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09 Sep

Assam Boat Accident: Army to Join Rescue Ops; Assam CM in Jorhat

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Rescue operations after two boats with over 120 people collided and sank in the Brahmaputra river are being continued on Thursday. The incident occurred around 4 pm on Wednesday, roughly 100m from the Nimatighat bank in Assam's Jorhat district. One woman died, while around 35 people, including women and children, are still missing. National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams from Sivasagar are carrying out the rescue operations and Army personnel will also join the operations on Thursday with some advanced machines, Jorhat Deputy Commissioner Ashok Barman said. "120 passengers were on the boat that capsized. A woman has died. The…

08 Sep

‘Elderline’ – helpline for Senior Citizens in Assam

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A market leader and an eminent name in the finance and digital solutions industry with business segments, Alankit has been chosen by the Department of Social Welfare, Government of Assam to launch ‘Elderline’, a helpline for Senior Citizens in Assam under the aegis of the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment along with the National Institute of Social Defence. The toll-free helpline number ‘14567’ will be beneficial for all the senior citizens of the state. The helpline is operational in all the 33 Districts of Assam and aiming to reach around 25-lakh Elderly people, which is approximately 7% of the…

31 Aug

Will form seven committees to uplift Assam’s tea tribe community: Himanta Biswa Sarma

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The Assam government will constitute as many as seven committees to look into measures that can be implemented for the upliftment of the tea tribes community in the state. This was informed by Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday. He said that seven committees will be formed to conduct in-depth study into various issues concerning the tea tribes. The committees will come up with short, medium and long term action plans for uplifting the tea tribes community, the Assam CM said. He attended an interactive programme titled "Humder Moner Kotha" with intellectuals and leading citizens of the Tea…

27 Aug

Flood situation deteriorates in Assam, 86,000 people affected nearly

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The flood situation in Assam deteriorated on Thursday with nearly 86,000 people hit by the deluge across five districts. According to the daily flood report of the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), Bongaigaon is the worst affected where almost 53,000 people are in distress, followed by Dhemaji (over 16,000) and Chirang (over 13,200). At present, 174 villages are underwater and 5,147.34 hectares of crop areas have been damaged across Assam, ASDMA said. It also said authorities are running 34 relief camps and distribution centers in four districts, where 6,592 people have taken shelter. Roads, bridges, culverts, and other infrastructure have…

23 Aug

Earthquake hits Assam, tremors felt in some part of North Bengal

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On Monday afternoon,an earthquake of magnitude 4.0 on the Richter Scale hits Assam . The quake was reported at 1.13 pm, epicentre at Kokrajhar in west Assam at a depth of 10 km, according to the National Centre of Seismology (NCS). The place of occurrence was 90 km North of Tura in Meghalaya. People in the districts of western Assam and northern West Bengal ran out of their homes out of panic. There were no immediate report of any injury to anyone or damage to any property, said the officials. As Northeast is in the high seismic zone, so earthquakes frequently hit…

14 Aug

As Assam passes bill to regulate cattle slaughter, CM Himanta Sarma talks about communal harmony

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The Assam government has said the law on protecting cattle in the state will also help avoid clashes centred on beef consumption. "We have moved this bill on the first day of the assembly session and the intervening period was of almost 30 days. We were ready to consider all the amendments. In fact for one-two amendments, however, the opposition could not present them with proper facts," Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said."Our cattle bill is nothing but improvement of the 1950 bill of the then Congress government," he said. "The bill is inspired by Article 48 and thoughts of…

07 Aug

Interstate Border Violence “Perpetrated By Mizoram Police”: Assam Team

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The recent violence in Cachar district, along the Assam-Mizoram border, was "perpetrated" by the police force in the neighbouring state, an all-party delegation of the Assembly here that had visited the site of the incident said on Friday.In its report tabled in the Assam Assembly, the team also said that the incident "was nothing but a cold-blooded massacre", with no effort on the part of the Mizoram Police to control the mob on its side. The delegation noted that the "Mizoram Police along with some miscreants indulged in encroachment activities" in Assam, and claimed that the border dispute has been…

01 Aug

Border dispute between Assam and Mizoram to be resolved

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Assam and Mizoram have been at odds over the boundary for decades, but Monday’s clashes flared up over an alleged construction by Mizoram in the disputed 198-square-mile stretch on the inter-state border Lailapur under Dhalai of Cachar district in southern Assam and Vairengte in Kolasib district of northern Mizoram. Seven people, including six Assam Police personnel, were killed. On the same issue the Mizoram Chief Minister said on Twitter “As per telephonic discussion with Union Home Minister and Assam Chief Minister, we agreed to resolve the Mizoram-Assam border issue amicably through meaningful dialogue,” . According to sources The Centre has told…

27 Jul

Assam-Mizoram border dispute flares up: Six policemen killed, CRPF deployed

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Six Assam cops were killed and around 80 people, including officials, were injured in firing by Mizoram police and alleged Mizo intruders along the inter-state border in Cachar’s Lailapur on Monday as a boundary dispute festering for 25-odd years escalated into full-blown violence involving security forces and civilians on either side. While Assam said the contingent of officials and police deployed to “defend” the “constitutional boundary” were attacked within its territory, Mizoram home minister Lalchamliana said Mizoram police had to resort to firing to “counter an assault” by their counterparts. “I am deeply pained to inform that six brave jawans…

11 Jul

Assam govt to create new department to protect indigenous faith, culture

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Assam Cabinet on Saturday decided to create a new department to protect the culture and practices of people belonging to the state's tribal and other indigenous communities. Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said the new department - Indigenous Faith & Culture - is being created for the preservation and protection of indigenous faith and culture. “The new department will be an independent department. The Assam cabinet has requested the finance minister to allocate a substantial budget for the new department in the upcoming state budget,” CM Himanta Biswa Sarma said, adding, “Assam’s first woman finance minister will table the state…