30 people injured in Assam police firing
PTI | 26 Aug 2013, 11:12 AMGuwahati: At least 30 people, including the superintendent of police and seven policemen, have been injured in police firing after a mob went on a rampage at Rongpur area in
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Assam's non-tribals oppose statehood, call bandhs
IANS | 25 Aug 2013, 8:50 PMGuwahati: With the central government inviting Assam groups demanding separate states for talks in New Delhi from Sep 2, several non-Bodo and non-tribal organisations have
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India-Bangladesh border pact approval crucial: Officials
IANS | 25 Aug 2013, 3:35 PMAgartala: Unless India ratifies the land boundary agreement with Bangladesh in parliament, the long-pending border problems between the two countries would not be resolved,
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Women voters outnumber men in Mizoram
IANS | 25 Aug 2013, 12:45 PMAizawl: The northeastern state of Mizoram is probably the only one in India where women voters outnumber men, an official said here on Saturday. The election department of
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Assam photo journalists protest against Mumbai gang-rape
PTI | 24 Aug 2013, 7:00 PMGuwahati: Assam Photojournalists Association (APJA) today staged a silent protest against the brutal gang-rape of a 23-year-old photojournalist in Mumbai and demanded strict
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New farming scheme boosts Mizoram's growth
IANS | 23 Aug 2013, 1:53 PMAizawl: A farming scheme that aims to benefit over 125,000 families in the state has helped boost Mizoram's growth rate, Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla said here.With the
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Nagaland govt asks insurgent groups to stop fratricidal killings
PTI | 21 Aug 2013, 4:09 PMKohima: Nagaland Home Minister G Kaito Aye has warned Naga underground groups that the state government would have no option but to intervene to stop fratricidal killings.“If
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Two rhinos killed in Kaziranga, horn of one removed
PTI | 21 Aug 2013, 3:54 PMGuwahati: Two rhinos were killed and the horn of one of them removed by poachers in the famed Kaziranga National Park today.Forest guards heard gun shots in the western Burapahar
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One killed, three injured by GNLA rebels in Meghalaya
IANS | 21 Aug 2013, 9:20 AMShillong: One person was shot dead and three were injured in two separate incidents carried out by outlawed Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) rebels in insurgency-ravaged Garo
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Nabam Tuki criticized
PTI | 19 Aug 2013, 12:01 PMItanagar: The People's Party of Arunachal (PPA) today termed Chief Minister Nabam Tuki's Independence Day speech “a mockery” of the actual law and order situation in the
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Sikkim India's greenest state, 47.3 percent land forested
IANS | 18 Aug 2013, 5:45 PMGangtok: With a forest cover 47.3 percent of its total geographical area -- more than double the national average of 21 percent -- Sikkim is India's greenest state, official data
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Protest groups spar over Gorkhaland stir
IANS | 18 Aug 2013, 3:02 PMDarjeeling: The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) Sunday hinted at "some external force" behind the Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League's (ABGL) decision to "back out from the Gorkhaland
