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Dense fog delays 37 trains
India | Jan 06, 2014, 03:39 PM ISTNew Delhi: The thick fog engulfing the northern region has adversely affected train operations today with 37 trains, mostly Delhi-bound, running late by several hours causing inconvenience to passengers. The fog has caused delay in
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6 children hurt, buildings crack in Assam quake
India | Nov 06, 2013, 08:55 PM ISTGuwahati: Six school children were injured and cracks appeared in buildings when a moderate earthquake of 5.5 intensity on the Richter scale rocked Assam on Wednesday. The tremor, which occurred at 9.46 AM and lasted a
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Prime News shut down; employees write to Union I&B Minister
India | Oct 04, 2013, 07:12 AM ISTGuwahati: The employees of the recently shut down Assamese channel Prime News have written to the Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tiwari urging him to intervene immediately to solve the problems. "We request you
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Mother Dairy enters North East;launches ice creams in Guwahati
India | Oct 03, 2013, 07:26 PM ISTGuwahati: Mother Dairy today entered the North Eastern region with the launch of its ice creams in Guwahati and plans to expand its reach to over 1,000 outlets within next one year.“North East has big
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Mising and Sonowal Kachari Autonomous Councils polls announced
India | Sep 03, 2013, 07:40 AM ISTGuwahati: The Assam State Election Commission yesterday announced the schedule for holding elections to the General Council Constituencies for Mising Autonomous Council and Sonowal Kachari Autonomous Council. With the notification for both the elections being
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Medical students rally for more post-graduate seats
India | Aug 27, 2013, 06:52 AM ISTBangalore: Hundreds of medical students staged rallies in various cities across the country Monday for more post-graduate seats to meet the shortage of specialist doctors.The nationwide movement under 'Save the Doctor' took place in Bangalore,
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Tea Board chairman opposes shifting of head office to Guwahati
Jul 20, 2013, 08:24 AM ISTGuwahati, July 20: Assam's wish for shifting of the Tea Board of India (TBI) head office from Kolkata to Guwahati is unlikely to materialize, with its chairman Friday stressing that changes in the location would
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Metro rail in Guwahati soon
India | Jul 11, 2013, 06:11 PM ISTGuwahati, Jul 11: Guwahati will soon have Metro rail with the Centre approving Assam Government's proposal for the mass transit system, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said today.“The Government of India has accepted our Metro rail
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1,113 qualify in JEE-advanced from Guwahati Zone
India | Jun 24, 2013, 05:55 PM ISTGuwahati, June 24: Altogether 1,113 candidates, including 1027 boys and 86 girls have qualified this year for the JEE-Advanced examinations conducted for the IITs and Indian School of Mines (ISM), Dhanbad.Altogether 10,4800 candidates had qualified
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Low intensity explosion in Guwahati
India | Apr 30, 2013, 06:48 AM ISTGuwahati, Apr 30: A low intensity explosion rocked a residential locality in the city late yesterday evening, police said.However, nobody was hurt in the explosion which took place at Chandmari locality of Guwahati. The explosion
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Deodhar Trophy in Guwahati from Sunday
Cricket | Mar 09, 2013, 05:15 PM ISTMumbai, Mar 9: The 2012-13 edition of the Prof. D.B. Deodhar Trophy will be played from March 10-13 at the Nehru Stadium, Guwahati.The match-schedule is as follows:1. March 10 - Quarterfinal - South Zone vs
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Vaishnavite scholar Sonaram Chutia dead
India | Jan 31, 2013, 01:24 PM ISTGuwahati, Jan 31: Eminent Vaishnavite scholar, educationist and freedom fighter Sonaram Chutia died at his residence in Upper Assam's Jorhat district, family sources said today.Chutia (98) died yesterday.He is survived by three sons and four
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Northeast fashion gets new platform
Lifestyle | Jan 11, 2013, 08:20 AM ISTNew Delhi: Following the first ever Shillong Fashion Week (SFW) in 2012, Guwahati is set to host the North East Fashion Fest (NEFF). The event, endorsed by Bollywood actress Soha Ali Khan, will give the
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1,700 Northeast people reach Guwahati in 2 trains
India | Aug 18, 2012, 01:14 PM ISTGuwahati, Aug 18 : The situation in lower Assam today remained peaceful with no report of any violence even as two special trains arrived here carrying 1700 people who had fled the southern states after
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Two special trains on way to Guwahati, says Gogoi
India | Aug 16, 2012, 04:36 PM ISTGuwahati, Aug 16: Two special trains carrying panic-stricken students and professionals of Northeast have left Bangalore for here, Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said today.“Two special trains left Bangalore yesterday and the government has taken
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3 killed fresh violence in Chirang, toll rises to 59
India | Aug 05, 2012, 08:13 PM ISTGuwahati, Aug 5: Three persons were killed in fresh violence in lower Assam's Chirang district, one of the scenes of the recent Bodo-Muslim clashes, raising the toll to 59.The three - a man and his
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Guwahati SSP shunted out
India | Jul 16, 2012, 11:22 PM ISTGuwahati, Jul 16: The Assam government this evening transferred City Senior Superintendent of Police Apurba Jiban Baruah following the outrage over the molestation of a teenaged girl outside a pub here.Official sources said Dibrugarh SP
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Alka Lamba removed from NCW panel probing molestation case
India | Jul 16, 2012, 11:18 PM ISTNew Delhi, Jul 16: Congress leader Alka Lamba was today removed from a fact-finding team of National Women's Commission (NCW), which looked into the case of molestation of a 17-year-old girl in Guwahati, for making
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Indian currency notes found floating in Guwahati wetland
India | Jun 26, 2012, 08:35 PM ISTGuwahati, Jun 26: A large number of residents of the city's Chachal area, mostly youngsters, dived into the water body to get hold of currency notes floating in Silsako Beel, a wetland. It all started
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BJP MP demands enquiry into ATR-976's emergency landing
India | Jun 12, 2012, 03:57 PM ISTSilchar, June 12: BJP MP from Silchar Kabindra Purkayastha today demanded a thorough enquiry into the detachment of the nosewheel of the ATR 9760 flight from Silchar to Guwahati and its subsequent emergency landing on