For small farmers, it’s tea time in Assam!
January 14th, 2011 - 1:58 pm ICT by IANS
By Syed Zarir Hussain
Guwahati, Jan 14 (IANS) They were once the domain of hard-nosed British sahibs on horseback. But today, the lush green tea plantations in Assam have come full circle with ... Read more...
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Tusker trafficking gang busted in Assam
November 2nd, 2010 - 4:01 pm ICT by IANS
By Syed Zarir Hussain
Guwahati, Nov 2 (IANS) A trans-national elephant smuggling syndicate was busted in Assam with the arrest of five persons, even as conservationists claimed close to 100 wild Asiatic jumbos ... Read more...
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Arunachal mega dam creates political storm in Assam
October 27th, 2010 - 11:54 am ICT by IANS
By Syed Zarir Hussain
Guwahati, Oct 27 (IANS) A mega dam being built in Arunachal Pradesh has become a major political issue in Assam, with the opposition making it clear it will ... Read more...
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Battle for the minority, tea garden vote begins in Assam
October 12th, 2010 - 2:51 pm ICT by IANS
By Syed Zarir Hussain
Guwahati, Oct 12 (IANS) With assembly elections in Assam due next year, political parties have already started wooing minority Muslims and tea garden workers for their prized votes. ... Read more...
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Commonwealth Games opener cheers northeast
October 6th, 2010 - 3:22 pm ICT by IANS
By Syed Zarir Hussain
Guwahati, Oct 6 (IANS) Sports and music they say binds people together and this cliched phrase has come true with the opening ceremony of the New Delhi ... Read more...
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Arunachal Pradesh accuses China of incursions
September 22nd, 2010 - 8:16 pm ICT by IANS
By Syed Zarir Hussain
Itanagar, Sept 22 (IANS) The government in India's frontier state of Arunachal Pradesh Wednesday accused China of making at least four incursions in the past one month and ... Read more...
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Gogoi to undergo two heart surgeries Wednesday
August 3rd, 2010 - 12:18 pm ICT by IANS
By Syed Zarir Hussain
Mumbai, Aug 3 (IANS) A 20-member team of doctors will perform two heart surgeries on Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi at the Asian Heart Institute here Wednesday."The surgeries ... Read more...
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India, Myanmar pact on combating terror hailed in northeast
July 29th, 2010 - 1:19 pm ICT by IANS
By Syed Zarir Hussain
Guwahati, July 29 (IANS) A strategic pact signed between India and Myanmar has been hailed in the country's northeast as a major step forward in combating terror ... Read more...
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Mizoram’s ‘love potion’ wine to hit market in September
July 20th, 2010 - 3:16 pm ICT by IANS
By Syed Zarir Hussain
Aizawl, July 20 (IANS) Wine produced from premium quality grapes grown locally in the mountainous northeastern state of Mizoram is all set to hit the market in less then ... Read more...
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Bihar’s famed coaching institute now in Assam
July 11th, 2010 - 7:05 pm ICT by IANS
By Syed Zarir Hussain
Guwahati, July 11 (IANS) The famed Super 30, a coaching institute in Patna which prepares 30 poor students for the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) entrance exam free of ... Read more...
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Naga ministers join World Cup party in South Africa
July 7th, 2010 - 3:46 pm ICT by IANS
By Syed Zarir Hussain
Kohima, July 7 (IANS) Soccer fever has struck Nagaland with half of the council of ministers led by Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio already in South Africa and are all ... Read more...
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Ready for talks, can make cadres surrender: Daimary to CBI
May 10th, 2010 - 12:08 pm ICT by IANS
By Syed Zarir Hussain
Guwahati, May 10 (IANS) Ranjan Daimary, terror mastermind and leader of the outlawed National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB), has said he is ready for peace talks and ... Read more...
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‘Cyber crime threatening India’
March 17th, 2010 - 10:45 am ICT by IANS
By Syed Zarir Hussain
Guwahati, March 17 (IANS) Cyber crime is the latest threat to India's security with those inimical to its interests hiring experts to spy on companies and vital networks, says ... Read more...
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Terror groups, state infringing media freedom in northeast
March 15th, 2010 - 11:43 am ICT by IANS
By Syed Zarir Hussain
Guwahati, March 15 (IANS) The media in India's restive northeast is caught in a Catch-22 situation with journalists becoming targets of separatist groups, the state government, and the mafia, ... Read more...
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Centre to Assam: Let CBI probe scam in North Cachar Hills
February 22nd, 2010 - 2:45 pm ICT by IANS
By Syed Zarir Hussain
Guwahati, Feb 22 (IANS) New Delhi has asked the Assam government to let the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe the multimillion rupee scam involving the swindling of central ... Read more...
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New Delhi to hold talks with NSCN-IM in April
February 9th, 2010 - 2:01 pm ICT by IANS
By Syed Zarir Hussain
Guwahati, Feb 9 (IANS) The deadlocked peace talks between New Delhi and the Isak-Muivah faction of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN-IM) will resume in April after ... Read more...
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Bird fights, bonfire, feasting on Bhogali Bihu in Assam
January 14th, 2010 - 2:40 pm ICT by IANS
By Syed Zarir Hussain
Hajo (Assam) Jan 14 (IANS) For a trophy and cash reward of Rs.2,001, up to 400 birds and their owners are locked in a bitter fight -- an ... Read more...
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From hope to despair in the northeast
December 31st, 2009 - 3:06 pm ICT by IANS
By Syed Zarir Hussain and Sujit Chakraborty
Guwahati/Agartala, Dec 31 (IANS) For the eight states in northeastern India, 2009 will go down as a year that promised to bring an end to nearly ... Read more...
