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21 Feb

Bal Panchayat approached in Assam

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To create awareness against child marriage in Assam, village-level meeting was held in concern to impose Bal Panchayat to end child marriage completely. On Sunday, in cachar district the initiative was launched. How Bal Panchayat will be helpful? Bal Panchayats will target the areas where tendency of child marriage is high. Panchayat presidents will work as nodal officers and they will be supported by Anganwadi workers, ASHA workers, doctors, police etc. The chief minister said the Bal Panchayats are additional support from the administration’s part to the ongoing police crackdown on child marriages in the state. Also so far, the…

20 Feb

A woman kills her husband and mother-in-law

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A woman in Assam killed her husband and mother-in-law and transported pieces of the bodies packed in polythene to Meghalaya. According to the sources, the incident took place last year between August-September by the woman, her lover and their friends together. The incident came into light when the husband’s cousin filed a complaint against the missing. Besides, the accused have been arrested and an investigation is going on. The names of the husband and mother-in-law are Amarendra Dey and Shankari De. Also according to the investigation, the twin murder took place at different place in Guwahati. Some parts of the…

20 Feb

Another encounter took place in Assam

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On Monday, Santosh Jaiswal came across a bike lifter in Assam's Charideo district. According to sources, Jaiswal was a seasoned bike lifter who was convicted under the Arms Act. The victim was missing for the past two years. On February 19, the police received intelligence and discovered that the accused was at sonari at his in-laws' house. When the police team tried to chase the accused, he fired many shots at the police. During the incident, the police also fired back at him.

19 Feb

Businessman murder accused shoot down

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Assam Police shoot down prime accused in killing businessman Ranjit Bora on Saturday. According to the sources, the deceased is identified as Shah Alam Tendulkar and he was under Police custody at Sonapur, Assam. On Saturday, while he was being taken to the crime spot, Shah Alam tried to escape from Police custody. So Shah Alam was shoot down during the movement. On Friday night, a police officer said he was nabbed from Sonapur area, there he tried to flee again, prompting personal of the force to shoot him. Ranjit Bora was a distributor of the West Assam MilkProducers' Co-operative…

19 Feb

Jagdish Mukhi bids farewell to Assam

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Assam Governor Jagdish Mukhi and wife Prem Mukhi bid farewell to Assam on Saturday. The program was organised at Raj Bhavan. “It has been my honor to serve the beautiful state of Assam as Governor for more than five years. I am happy with the results of our joint efforts and believe that the prosperity and progress of the state will continue,” Mukhi said. According to sources, Mukhi will be replaced by Leader of Opposition in the Rajasthan Assembly Gulab Chand Kataria, who is likely to be sworn in as the new governor of Assam on February 22. Mukhi was…

17 Feb

Massive fire broke out at Jorhat, Assam

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A massive fire broke out at Jorhat, Chow Bazaar, Assam, no casualty reported during the outbreak, Police informed. According to sources, 150 shops were destroyed and 25 fire tenders reached the spot and brought the situation under control. The fire is suspected to have started from an electrical short circuit in a shop, which quickly spread to the crowded market. Also the most destroyed shops were grocery and clothing shops, according to the report.

17 Feb

MV Ganga Vilas cruise ship reaches Assam today

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The world’s largest cruise, MV Ganga Vilas ship has reached Assam today, Friday. The cruise has been travelling to Assam after completing its journey from Bangladesh. According to the sources, the cruise has reached Dhubri along the India-Bangladesh border and will float towards Dibrugarh which is expected to reach by March 1. MV Ganga Vilas will travel for 13 days in Assam and halt at Dhubri, Jogighopa, Pandu (Guwahati), Kaziranga and Majuli before ending the journey at Dibrugarh. MV Vilas Cruise started from Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh on January 13.

16 Feb

Children can accompany their mother during working hours: Varnali Deka, Deputy Commissioner

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District Commissioner's office, Kokrajhar has opened space for children to accompany their mothers during work hours. "Women employees with children raised issues related to childcare in a staff meeting, with no or minimal support at home. This gave rise to the idea of a children's room in the office premises," said Varnali Deka, deputy commissioner of Kokrajhar. According to the sources, an old unused room was renovated into a colorful room for children there. The commissioner also said this room will be developed eventually more with playthings, books, new ideas according to children's mindset etc. Bodoland Territorial Region Chief Executive…

16 Feb

Lathi charged during eviction drive

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Evacuation operations are ongoing in three districts of Assam. The Government of Assam has successfully liberated hundreds of hectares of land in rural and forest reserve areas. Recently, the eviction drive allegedly witnessed clashes between protesters and police personnel. Security forces used batons to control protesters who threw stones at them. According to the sources, Digboi in upper Assam’s Tinsukia district, police forces carrying out the drive by Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) lathicharged on violators on railway land near Bogapani station when they threw stones to stop the eviction. The Himanta Biswa Sharma-led dispensation has been carrying out eviction drives…

09 Feb

Helicopter services to begin in Assam

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To boost the tourism sector in the Northeast, Assam Helicopter services will start in some major cities of the state. According to sources, Pawan Hans Limited will start services between Dibrugarh-Jorhat-Tezpur-Guwahati-Tezpur-Jorhat-Dibrugarh three days a week. The helicopter service provider has entered into an agreement with the Assam Tourism Development Corporation to control this sector. Also according to some official sources, the service is to be extended to Arunachal Pradesh. “Pleased to sign MoU with Pawan Hans Ltd on behalf of ATDC for its chopper services started from today connecting 4 sectors in Assam under RCS UDAN. Initiative will certainly going…