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Guwahati Municipal polls: BJP wins in five wards
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], April 24 (ANI): As the counting of votes in 57 wards of Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) is underway, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has won in five wards, Pallav Gopal Jha, Deputy Commissioner of Kamrup (Metro) district informed.
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Counting of votes begins for Guwahati Municipal Corporation election
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], April 24 (ANI): The counting of votes for the Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) election began in Guwahati on Sunday.
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Assam CM announces Rs 50 lakh ex-gratia, govt job for kin of soldiers who
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], April 23 (ANI): Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday announced the hike in the ex gratia given to the soldiers who die on the line of duty and a job to one person in the family to "recognise and compensate their sacrifices".
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Armed forces want removal of AFSPA from J-K: Rajnath Singh
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], April 23 (ANI): Days after the Centre reduced the areas under AFSPA in Assam, Manipur and Nagaland, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said that the armed forces are in favour of the withdrawal of the Act from Jammu and Kashmir.
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Ripun Bora appointed as Assam Trinamool Congress president
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 23 (ANI): All India Trinamool Congress supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday appointed Ripun Bora as the state president of the All India Trinamool Congress Assam unit.
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India wouldn't hesitate to act against terrorists by crossing borders: Raj
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], April 23 (ANI): Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday said that India would not hesitate to act against terrorists who target the country from across borders and to take bold decisions to protect the unity and integrity of the country.
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Panel recomments ID cards, census to identify Assamese Muslims as distinct
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], April 23 (ANI): A panel set up by the Assam government has recommended that a notification be passed to identify Assamese Muslims as an indigenous group in the state.
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Gujarat MLA Jignesh Mevani held for 'insulting religious sentiments'
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], April 23 (ANI): The Assam Police have claimed that the primary offence for which Gujarat MLA Jignesh Mevani was arrested was hurting the "sentiments of a particular community" in his tweets.
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Rajnath Singh to visit Assam, attend award ceremony
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], April 23 (ANI): Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will visit Assam on Saturday and attend an award ceremony at Srimanta Sankardev Kalakshetra in Guwahati.
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Assam CM inaugurates opening ceremony of 7th India Industrial Fair
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Dispur (Assam) [India], April 22 (ANI): Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday inaugurated the opening ceremony of the four-day-long 7th India Industrial Fair, titled UDYAM 2022, at Veterinary College Field, and said that such initiatives will give a new direction to the startups
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ED attaches assets worth Rs 6.28 cr of Saradha Group of Companies in Assam
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 22 (ANI): The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached assets worth Rs 6.28 crore of Saradha Group of Companies in Assam for running illegal Ponzi schemes by befooling common people, the agency said on Friday.
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Two Ukrainian nationals detained at Assam's Badarpur railway station
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Karimganj (Assam) [India], April 22 (ANI): At a time when conflict is going on between Ukraine and Russia leaving many Ukrainians to flee to other countries to take shelter, two Ukraine nationals were detained by police at Badarpur railway station in Assam's Karimganj district.
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