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  Dhubri communal stir: Assam CM issues shoot-at-sight orders, 38 arrested over 'beef head' incident

  Assam | June 14, 2025 12:18 IST

  Protests broke out in Dhubri town on June 7, during Eid, after pieces of meat were discovered near a temple, sharply escalating communal tensions in the area.

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  Assam: After chancellor, 5 teachers of USTM sent to judicial custody over malpractice in exams

  Assam | February 23, 2025 21:24 IST

  USTM chancellor, Mahbabul Haque, along with five teachers of a school in Pathakandi of the district, were sent to 14 days judicial custody after a late-night hearing.

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  Assam flood 2023 updates: Nearly 1.20 lakh people in 20 districts affected | Here are DETAILS

  India | June 22, 2023 9:16 IST

  Assam flood 2023 updates: The water level of the Beki River is flowing above the danger level mark at Road Bridge, Pagladiya at Nt Road Crossing and Puthimari River at Nh Road Crossing.

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  Assam child marriage crackdown: Silchar man sentenced to 25 yrs in jail for marrying 13-year-old

  India | May 22, 2023 23:09 IST

  The case was filed against the man, a resident of the Ramnathpur police station area, on January 18 last year by the family of the girl when she did not return home after attending a religious event in a nearby village.

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  Assam MLA Rupjyoti Kurmi resigns from Congress, set to join BJP

  India | June 18, 2021 12:05 IST

  The tea community leader tendered his resignation to Speaker Biswajit Daimary at his assembly office in Guwahati.

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  HC upholds Akhil Gogoi's bail order, says civil disturbance not under UAPA

  India | April 14, 2021 17:27 IST

  Gauhati High Court bench said any act aimed at creating a civil disturbance will not come within the purview of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 unless committed with the requisite intention.

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  Assam: Former Rajya Sabha MP Biswajit Daimary’s son goes missing

  India | January 06, 2021 13:10 IST

  Former Rajya Sabha MP and BJP leader from Assam Biswajit Daimary's son has reportedly been missing since January 5. According to reports, Amritraj Daimary had jumped over the boundary wall of his boarding school in Assam Kokrajhar town and was not carrying a mobile phone. He is a class 10 student of the private school. 

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  Expelled Congress MLAs Rajdeep Gowala, Ajanta Neog join BJP in Assam

  India | December 29, 2020 14:21 IST

  Former Assam Minister and Congress MLA from Golaghat, Ajanta Neog and Congress MLA from Lakhipur, Rajdeep Gowala joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday. 

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  Assam govt tables Bill for repeal of provincialisation of madrassas

  India | December 28, 2020 15:03 IST

  The Assam government on Monday tabled a Bill to repeal Provincialisation of Madrassa in the state, as the three-day Assam Legislative Assembly session begins today.

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  Elementary schools in Assam to reopen from January 1 in staggered manner, says Himanta Biswa Sarma

  Education | November 30, 2020 10:46 IST

  Assam minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday said that elementary schools in the state will reopen from January 1, 2021, in a staggered manner. Addressing a presser, the minister said detailed SOPs (Standard Operating Procedure) on the development will soon be released.

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  Mizoram assures safety of Assam drivers as it halts inter-state movement amid border tussle

  India | October 19, 2020 22:31 IST

  The Mizoram government on Monday assured the safety of drivers and the vehicles carrying goods from Assam into the state. Highlighting the interests of stakeholders, Mizoram Home Dy. Secretary said that it will continue to ensure drivers' safety in the state. 

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  No beef for tigers, feed them sambar meat instead: Assam BJP leader

  India | October 13, 2020 18:24 IST

  In a bid to save the cows, several Hindu activists on Monday protested against serving beef as part of diet to tigers and other big cats in the Assam state zoo located in Guwahati. 

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  Guwahati airport to get new passenger terminal by June 2021. All you need to know

  India | October 07, 2020 15:49 IST

  The new terminal will be equipped with 64 check-in counters, 20 self-check-in kiosks, 6 Baggage carousels, an in-line baggage security screening system and 10 aero bridges, the terminal will be an energy-efficient building.

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  Assam ex-DIG PK Dutta, wanted in police recruitment exam paper leak scam, held at Nepal border

  India | October 06, 2020 19:40 IST

  Retired Assam DIG PK Dutta, who is wanted in connection with the police recruitment examination paper leak scam, has been detained at the India - Nepal Border. Dutta was detained by security personnel following the 'look out circular' (LOC) issued by the Assam (Criminal Investigation Department).

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  2 lynched, beheaded, set on fire over witchcraft suspicion in Assam's Karbi Anglong

  Crime | October 02, 2020 15:49 IST

  Two persons, including a woman, have been lynched, beheaded and set on fire by an angry mob over suspicion of practising witchcraft in Assam's Karbi Anglong district, a senior police officer said on Friday. 

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  Assam Class 12 syllabus reduced by 30%; Chapters on Nehru, Ayodhya, 2002 riots removed

  Education | September 24, 2020 22:43 IST

  To ease burden on students amid the coronavirus pandemic, the Assam government has excluded lessons on Jawaharlal Nehru's policies, Ayodhya dispute and the Gujarat riots among others from the Class 12 syllabus of the state examination board.

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  No quarantine for people who leave state and return within 96 hours in Assam

  India | September 11, 2020 17:11 IST

  The Assam Government on Friday informed that any person who travels to any location outside the state and returns to the state within 96 hours (four days) of departure, will not be required to undergo quarantine of 10 days.

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  Assam lifts weekend lockdown & night curfew; schools, colleges to remain closed till Sep 30

  Education | September 04, 2020 21:51 IST

  The Assam government has lifted weekend lockdown and night curfew though coronavirus-related restrictions will remain in force in the containment zones till September 30. The government also ordered the educational institutions to remain closed till September end.

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  First newspaper for kids ‘The Young Minds’ launched in Assam

  Good News | August 30, 2020 16:23 IST

  Two Guwahati-based women entrepreneurs have launched a newspaper specifically designed for kids, to promote creative thinking among children and inculcate in them the habit to read and write. The newspaper named 'The Young Minds' is the brainchild of Neelam Sethia and Neha Bajaj.

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  Teachers and official employees of Assam educational institutes to join office from Sep 1

  Education | August 18, 2020 22:06 IST

  All teachers and other official employees of educational institutions in Assam, from primary school to universities, will have to mandatorily attend their office from 1st September, Assam Education and Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Tuesday.