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40 people rescued, several feared drowned in Assam boat accident
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Jorhat (Assam) [India], September 8 (ANI): Forty people have been rescued after a passenger boat sank in the Brahmaputra river after colliding with another boat near Nimati Ghat in Assam's Jorhat, district officials said.
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Committee to be formed for implementation of clauses of Assam Accord
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Dispur (Assam) [India], September 8 (ANI): A committee comprising members of the All Assam Students' Union (AASU) and the state government will be formed to implement the clauses of the Assam Accord, said minister Atul Bora on Tuesday.
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Schools, colleges reopen in Assam from today
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], September 6 (ANI): Schools and colleges in Assam have reopened from Monday for students of Class 12, final semester students of degree programmes and postgraduate programmes.
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Assam: 321 new Covid cases reported in last 24 hours
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Dispur (Assam) [India], September 6 (ANI): Assam reported 321 new Covid cases during the last 24 hours, as per a bulletin issued by the state government on Sunday.
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Ahead of Durga Puja, artisans making idol urge Assam govt to issue SOP reg
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], September 5 (ANI): Ahead of Durga Puja, Vishwakarma Day, artisans making idols in Guwahati urge the state government to release Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to give them a clear picture about the festival celebrations.
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Assam: Man accused of killing degree college student injured in Police fir
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Dispur (Assam) [India], September 5 (ANI): The man accused of allegedly killing Nandita Saikia, a degree college student in the Dhemaji district of Assam, was injured in police firing after he tried to escape police custody on Saturday, said GP Singh, Special Director General of Police (DGP)
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'Karbi Anglong Agreement' ensures greater devolution of autonomy to KAAC,
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 4 (ANI): The historic 'Karbi Anglong Agreement' was signed on Saturday to end the decades-old crisis safeguarding Assam's territorial integrity and ensure "greater devolution of autonomy to the Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council (KAAC)", said the Ministry of Home A
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BSF rescues 95 cattle heads from border districts of West Bengal, Assam
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], September 4 (ANI): Border Security Force (BSF) personnel rescued 95 cattle heads on Saturday from the border of Coochbehar district of West Bengal and districts of Dhubri and South Salmara Mankachar of Assam.
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Karbi peace accord will be etched in golden words in Assam's history, says
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 4 (ANI): Stating that around a thousand cadres from six organizations have joined the mainstream after shunning arms, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said that the Karbi Anglong Peace Accord will be written in golden words in the history of the Karbi
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1,000 militants to surrender, to get reservation in Karbi Anglong Autonomo
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 4 (ANI): Terming the Karbi Anglong Peace Accord a 'big achievement', Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday said that the 1,000 militants who will surrender, will be given reservation in the Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council for the first time. Read More
Assam CM meets Nirmala Sitharaman, Rameswar Teli
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 4 (ANI): Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday met Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Minister od State for Petroluem and Natural Gas Rameswar Teli and discussed a host of issues on Assam including the progress of central government sche
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Centre signs 'Karbi Anglong Agreement'
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 4 (ANI): The Central government on Saturday signed a tripartite "Karbi Anglong Agreement" with a group of representatives of Karbi outfits here in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.
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