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Telangana stokes statehood demand in northeast
December 12th, 2009 - 2:52 pm ICT by IANS
By Syed Zarir Hussain
Guwahati, Dec 12 (IANS) Bodoland, Karbiland, Dimaraji, Kamatapur, Garoland... India's northeast is witnessing renewed statehood demands from ethnic groups, courtesy the central government's 'yes' to Telangana.This has ... Read more...
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India’s most wanted terrorist still a railway employee in Assam
December 1st, 2009 - 11:20 am ICT by IANS
By Syed Zarir Hussain
Tinsukia (Assam), Dec 1 (IANS) One of India's most wanted terrorists has played truant for close to three decades by not attending office, although he continues to be a ... Read more...
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NIA exposes militant-politician-bureaucrat-contractor nexus in Assam
November 21st, 2009 - 2:53 pm ICT by IANS
By Syed Zarir Hussain
Guwahati, Nov 21 (IANS) The National Investigating Agency (NIA) has come up with some startling revelations about the politician-militant-bureaucrat-contractor nexus in Assam with government funds to the ... Read more...
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From California to Tawang for the Dalai Lama
November 9th, 2009 - 5:27 pm ICT by IANS
By Syed Zarir Hussain
Tawang (Arunachal Pradesh), Nov 9 (IANS) Belize Lane, a 20-year-old student from San Francisco, California, is overwhelmed after attending a religious discourse by the Dalai Lama Monday."I ... Read more...
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Unofficial media gag on talking to Dalai Lama
November 9th, 2009 - 1:15 pm ICT by IANS
By Syed Zarir Hussain
Tawang (Arunachal Pradesh), Nov 9 (IANS) A day after the Dalai Lama's barbs at China, Arunachal Pradesh government officials Monday informally requested journalists not to ask any questions ... Read more...
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Indian flags, pro-Tibet banners a rebuff to China
November 7th, 2009 - 4:09 pm ICT by IANS
By Syed Zarir Hussain
Tawang (Arunachal Pradesh), Nov 7 (IANS) The writing on the wall is loud and clear: the Dalai Lama's week-long visit to Arunachal Pradesh beginning Sunday is a rebuff ... Read more...
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800 Lamas to welcome Dalai Lama in Arunachal
November 5th, 2009 - 2:07 pm ICT by IANS
By Syed Zarir Hussain
Tawang (Arunachal Pradesh), Nov 5 (IANS) More than 800 Buddhist monks led by their high priests will welcome Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama when he arrives the mountainous ... Read more...
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Suicide squads to stage massive terror attacks in Assam: report
October 28th, 2009 - 3:58 pm ICT by IANS
By Syed Zarir Hussain
Guwahati, Oct 28 (IANS) Two influential separatist groups in Assam have decided to form suicide squads and stage joint terror attacks in crowded places, including the police ... Read more...
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Assam’s travelling theatre coming to Delhi
October 28th, 2009 - 9:37 am ICT by IANS
By Syed Zarir Hussain
Guwahati, Oct 28 (IANS) One of Assam's popular travelling theatre groups that play to packed houses in both urban and rural areas is all set to entertain crowds in ... Read more...
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Man-animal conflict: Villagers poison elephants in Assam
October 25th, 2009 - 5:09 pm ICT by IANS
By Syed Zarir Hussain
Guwahati, Oct 25 (IANS) Wildlife authorities in Assam have warned that the human-elephant conflict has reached alarming proportions with villagers poisoning to death at least four wild elephants in ... Read more...
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Arunachal monastery prays, prepares to welcome Dalai Lama
October 24th, 2009 - 2:10 pm ICT by IANS
By Syed Zarir Hussain
Tawang (Arunachal Pradesh), Oct 24 (IANS) Around 400 Lamas are holding special prayers daily at the Tawang monastery as it prepares to welcome Buddhist spiritual leader the Dalai ... Read more...
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Poachers trying to poison rhinos in Assam’s national park
September 18th, 2009 - 11:55 am ICT by IANS
By Syed Zarir Hussain
Kaziranga (Assam), Sep 18 (IANS) Forest authorities in India's northeastern state of Assam have intensified patrol at a famed national park as there are fears that poacher gangs might ... Read more...
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ULFA hiring students to trigger blasts in Assam
July 21st, 2009 - 1:16 pm ICT by IANS
By Syed Zarir Hussain
Guwahati, July 21 (IANS) The United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) separatist group was luring students with money to carry out explosions ahead of Independence Day, say police and ... Read more...
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Demand to broaden list of tradable items through Nathu La
May 3rd, 2009 - 3:29 pm ICT by IANS
By Syed Zarir Hussain
Nathu La (Sikkim), May 3 (IANS) Indian trade bodies Sunday urged New Delhi to review the list of tradable items to boost business with China, a day before trading ... Read more...
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Moonshine and blankets to win polls in Assam
April 19th, 2009 - 1:41 pm ICT by IANS
By Syed Zarir Hussain
Jorhat (Assam), April 19 (IANS) Shakuntala Murmu was seething with anger to find her husband returning home inebriated late in the night. She was all the more furious ... Read more...
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Of stars, superstition and elections in Assam
April 15th, 2009 - 1:25 pm ICT by IANS
By Syed Zarir Hussain
Guwahati, April 15 (IANS) Come elections and fortune tellers, astrologers, and religious gurus are the most sought after by politicians in Assam seeking divine blessings and taking recourse ... Read more...
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Advani under fire for announcing autonomous state in Assam
March 27th, 2009 - 1:52 pm ICT by IANS
By Syed Zarir Hussain
Guwahati, March 27 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) prime ministerial candidate L.K. Advani's statement announcing an autonomous state to two ethnic communities in Assam if voted to ... Read more...
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