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Pro-talk ULFA warns NSCN (IM)
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Pro-talk ULFA faction leader Mrinal Hazarika has warned the NSCN- IM against any attack on Assamese people in the border areas of Assam-Arunachal and Assam-Nagaland.
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Governor takes up issue with Centre
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Governor of Assam J B Patnaik called on Union Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Minister Dr C P Joshi to discuss the implementation of various schemes under the Ministry of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj in Assam, at Krishi Bhawan here today.
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Raima Sen launches cervical cancer prevention centre
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An awareness centre on cervical cancer prevention has been launched at a city hospital here by actor Raima Sen.
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NDFB kidnaps drivers in Assam-Arunachal border
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Two goods train drivers were kidnapped by suspected Bodo militants from the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border, officials said on Sunday.
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State yet to use eco-friendly road construction technique
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Though 'go green' is the buzzword today to reduce carbon footprints, the State is yet to ensure optimum utilization of a green technology of road construction using cold bitumen emulsions
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Neutral force role on border draws flak
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The neutral force deployed along the disputed Assam-Nagaland border to maintain peace among the people of both the states living in the area has failed to perform its duty assigned to it.
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Maoist-NE ultra link evokes concern
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Growing links between the Maoist rebel groups and some of the militant outfits of the North East region has become a serious cause of concern and the issue came up for detailed discussion in the recently concluded meet of the DGPs and IGPs of all the states in New Delhi.
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Parties flay Karimganj DC’s demolition drive
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In the wake of demolition of the roadside temples, the district committees of the Congress, the AGP, and the BJP along with the Left parties strongly condemned the unwanted step taken by the Deputy Commissioner Dr Angamuthu.
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Woodcutters, forest guards exchange fire
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Heavy exchange of fire between armed forest officials and illegal woodcutters were reported at Sibakunda near Amsoi under West Dharmatul forest range around 1 pm today.
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Inter-State car theft gang busted
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City Police last night busted an inter-State car theft racket and arrested as many as eight members of the racket from different parts of the city.
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RBI directive to ease coin shortage in NE
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To overcome the shortage of coins in the North East, the Reserve Bank of India has asked the banks operating in the region to install coin vending machines.
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Assam, Arunachal work to resolve border row
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Assam and Arunachal Pradesh Friday decided to dismantle bunkers set up by their police forces on either side of the border between them as a confidence building measure to resolve a violent boundary row.
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State farmers’ income growing
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The income of State’s farmers is growing, while the percentage of increase in the number of farmers’ holdings is more in comparison to that of their operational area.
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Eel farming project inaugurated
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An innovative eel farming project, which has been sanctioned to the Meher Composite Framing Society of Goalpara under the Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana, was inaugurated at Meher Farm, Phetkai under Kharmuza Block recently.
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Economist JK Gogoi passes away
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Noted economist Dr Jayanta Kumar Gogoi today breathed his last at his Chiring Chapori residence here. The end came at 6-30 PM. He was 58.
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NFR assures early completion of rly link
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The Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) has assured the Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) early completion of the construction of the broad-gauge (BG) railway line from Kamakhya Railway Station and Pandu Inland Port.
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Eight people held along Indo-Bangla border
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Eight people, including a militant of a Muslim rebel group and a Bangladeshi national, were reportedly apprehended in separate incidents by Border Security Force (BSF) along the Indo-Bangladesh border on Thursday night.
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NE Power Ministers seek gas price roll-back
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The Power Ministers of the North Eastern States have called for roll back of the hike in prices of natural gas in the region to stabilise the pricing of the power.
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Over Rs 5000 cr land revenue yet to be collected
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At a time when Assam is going through a financial crisis, huge amounts of land revenue due to the Government remained uncollected and the matter has already been pointed out to the Assam Government
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Charaipung border tense, NSCN still active
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Even after ordering shoot-at-sight at Charaipung in Assam-Arunachal border area, the activities of NSCN (IM) in five Arunachali-dominated villages within Assam are going on in full swing.
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BJP seeks PM’s intervention
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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today sought Prime Minister’s intervention in easing the tension arising out of the inter-State boundary dispute, even as it urged Union Home Minister, P Chidambaram to visit the troubled spots to take stock of the situation.
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Sabha honour for Dr PC Choudhury
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The Asam Sahitya Sabha today felicitated historian and archaeologist Dr Pratap Chandra Choudhury with the title ‘Sadasya Mahiyan’, the highest honour of the State’s apex literary body.
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Flood situation in Upper Assam grim
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More than 50,000 people have been affected as more than forty villages were flooded by the swelling tributaries of the mighty Brahmaputra river in Dhemaji and Lakhimpur districts, reports PTI.
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Call to make RTI Act effective
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A recent meeting of the multi-stakeholders called for initiating steps to fill up the vacancies in the Information Commissionarates months ahead of such posts lying vacant.
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Education Department withdraws earlier order
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The State Education (Secondary) Department has decided to allow teachers who were already re-employed (both State/national-awardee teachers) to continue as assistant teacher/subject teacher, etc.
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