Exodus reversed: Special train to Bangalore leaves Guwahati
September 1st, 2012 - 6:55 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Sep 1 (IANS) A special train to Bangalore left a railway station here Saturday afternoon to help people from the northeast return to their places of study or work ... Read more...
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Karnataka minister to visit northeast, ask people to return
August 21st, 2012 - 7:13 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Aug 21 (IANS) Karnataka Home Minister R. Ashoka Tuesday said he will visit northeast states soon to assure the people there that the state was safe and the thousands ... Read more...
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Assam ministers rush to Bangalore, Hyderabad
August 17th, 2012 - 3:17 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Aug 17 (IANS) As its people continued to arrive from states like Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, the Assam government Friday sent its ministers to Bangalore and Hyderabad to discuss ... Read more...
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Fresh violence in Assam, curfew imposed
August 16th, 2012 - 4:55 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Aug 16 (IANS) Fresh incidents of violence were reported in Assam's Kamrup rural area Thursday and authorities imposed curfew in Rangiya sub-division of the district to bring the situation ... Read more...
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Violence rages in Assam, death toll 25 (Second Lead)
July 24th, 2012 - 5:28 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, July 24 (IANS) Security forces Tuesday shot dead four miscreants in Assam, taking the death toll in communal violence raging in two districts to 25, authorities said.An indefinite curfew ... Read more...
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Assam ministers in Kokrajhar, 19 dead (Lead)
July 24th, 2012 - 3:59 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, July 24 (IANS) Two Assam ministers Tuesday reached restive Kokrajhar district after communal violence in the region killed 19 people and forced thousands to flee their homes.The deaths have ... Read more...
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Assam ministers rush to violence-hit Kokrajhar
July 24th, 2012 - 2:31 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, July 24 (IANS) Two senior ministers of Assam Saturday rushed to restive Kokrajhar to assess the situation as communal violence continued unabated there and Chirang district in the Bodoland ... Read more...
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Molestation issue rocks Assam assembly
July 16th, 2012 - 8:37 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, July 16 (IANS) The first day of the Assam assembly's monsoon session began on a stormy note Monday with all opposition parties staging a walkout against the speaker's ... Read more...
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Molestation case: Police nabs two more
July 15th, 2012 - 12:56 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, July 15 (IANS) Police have arrested two more suspected culprits from the group that publicly molested and stripped a teenage girl in the main city of Assam last Monday, ... Read more...
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Assam to bring 5 lakh hectares under double cropping
July 11th, 2012 - 7:31 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, July 11 (IANS) The Assam government is planning to bring around 5 lakh hectares under double cropping pattern next season to boost the agriculture production of the state, Agriculture ... Read more...
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Flood situation improves in Assam, Sonia to visit Monday
June 30th, 2012 - 11:02 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, June 30 (IANS) Congress president Sonia Gandhi will visit the flood-affected areas of Assam Monday, a senior party leader said Saturday."Sonia Gandhi will reach the state Monday with ... Read more...
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UN ready to help flood-hit India, Bangladesh
June 30th, 2012 - 11:30 am ICT by IANS
United Nations, June 30 (IANS) The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is prepared to support India and Bangladesh, South Asiain countries that are experiencing heavy rains ... Read more...
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Assam hopes for record rice, jute production
June 22nd, 2012 - 7:57 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, June 22 IANS) Despite floods affecting about 10,000 hectares of cropland, Assam hopes to register a record paddy and jute production this year.Assam Agriculture Minister Nilamoni Sen Deka made the ... Read more...
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Eight killed in Assam floods
June 21st, 2012 - 5:51 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, June 21 (IANS) Eight persons have been killed in the floods in Assam that have affected at least 15 districts, a minister said Thursday, adding that large tracts ... Read more...
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Businessman shot dead in Assam
May 13th, 2012 - 1:41 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, May 13 (IANS) A businessman was shot dead by in Assam's Dhubri district Sunday morning after he refused to cough up the money demanded by two miscreants, police said."Two ... Read more...
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Assam pressure group protests against education board
April 7th, 2012 - 9:23 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, April 7 (IANS) A leading pressure group of Assam Saturday locked the main gate of the Secondary Education Board of Assam (SEBA) headquarters at Bamunimaidam area here to protest ... Read more...
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AIIMS students to resume agitation if demands not met
March 10th, 2012 - 8:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) A day after suspending their relay hunger strike to demand a judicial inquiry into the suicide of an undergraduate student at the All India Institute ... Read more...
