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Assam welcomes New Year with 'Rongali Bihu'
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], Apr 20 (ANI): Festivals are an integral part of cultures across the world. Recently, the north-eastern state of Assam celebrated one of its most significant festivals 'Rongali Bihu'.
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Man carries brother's dead body on bicycle: Sonowal orders probe
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India] Apr 19 (ANI): Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal has ordered a probe into an incident in which a video shows an Assamese man carrying his 18-year-old brother's body on a cycle in his assembly constituency Majuli.
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Terrorism, insurgency are anti-development: Venkaiah Naidu
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], Apr 18 (ANI): Union Information and Broadcasting Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu has said that the only way for development of the North-east is peace and terrorism and Insurgency are anti-development.
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Three arrested with 15 kg gold from Guwahati railway station
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], Apr. 14 (ANI): The Assam Police on Friday arrested three persons from the Guwahati railway station and recovered 15 kg gold from their possession.
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Namami Brahmaputra: A celebration like never before in Assam's histor
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], Apr. 9 (ANI): Regarded as the lifeline to millions of people of the region and a source of livelihood to many, the mighty Brahmaputra is the most important natural treasure intrinsic to the economic and socio-cultural aspects of the state.
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58 years later, Dalai Lama meets jawan who escorted him to India from Tibe
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], Apr 3 (ANI): Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Sunday shared an emotional moment with retired havildar of Assam Rifles who escorted him to India during his escape from Tibet in March 1959.
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President Mukherjee to inaugurate Namami Brahmaputra
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], Mar. 31 (ANI): The biggest river festival of India, Namami Brahmaputra, begins in 21 districts of Assam today.
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Junior doctors of GMCH demand centralized act to prevent violence
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], Mar. 24 (ANI): The junior doctors of Guwahati Medical College Hospital (GMCH), who staged a demonstration to express solidarity with the agitating medical fraternity of Maharashtra, have demanded a centralized act to prevent violence against doctors.
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Majuli all set to become India's 1st carbon neutral district: Sonowal
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], Mar. 22 (ANI): Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal launched initiatives to develop Majuli, world biggest river island, as India's first carbon neutral district and as a biodiversity heritage.
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Assam CM backs Nahid Afrin, calls fatwa 'unacceptable'
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], Mar. 15 (ANI): Extending support towards reality singer Nahid Afrin over fatwas issued against her, Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Wednesday said the entire nation is with the girl, adding that all necessary security measures would be taken for her.
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42 clerics issue fatwa against reality singing star Nahid Afrin
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], Mar. 15 (ANI): As many as 42 clerics have issued a fatwa against reality singing star Nahid Afrin, who was the first runner-up of a musical reality TV show, asking her to stop performing in public.
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BJP hijacking Cong MLAs to achieve majority in Manipur: Ripun Bora
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], Mar. 14 (ANI): Assam Pradesh Congress Committee President and Rajya Sabha member Ripun Bora on Tuesday alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was "hijacking" the MLAs of the grand old party in order to achieve majority in the Manipur Assembly.
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