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02 Nov

Contractors suspended for Morbi Bridge at Gujarat

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The court suspended the contractors repairing the ill-fated bridge at Morbi in Gujarat. The court said the contractors were not competent to do such work. According to reports, while replacing the floor of the bridge, its cable was not replaced and it could not take the weight of the replaced flooring, the prosecution told the magistrate's court, citing a forensic report. 135 people lost their lives when the bridge collapsed on Sunday evening. Chief Judicial Magistrate MJ Khan remanded the four accused, two managers of Oreva Group and two sub-contractors of the bridge repair, to police custody till Saturday. Further…

02 Nov

Narco-terror Crackdown Continues in Assam

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Assam Police on Monday, October 31 intercepted a vehicle and seized 676 grams of Heroin from it. The Karbi Anglong Police in just two days back seized 3.8 kgs of Morphine from Dilai Gate village in the district. Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma tweeted and appreciated the police and said, “@karimganjpolice intercepted a vehicle coming from a neighbouring state and seized 676-gram Heroin packed in 52 soap cases, which were carefully packed inside baby wet wipes and stacked inside the sound box of the vehicle.” Again, in Nagaon, October 30, recovered 3.22 grams of Heroin in 13 plastic vials. Additionally,…

02 Nov

Bharat Jodo Yatra soon to begin in Assam

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Congress' 835-km Bharat Jodo Yatra from Dhubri to Sadia began on Tuesday. The march is against the "tide of hate, lies and economic misery" propagated by the ruling BJP. According to the sources, after a public meeting attended by senior state leaders a few thousand joined the rally launched from Belguri school ground, including Assam PCC president Bhupen Kumar Borah, working PCC president Rana Goswami, CLP leader Debabrata Saikia, Lok Sabha MP Pradyut Bordoloi and AICC general secretary in-charge of Assam Jitendra Singh, who handed over the Tricolour to Borah after flagging the rally. At a massive public meeting in…

01 Nov

Arunachal-Assam border dispute to be end by November

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In a press conference, Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu said the states' age-old border dispute with Assam would soon end by November. Khandu on Monday held a meeting with a high-level delegation from Assam, including Border Security and Development Minister Atul Bora and senior officials. “One more meeting will be held between me and my Assam counterpart Dr. Himanta Biswa Sharma for a final agreement and permanent solution. We are both determined to resolve all our differences by the end of November," he said. Also on 15 July Sarma and Khandu signed an agreement to end border issues between…

01 Nov

‘Run for Unity’ held in Guwahati, Assam

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On Monday, 31 October ‘Run for Unity’ run was held in Guwahati, Assam. To flag off, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal was invited. To the sources, the run was flagged off from the Nehru stadium.

01 Nov

Supreme Court Notice to Assam Government

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The Supreme Court has issued a notice to the Assam government on a petition against the Gauhati High Court on state-run madrassas. According to the report, the High Court observed that madrasas being maintained by the state through provincialization are affected by Article 28(1) of the Constitution and therefore cannot be allowed to impart religious instruction. The High Court observed this and according to the petition, it is limited only to the State undertaking to administer, manage and control these madrassas besides paying salaries and consequent benefits to the teaching and non-teaching staff employed in the madrassas. According to the…

31 Oct

Lula da Silva won Brazil poll

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To become the country's next president the Brazilian leader defeated incumbent Jair Bolsonaro. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Lula da Silva in a tweet. Modi posted, “Congratulations to @LulaOficial on winning the Presidential elections in Brazil. I look forward to working closely together to further deepen and widen our bilateral relations, as also our cooperation on global issues.” Modi also said that he looks forward to working together to deepen and widen bilateral relations between the two countries.

31 Oct

General Assam Rifles arrested four people

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Inspector General Assam Rifles' Lunglei Battalion (East) arrested four people after recovering a huge cache of tactical and war-like stores. The incident happened on October 30 near Tuipang village in Siaha district of Mizoram. “This operation is a huge blow to all anti-national activities. The success of the operation will go a long way in establishing peace and harmony along the Indo-Myanmar border,” Lt Col AS Walia, PRO (Defence), Tezpur said in a press release. According to sources, one shotgun, 169 gelatin sticks, 12 gauges, and 1500 bullets were recovered. The items found in the investigation have been handed over…

31 Oct

Infrastructural development for Assam schools

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On Sunday, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sharma said that around 4,000 government institutes in the state would witness infrastructural improvements in the next five years. Sarma said the state government has taken a massive step to improve the infrastructure of 1,000 high and higher secondary schools across the state. Under the plan, infrastructural development will be done through appropriate interventions in educational institutions. He, however, added that if an educational institution has a building that is more than 100 years old, then the government will help preserve the building as a heritage building as per the plan.As an experiment,…

28 Oct

One Nation, One Uniform: PM Modi

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday floated the "one nation, one uniform" concept for the police, saying it was just a suggestion and he was not trying to impose it on the state. Modi said cooperative federalism was not only the spirit of the Constitution but also the responsibility of the states and the Centre.