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Panel to probe AIIMS suicide
March 6th, 2012 - 10:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 6 (IANS) The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Tuesday constituted a committee of senior faculty members to probe into the academic performance of an MBBS ... Read more...
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Three killed, 50 injured in Assam train accident (Second Lead)
February 3rd, 2012 - 7:14 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Feb 3 (IANS) At least three people were killed and 50 injured when a Guwahati-bound train hit a road construction vehicle at an unmanned crossing near here Friday morning, ... Read more...
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Azad to decide on sacked AIIMS doctor’s reinstatement (Lead)
July 12th, 2011 - 9:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 12 (IANS) Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, who is the president of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), will decide on the future of a ... Read more...
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AGP chief loses in Assam
May 13th, 2011 - 2:56 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, May 13 (IANS) In a major upset, president of Assam's main opposition Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) Chandra Mohan Patowary was Friday defeated by his Congress rival in the assembly ... Read more...
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Veteran Congress leader Arjun Singh is dead (Second Lead)
March 4th, 2011 - 11:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 4 (IANS) Congress leader Arjun Singh, a former union minister, chief minister and governor, who made a strong bid to become prime minister in the mid-1990s, ... Read more...
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Veteran Congress Arjun Singh is dead (Lead)
March 4th, 2011 - 8:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 4 (IANS) Congress leader Arjun Singh, a former union minister, chief minister and governor, who made a strong bid to become prime minister in the mid-1990s, died ... Read more...
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PETA to protest outside AIIMS for release of animals
March 4th, 2011 - 12:47 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) Animal rights group People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) said it would stage protests outside the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) ... Read more...
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Mixed response to budget in northeast
February 28th, 2011 - 7:58 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Feb 28 (IANS) The budget for 2011-12 has evoked mixed response in the northeast, with industry captains and Assam's ruling Congress party terming it balanced, while the opposition described it as ... Read more...
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New videos released by Baruah creates confusion over ULFA peace process
January 28th, 2011 - 5:29 pm ICT by ANI
Guwahati (Assam) Jan 28 (ANI): At a time when the United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA)'s Central Committee is making an effort to return to the mainstream, new videos released by commander-in-chief ... Read more...
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Paresh Baruah faction rejects ULFA peace talks
January 21st, 2011 - 5:00 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Jan 21 (IANS) The peace process between the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) led by its chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa and the government came under a cloud with the outfit's elusive ... Read more...
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ULFA executive discusses modalities for peace talks
January 20th, 2011 - 8:08 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Jan 20 (IANS) The outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) Thursday began its central executive meeting aimed at working out modalities for opening formal peace talks with the government.The meet ... Read more...
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ULFA moves towards peace talks with government
January 18th, 2011 - 3:46 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Jan 18 (IANS) In a step towards formal peace talks between the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) and the government, the outlawed separatist group's central executive is set to meet ... Read more...
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Gadkari in Assam, minus security from state government
January 7th, 2011 - 3:24 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Jan 7 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Gadkari arrived here Friday for the party's two-day national executive meeting amid protests from party workers at the Assam government's ... Read more...
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Dialogue with ULFA outfit may begin soon, says interlocutor
January 6th, 2011 - 12:56 pm ICT by ANI
Guwahati, Jan 6 (ANI): Hopes of holding peace talks between the Central Government and the United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) have brightened with the government's interlocutor indicating that the dialogue process ... Read more...
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ULFA chief Rajkhowa receives warm welcome in Sivasagar
January 3rd, 2011 - 6:12 pm ICT by ANI
By Peter Alex ToddSivasagar (Assam), Jan.3 (ANI): The United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa has received a warm welcome at his hometown in Assam's Sivasagar District during the weekend.Rajkhowa ... Read more...
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ULFA chief Rajkhowa released from jail
January 1st, 2011 - 1:30 pm ICT by ANI
Guwahati, Jan.1 (ANI): The United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa was released from jail on Saturday, a year after being nabbed by Bangladesh security agencies and handed over to ... Read more...
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Assam CM Gogoi invites ULFA chief to join politics
December 30th, 2010 - 8:09 pm ICT by ANI
Guwahati, Dec 30 (ANI): Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Thursday invited United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa to join politics, saying that let him serve people through politics."Let ... Read more...
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19 ULFA commanders have come for talks: chief minister
September 27th, 2010 - 8:10 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Sep 27 (IANS) Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi Monday said 19 commanders of the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) came on their own from Bangladesh to join the peace process ... Read more...
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