Dhubri, Aug. 11: ‘Constitutional, legislative and administrative safeguards, as may be appropriate, shall be provided to protect, preserve and promote the culture, social, linguistic identity and heritage of the Assamese people.’ The Assam Accord will be 25 years old on Sunday, but the commitments and promises which were enshrined in it in respect …
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With concerns being raised over the adverse effects of the Lower Subansiri hydroelectric project in Assam, Environment and Forests Minsiter Jairam Ramesh Thursday indicated that it may not be scrapped, though efforts will be made to minimise the downstream impact.
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Two youths were drowned on Wednesday in the mighty Brahmaputra river near here, police said.
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Five NDFB militants have been apprehended by security forces during a joint operation in the run-up to the Independence Day in Assam’s Goalpara district on Wednesday, police sources said.
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The four BJP MLAs, who were expelled from the party for supporting the Congress in the last Rajya Sabha polls, are eager to get re-entry to the party.
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Hundreds of people from Athokpam village in Thoubal on Sunday staged a demonstration in protest against the recent lynching of a police commando L Somorendro Singh by a mob in the Lilong area of the same district.
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Truckers plying on the highways in Meghalaya will soon face the government ire for violating the Supreme Court’s 2005 order banning overloading.
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A fashion show to be held in Guwahati, with the participation of ace designers Ritu Kumar and Wendell Rodericks, was postponed after organisers claimed they received threat calls but police dismissed the claims.
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07 August 2010: When the people of the world are shivering with the fever of joy of the FIFA world cup, the inhabitants of the India Bangladesh International Border (IBIB), specially, no man’s land area, could not keep themselves aloof from the wave of it, but there are certain interesting facts not widely known, writes Shib Shankar Chatterjee.
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