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22 Aug

Assam Govt seeks public views Polygamy

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On Monday, Assam government has sought its people view about what they think about a proposed law to abolish polygamy in the state. Assam Chief Himanta Biswa Sarma shared a photo of the public notice on X, formerly known as Twitter regarding Polygamy. He wrote, "Members of the public are requested to send us their suggestions on the proposed law to ban polygamy in Assam." According to the sources, the notice was issued by Principal Secretary of the Home and Political Department. The department has asked people to send their reviews regarding the law through emails or post till date August…

22 Aug

Bijuli Prasad dies at 89 at Sonitpur

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On Monday, India’s oldest surviving captive elephant dies at 89 years in a sprawling tea estate in Assam. About the aged elephant, earlier forest department reported that he was rescued from the wild in the 1940s, and extensively used in tea garden work, when Britishers owned the Borgang tea estate in Assam’s Sonitpur district. The elephant was named Bijuli Prasad and was in service from the 1950s till 2018. The elephant to Williamson Magor & Co. Limited (Tea Company) in the 1950s since then the family used to come frequently to Assam from UK to take stock of Bijuli. The tea estate officials have…

22 Aug

Assam & Meghalaya again border dispute discussion

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On Monday, Meghalaya Social Welfare Minister Paul Lyngdoh said that Assam and Meghalaya will be holding border talks between the states on August 26, 2023. Lyngdoh said, “Both the committees will be meeting here this August 26 as we prepare to go to ground zero and meet the people in the area.” According to the sources, in the last meeting in Guwahati, the regional committees of the two states had jointly agreed to visit Langpih district of Meghalaya before finalizing the interstate border.

21 Aug

Assam Government employees protest for OPS

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The All Assam Government NPS Employees’ Association (AAGNPSEA) has called for two days strike in demand to restore the ‘Old Pension Scheme’ (OPS). According to the reports, the two days strike will take place in the state on Tuesday and Wednesday, August 22 and 23, 2023 as the National Pension Scheme (NPS) is not benefiting the citizens since it got implemented. The demands are cancellation of the National Pension Scheme (NPS) and restoration of Old Pension Scheme (OPS) in the state, Assam. AAGNPSEA President Achyutananda Hazarika said, “The NPS was implemented in the state in 2005. We have been protesting this…

21 Aug

At Assam government schools, teachers can only wear school provided attire

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Teacher’s casuals wear seems to be unacceptable in some situation. Therefore, Assam’s higher educational institutes have been asked to avoid casual wear such as T-shirts, jeans, and leggings during their duties. According to the sources, the notification was issued by the State Government on August 14, 2023 as such attire does not appear to be fit while discharging their duties. The notification issued by State’s Higher Education Department said, “Some teachers of higher educational institutes are found in the habit of wearing the dress of their choice which sometimes does not appear to be acceptable by the public at large.”…

21 Aug

First in Northeast launched Digi Yatra

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On Sunday, Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport in Guwahati, Assam rolled out Digi Yatra facility for its passengers and this new initiative is launched for the first time in Northeast region. Assam Industries & Commerce Minister Chandra Mohan Patowary has launched the service for the air travel and said that, "Earlier, people needed to wait in long queues at Guwahati airport. This will be a thing of the past from now.” In the presence of Union Civil Aviation Secretary Rajeev Bansal, Patowary launched the service and also informed that the facility is available for Akasa and IndiGo passengers and for…

19 Aug

Dhemaji college students protest over Principal’s alcohol consumption

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On Saturday, a Dhemaji College’s Principal was surfed over the internet consuming alcohol with four other persons inside the campus. The college students' union and RSS-affiliated student organisation ABVP staged a protest after the video of the college Principal Dipak Kr. Neog video went viral claiming that their actions violated the purity of the learning environment. Further, a senior government official of the education department said that they are looking into the matter.

19 Aug

Market value of Rs. 4 crore intercepted, Assam Police

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Assam Police seized 61,000 bottles of banned cough syrup from a truck in Assam. The bottles had a market value of Rs. 4 crore. According to the sources, the incident took place in the Churaibari area of Assam’s Karimganj district near the border with Tripura on August 17. Police said, “Our operation against drugs is going on. Last night, we intercepted a truck. We have recovered and seized 61,000 banned cough syrup bottles from the truck. We also apprehended the driver of the truck. The market value of the seized cough syrup bottles is estimated at around Rs 4 crore.”

19 Aug

Senior BJP leader resigns from the party

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On Friday, Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader and former union minister Rajen Gohain resigned as the chairman of Assam Food and Civil Supplies Corporation The leader reported his reason for resignation from the party due to the delimitation of the Nagaon Lok Sabha constituency and claimed it will be impossible for the party to win from that seat in the future. Gohain said the recent delimitation process for the Nagaon Lok Sabha constituency is unwinnable for BJP candidates in the future and has also put the people of the constituency under threat due to demographic change. Gohain being a senior…

18 Aug

Extortion in the name of fake news, arrested, Assam

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On Thursday, Assam’s Cachar police arrested two persons for mocking journalists and spreading fake news on social media platforms. According to the reports, the arrested are identified as Muhim Uddin and Eyadul Hussain, both residents of Pangram. The duo had opened a page on Facebook a few years back and used it to upload and spread fake news. Also both of them use to threaten the local businessmen and others in the name of their news portal and extort money from them.