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Assam: Opposition MLAs stage walkout from Assembly over Citizenship Amendm
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], Nov 28 (ANI): MLAs of opposition parties staged a walkout on the first day of the winter session of the Assam Legislative Assembly that began here on Thursday, demanding for a cancellation of the question hour and holding a discussion on Citizenship Amendment Bil
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Assam bans gutkha, pan masala containing tobacco, nicotine for 1 year
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Guwahati (Assam) [India], Nov 27 (ANI): The Assam government has prohibited manufacturing, storage, transportation, display, distribution and sale of gutkha, pan masala or any chewing material containing tobacco or nicotine as ingredients, for a period of one year.
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Assam celebrates 'Lachit Divas' with great fervour
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Guwahati (Assam) [India], Nov 24 (ANI): On the occasion of Lachit Divas, celebrations took place in various parts of the state of Assam on Sunday in the memory of the famed general Lachit Borphukan of Ahom kingdom in the seventeenth century.
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Appeal Centre to not implement CAB in Assam, N-E states: Pro-talk faction
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], Nov 23 (ANI): The United Liberation Front of Asom's (ULFA) pro-talk faction's leader, Anup Chetia on Saturday appealed to the Centre to not implement the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in Assam and other North-East states.
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Protest against Citizenship Amendment Bill in Assam
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Guwahati (Assam) [India], Nov 22 (ANI): Different organisations, including peasant organisation Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS), on Friday took out a protest in Guwahati against the Citizenship Amendment Bill demanding its withdrawal.
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Assam: AGP forms its students wing, Asom Chhatra Parishad
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Guwahati (Assam) [India], Nov 22 (ANI): The Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), which is a part of the ruling coalition headed by BJP in the state, has formed its student wing Asom Chhatra Parishad (ACP).
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Assam: Under Arundhati scheme, bride to get 10-gram gold if she is 18 and
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Guwahati (Assam) [India], Nov 20 (ANI): Assam Minister Himanta Biswa Sharma on Wednesday said that the state government has approved the Arundhati Scheme under which 10 grams of gold will be provided free of cost to the bride.
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Assam brides to get 10gm gold after registration of marriage, announces st
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Guwahati (Assam)[India], Nov 20 (ANI): Assam government has decided to spend Rs 800 crore per year under the Arundhati scheme in which every bride of the state would be given one Tola gold free, state's Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Wednesday.
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Citing various shortcomings, Assam Minister Sarma seeks scrapping of curre
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Guwahati (Assam) [India], Nov 20 (ANI): Assam Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday said that the current process of National Register of Citizens (NRC) should be scrapped citing various shortcomings but emphasised that the state should be made a part of the national NRC process.
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Assam govt makes sanitary napkins mandatory in factories, industries
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], Nov 20 (ANI): Assam government has made mandatory for all factories and industries to keep sanitary napkins in a bid to promote hygiene among women, state cabinet minister Chandra Mohan Patowary said.
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Key decisions taken during Assam Cabinet meet
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], Nov 20 (ANI): The Assam Cabinet took many important decisions in a meeting, chaired by Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, related to bamboo farming and the government holiday list for the coming year among others.
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Guwahati: Students protest against Citizenship Amendment Bill, burn effigy
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], Nov 19 (ANI): Number of students from Guwahati University on Tuesday burned an effigy of Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and staged a protest outside the University against the Citizenship Amendment Bill.
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