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03 Jan

Road accidents in Assam on New Year eve

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On Sunday, Udharband’s Pacnh Mile area in Cachar district a speeding truck came from opposite and thrashed a car where 45 years old man was killed on the spot. According to the sources, “the car was dragged for few metres. The driver of the truck however managed to flee.” After the incident, the local people took the deceased to the hospital, but on reaching the hospital, his condition was said to be critical. Another incident took place on the Assam-Manipur National Highway; A 12-year-old died after being hit by a speeding motorcycle. On December 31, three people were killed in…

03 Jan

200 poor students provided sweaters after a post went viral on social media

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Anupama Das a teacher took the initiative to help students from economically backward families who were not able to buy sweaters during the winter season but were forced to come to school in cotton uniforms provided by the government. Samar Natya Gosthee, a theater group came forward to help them and these poor students. Over 200 poor students in Assam's Barpeta districts were provided sweaters on the first day of the new year after a theater group posted a helping hand. Sitanath Lahkar, general secretary of the theater group, said, “We have very limited financial resources. Hence, we made an…

02 Jan

Police inspection for madrasas teacher in Assam

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Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma directed Assam Police to hold inspection for teachers who came from outside Assam to teach Madrasas . The teachers will have to appear in nearby police station from time to time when asked. According to the reports, police cracked down on alleged modules of terrorist organisation Ansarul Bangla Team, and 51 Bangladeshis were discovered among the preachers at Madrasas. There are about 3,000 registered and unregistered madrassas in Assam. A checklist is prepared for Madrasas and also the state is to enter into an agreement with stakeholder of Assam.

02 Jan

Assam Government approved the merger of four districts

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On Saturday, four districts were merged with the approval of the Assam Government. These districts were too curved out in recent years originally. According to the sources, before the Election Commission’s ban on any new administrative unit in Assam from January 1 until the completion of the delimitation exercise these districts were merged. The EC announced the delimitation process of Assembly and Parliamentary constituencies in Assam on December 27. The EC had said that the delimitation of the 14 Lok Sabha and 126 Assembly constituencies in Assam would be based on the Census data from 2001. Before the merger the…

31 Dec

Illegal transportation of beef in Assam; arrested

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On Friday, three men in Dibrugarh, Assam got arrested for illegally transporting bags of beef. Under Cattle Preservation (Amendment) Act, 2021 three of them were charged and arrested along with their chopping knives. The accused were identified as as Imran Ali, Miraz Khan and Younus Khan. According to the report, the accused were coming from Chaulkhowa to Loharpatti, Dibrugarh to supply beef. Police was informed earlier about the vehicle; their team detained the vehicle while they were about to deliver beef to Imran Hussain Alias. Further, bags of beef were seized and connected to the cattle delivering all were arrested.…

31 Dec

27- year- old man ends life on facebook live stream

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A man took extreme measures after his girlfriend refused to marry him on a Facebook live stream. Rejected, he committed suicide on Facebook Live. According to sources, the man is 27 years old and his name is Jaideep Roy. A formal marriage proposal was sent to the deceased girl and her family, but the girl refused to marry him citing 'family pressure'. In his live stream, Roy said that the reason for his extreme move was his girlfriend's refusal to marry him. “I sent a formal marriage proposal but she refused in front of everyone. Later her uncle came to…

30 Dec

Journey for Learning offered students an unique opportunity to experience Bodo

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Devi Charan Barua, a group of students from the Department of GeographyGirls College, Bhuyanparay of Jorhat Manser participated in Aranyak's recent Journey for Learning programme, the region's leading biodiversity conservation non-profit. The purpose of the field trip was to understand the Manas area from a disaster perspective. The three-day program began on December 22-24 at the Manas Conservation and Outreach Center (MCOC), Manas' research-based biodiversity conservation organization, Aaranyak (www.aaranyak.org). The program includes a series of field activities and theory sessionsExperiential learning. On the first day, students had a session on the importance of field geography and how to conduct field…

30 Dec

Badruddin Ajmal urges President to stop eviction drive in Assam

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All India United Democratic Front MP Badruddin Ajmal wrote to President Draupadi Murmu on Thursday regarding the ongoing eviction drive in Assam. In the letter dealing with the eviction drive in Assam, Badruddin requested the President to direct the Assam government to stop evictions in Assam during the winter season and make alternative arrangements for those evicted. Ajmal said that the eviction drive is inhumane and discriminatory. The letter was sent to the media on Thursday. "What is most outrageous is that the eviction drive has been launched in a selective and discriminatory manner targeting members of a particular community,"…

30 Dec

A man was caught allegedly killing his friend in Assam

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A man allegedly murdered his longtime friend over a financial dispute, and then hired a private cab to dump the body in a forest 35 kilometers outside the city. After the incident, the cab driver informed the police and the accused was arrested. According to sources, the murder took place on Thursday morning and the driver was called by the accused on the phone, who had booked his cab 'offline'. The accused, identified as Hitesh Das, took the cab driver to Kamalpur, where he dumped the bag containing the body deep in the forest. When the driver saw blood while…

29 Dec

3.5 magnitude earthquake hits Guwahati

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According to the National Center for Seismology, the earthquake occurred northeast of Guwahati at 12:27 PM and the magnitude of the earthquake was 3.5 which occurred in Guwahati during the afternoon period. “Today at 12:27 PM an earthquake of magnitude 3.5 occurred 62 km northeast of Guwahati. The depth of the earthquake was 10 km below the surface,” said the National Center for Seismology. According to sources, no damage was reported in the city. People were safe, no casualties were reported.