GUWAHATI: The Assam government it will soon give financial incentives to school and university students to attend its classes regularly. Announcing this in Sivasagar on Sunday, the state education minister, Himanta Biswa Sarma, said that female students will receive 100 rupees for each day they attend school. He added that …
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GUWAHATI: 19-year-old nurse student since Assam was allegedly raped and murdered in Bengaluru on Wednesday, policeman said. The first defendant, Anisur Rehaman (21), who took the victim to a hospital in Yelahanka on Wednesday, has been arrested. The accused was known to the little girl and they took her dead …
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GUWAHATI: The BJP, in collaboration with its new ally, United People’s Party Liberation (UPPL), is set to take control of the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) for the first time after a bitter battle with its ally-turned-rival Bodoland. Popular Front (BPF). The results of the 40-member BTC poll have led to …
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GUWAHATI: Cool agitation against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) was launched by 18 organizations in Assam on Friday demanding the repeal of the legislation and the release of the jailed KMSS leader Akhil gogoi who was detained during the protests last year. Organizations, including Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti, All Assam …
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GUWAHATI: The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (Bjp) in the border state of Arunachal pradesh has taken a massive lead in the panchayat and civic polls. A large number of its candidates have been declared unopposed winners at the end of the nomination withdrawal time on Monday. The election to the …
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GUWAHATI: Tripura Prime Minister Biplab Kumar Deb on Tuesday invited the people of the state to a public ground in Agratala to give his mandate once again whether he should remain in the top position or resign amid growing voices for his overthrow within the BJP in the state. “The …
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GUWAHATI: Tarun Gogoi, a three-time former chief minister of Assam and the face of Congress in the state for decades, died at 5.34 p.m. Monday after three weeks of battling post-Covid complications. He was 86 years old and active in politics until he tested positive for the virus on August …
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NEW DELHI: In a significant development related to the insurgency in the Northeast, Drishti Rajkhowa alias Major Rabha, the deputy commander-in-chief of the forbidden terror team, ULFA (I), surrendered on Wednesday along with his four bodyguards in the Red Horns Division of the Indian Army. Rajkhowa, an expert on role-playing …
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GUWAHATI: With staged relaxations in lockdown, the Air Quality Index (AQI) in Guwahati has started to deteriorate once again, posing a threat to Covid-19 patients who normally suffer from respiratory problems. Track the level of pollution in your citySo far, the virus has infected more than 2 lakh people in …
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GUWAHATI: Assam Police a doctor and his son were arrested Wednesday for allegedly wearing a proxy candidate to write the JEE (main) exam held in September, in which the son reached first place among the candidates of Assam with a 99.8 percentile score without taking the exam. Three other people …
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