Sikkim

08 Aug

West Bengal Police summons Assam businessman, Ashok Kumar Dhanuka

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West Bengal Police has summoned Assam-based businessman Ashok Kumar Dhanuka to probe the Jharkhand MLAs cash seizure case. The West Bengal Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has stuck a notice on the gate of Dhanuka's residence in Guwahati, asking her to appear before investigators in Kolkata on Monday. Earlier, three Congress MLAs from Jharkhand – Irfan Ansari, Rajesh Kachhap, and Naman Bixal Kongari – were arrested by the West Bengal Police on July 31, after seizing Rs 49 lakh in cash from a car in which they were traveling.

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08 Aug

Assam logs 39 new Covid-19 cases

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The northeastern state of Assam has reported 39 new COVID-19 cases, which pushed the tally to 7,41,541. The death toll remains at 6,673. However, 1,347 Covid-19 positive patients have died from other causes since April, 2020. Kamrup(M) which primarily comprises the Guwahati city reported 8 fresh cases, six cases in Dibrugarh, five each in Cachar and Kamrup Rural and four in Sivasagar. According to the reports, Assam currently has 4,006 active cases.

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08 Aug

Woman Held in Assam for Suspected Links with Proscribed Ansarul Islam

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A woman has been arrested in Assam's Dhubri district for alleged links with the banned Bangladeshi organization Ansarul Islam. Bilasipara Sub-Divisional Police Officer Birinchi Bora said Jahura Khatun, whose husband Abu Tallah is also wanted for her alleged links with the outfit. He was trying to protect people associated with Ansarul Islam, Bora said. “Two mobile phones were seized from him, one of which was burnt. We are trying to recover data from burnt phone. So far, we have collected enough evidence from his interrogation and other phones that he was in contact with members of the organization," Bora said.

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06 Aug

Assam secretariat to become fully digitized from Gandhi Jayanti

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Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced On Friday that the state secretariat will go fully digital from Gandhi Jayanti (October 2) and asked all employees to improve their computer skills. On Assam’s first chief minister Gopinath Bordoloi's 72nd death anniversary, which is celebrated as Lok Kalyan Diwas, Sarma said people can apply online for any work without physically visiting the secretariat. On Friday, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sharma announced that the state secretariat would go fully digital from Gandhi Jayanti (October 2) and asked all employees to acquire computer skills. Speaking at a function on the 72nd death…

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06 Aug

Assam Govt. 5% of tea garden land to be allowed for various other purposes

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The government of Assam has allowed up to five percent of the total area of ​​tea plantations to be used for eco-friendly tea tourism, green energy and animal husbandry as well as cultivation of agricultural crops. In an Ordinance the State Government amended the Assam Fixation of Ceiling on Land Holding Act 1956. It said, “Lands provided for the above mentioned purpose shall not exceed 5% of the total gardens,” said adviser Bidyananda Barkakoti. There are also over 10 lakh tea workers in the organized sector in Assam, working in about 850 large estates. The state produces about 55% of…

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06 Aug

 18 people fall ill after consuming prasad in Majuli, Assam

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The incident took place on Friday in Maharichuk area near Garmur of the Island district. According to the reports, the villagers attended a religious program and soon after consuming the ‘prasad’, the people complained of stomachache and vomiting. At least 18 people, including three children, were immediately admitted to the Sri Sri Pitambar Dev Goswami District Hospital and the local administration suspected it to be food poisoning. Dr Amulya Goswami told reporters, “12 persons came to the hospital last night after complaining of abdominal pain and vomiting. 6 more people were admitted to the hospital this morning. Their physical condition…

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05 Aug

AASU protest against Raha ASEB office

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Raha unit of All Assam Students Union (ASU) protested in front of the Assam State Electricity Board (SEB) office. Criticizing the irregular supply of electricity by ASEB to Raha and its surrounding areas, AASU leader Sanjay Kakti said, ” Residents of Raha have been suffering for many years due to irregular power supply by ASEB. As there is no fixed period of load shedding here, students, the business community, industrial establishments and others are suffering due to irregular power supply." Later Gautam Sharma, SDO, ASEB, and Raha's office came to hold talks with the protestors and assured the AASU workers…

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05 Aug

Himanta Biswa Sarma urging other CMs to include Lachit Borphukan in syllabus

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Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sharma has written to his counterparts in other states, requesting them to include a chapter on the great Ahom warrior Lachit Borphukon in the curriculum of schools, and colleges in their respective states. Lachit Borphukon's heroic leadership led to the final defeat of the mighty Mughals at the Battle of Saraighat in 1671, inscribing a unique place for him in the annals of Assamese history. The Chief Minister believes that the saga of Lachit Borphukan's valor should spread far and wide, instilling a sense of pride in every Indian for the heroic deeds of this…

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05 Aug

Assam’s five-member to visit Mizoram for border talks

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A five-member delegation headed by Assam Border Protection and Development Minister Atul Bora will be on a two-day visit to Mizoram from 9 August to discuss issues related to the inter-state boundary dispute. A special officer and private secretary to Assam's border security and development minister informed the Mizoram government on Wednesday that the Assam delegation would arrive in Aizawl next Tuesday for two-day talks on the border issue, officials said. The decades-old border dispute between the two northeastern states originally stemmed from two colonial demarcations in 1875 and 1933. Mizoram accepts the boundaries under the Bengal Eastern Frontier Regulations…

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04 Aug

 Assam Logs 431 New Cases

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The northeastern state of Assam reported 431 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the whole caseload to 7,40,449. As per the report, 7,833 samples were tested for COVID-19 in the day. Kamrup Metropolitan District, Guwahati city reported 42 new cases. 32 new COVID-19 patients were reported in Dibrugarh, followed by 29 in Cachar, 25 in Kamrup and 24 in Tinsukia. Assam currently has 4,917 active cases and total of 7,27,511 people have recovered from the disease.

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