grant of bail by district judge

The Hindu

Ending AFSPA

AFSPA should go entirely because of the impunity it offers armed forces

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Amit Shah to mark one year of BJP govt in Assam with multiple projects

GUWAHATI: Union home minister Amit Shah will launch a slew of projects during his Assam visit on May 10 to mark one year of the present BJP-led government, including a 300-bed super-speciality hospital under Gauhati Medical College Hospital (GMCH).

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Assam CM wants UCC, says it will ensure honour for Muslim women

New Delhi Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has strongly pitched for the implementation of th

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Indian state leader pushes to replace religion-based laws

India should replace marriage and inheritance laws that are based on religion with a uniform civil code, the chief minister of a northeastern state said on Sunday, taking aim at rules that allow Muslim men, for example, to have four wives.

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Presidential first for literary events in Assam

President Ram Nath Kovind to attend concluding programme of Bodo Sahitya Sabha at Tamulpur

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