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Over 258,000 people across 16 districts affected by floods in Assam
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Dispur (Assam) [India], August 29 (ANI): As many as 732 villages in 16 districts have been affected in Assam due to floods following heavy rainfall, said the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) on Sunday in its flood report.
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Mamata Banerjee will be given red carpet welcome in Assam, says Himanta Bi
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Siliguri (West Bengal) [India], August 29 (ANI): On the possibility of the West Bengal chief minister likely to visit Assam, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday said that he would roll out a red carpet welcome for Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, adding that her visit wi
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Over 1 kg heroin concealed in car seized in Assam's Guwahati, 6 held
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Guwahati [Assam] (India), August 29 (ANI): A total of six people have been arrested in Guwahati and over 1 kilogram of heroin, concealed in soap boxes inside a car in which four alleged drug peddlers were travelling in have been seized, Guwahati Police said on Sunday.
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Assam CM flags fake tweet claiming schools won't reopen in September
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Dispur (Assam) [India], August 28 (ANI): Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma directed the state police to take action after a fake announcement surfaced on social media, which stated that schools in the state, which were set to reopen next month would remain shut till November.
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Assam Governor Jagdish Mukhi flags off SSB Cycle Rally as part of 'Azadi k
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 28 (ANI): Assam Governor Jagdish Mukhi on Saturday flagged off a cycle rally of the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) from Raj Bhawan in Guwahati.
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COVID-19 created in God's supercomputer, it decides who will get infected:
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], August 27 (ANI): A minister in Assam has claimed that that th Covid-19 was a creation of God's supercomputer, which decides who would get infected with the virus and who would die of the deadly disease.
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5 dead in Assam's Dima Hasao after miscreants set trucks on fire
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Dima Hasao (Assam) [India], August 27 (ANI): Five persons were killed late on Thursday after unknown miscreants allegedly set ablaze atleast seven trucks near the Diyungbra area in Assam's Dima Hasao district.
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Verification underway of 2,500 rhino horns stored in Assam treasuries
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Dispur (Assam) [India], August 25 (ANI): The process to verify around 2,500 rhino horns seized from poachers, smugglers or extracted from dead animals over the last four decades and kept in government treasuries in some of Assam districts, has begun in earnest, officials said.
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4 coaches of Guwahati-Howrah Special Express train derailed in Assam
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Assam [India], August 25 (ANI): Four coaches of the Guwahati-Howrah Special Express train has derailed near Chaygaon station around noon on Wednesday.
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Leopard rescued from Assam tea estate
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Assam [India], August 25 (ANI): A two-year-old female leopard has been rescued from a tea estate under Dibrugarh Range in Assam on Wednesday morning, forest rangers said.
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BSF apprehends Bangladeshi nationals, seizes 19.5 kg cannabis at India-Ban
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], August 25 (ANI): The Border Security Force (BSF) troops under the aegis of the Guwahati Frontier has apprehended three Bangladeshi nationals and seized 45 Bottles of phensydyl and 19.5 kg cannabis from the India-Bangladesh border here in two separate operations, the
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India women's tour of Australia: Subhadeep Ghosh named fielding coach, Amo
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 25 (ANI): Former Assam cricketer Subhadeep Ghosh has been appointed the fielding coach of the Indian women's team for the upcoming tour of Australia. The multi-format tour will also see Amogh Pandit travelling with the squad as trainer.
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