Powerful bomb found near Indo-Myanmar border
PTI | 20 Dec 2014, 10:55 AMImphal: A three kg IED planted by militants was found near an Assam Rifles post at the border town of Moreh in Manipur's Chandel district, police said here today. The bomb was
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143 people test HIV positive in Tripura
PTI | 19 Dec 2014, 5:14 PMAgartala: A total of 143 people including 15 pregnant women were tested HIV positive this year, an official of Tripura State AIDS Control Society (TSACS) said today.“TSACS has
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Tripura emerges as only power surplus state in northeast
PTI | 17 Dec 2014, 10:13 AMAgartala: Tripura, ravaged by insurgency for more than three decades, made considerable progress in the commercial sectors and emerged as the only power surplus state in the
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Meghalaya rivers turn blue, pollution blamed
PTI | 15 Dec 2014, 10:26 AMSonapyrdi (Meghalaya): Two rivers flowing towards Bangladesh in eastern Meghalaya have turned blue apparently due to "high acid" content leading to demand from environment
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Bamboo cultivation becomes rewarding for farmers in Tripura
PTI | 14 Dec 2014, 9:50 AMMohanpur (Tripura): Many tribals in Tripura are now eking out their living by cultivating bamboo, which has a very emotional relation with their lives. Pradip Debbarma
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After 14 years, new hopes for release of Irom Sharmila
PTI | 12 Dec 2014, 10:31 AMKolkata: With the central government deciding to decriminalize attempt to suicide, there is fresh hope for the release of civil rights activist Irom Chanu Sharmila who has been on
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Trial run of Guwahati-Shillong-Dhaka bus flagged off
IANS | 10 Dec 2014, 5:57 PMShillong: The trial run of the Guwahati-Shillong-Dhaka passenger bus service was flagged off Wednesday from Assam's main ciy of Guwahati. The trial run is expected to conclude in
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Assam tea at the Nobel ceremony!
PTI | 10 Dec 2014, 12:18 PMStockholm: There is an Assam connection to this year's Nobel Prize ceremony here with a special tea served at the grand banquet coming from the northeastern state of India.For the
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Shahanur Alam acknowledges his involvement in Burdwan blast
PTI | 08 Dec 2014, 2:09 PMGuwahati: Interrogations by the Assam police have established prime accused Shahanur Alam's involvement in the October 2 Burdwan blast and his links with the Jamaat-ul
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Burdwan blast accused Shahnoor Alam remanded to 14 days police custody
PTI | 06 Dec 2014, 5:47 PMGuwahati: The main accused in the Burdwan blast case Shahnoor Alam was today remanded to 14 days police custody by a court in Kamrup.Alam, who was arrested yesterday in Nalbari
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Northeast to be made commercial hub of Southeast Asia: Centre
IANS | 06 Dec 2014, 2:38 PMAgartala: Union Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju said Saturday India's northeast region would be made a "trading and commercial hub of Southeast Asia"."Over 98 percent of
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Tremor rocks Assam, Arunachal
PTI | 05 Dec 2014, 2:39 PMTezpur: An earthquake of mild intensity, measuring 4.8 on the Richter Scale, shook Assam's Sonitpur district along with West Kameng district of Arunachal Pradesh today, according
