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Central team in State to assess flood damage
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Central team in State to assess flood damage

GUWAHATI, Sept 3 - An inter-ministerial team of Government of India has reached Assam today to visit and assess this year�s most flood affected areas of the State. After a brief meeting with the senior officials of the State Government on the damage and loss of the human lives and property of...
Centre amends Foreigners Tribunals Order, 2019
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Centre amends Foreigners Tribunals Order, 2019

NEW DELHI, Sept 3 - In a significant development, the Ministry of Home Affairs on Tuesday issued a fresh order � Foreigners Tribunals Second Amendment Order, 2019, under which the District Magistrate may refer to the Tribunal for its opinion the question as to whether the person is a foreigner or...
Assam gets protected area tag after NRC
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Assam gets protected area tag after NRC

NEW DELHI, Sept 3 - Assam has now been placed under protected area category by the Ministry of External Affairs and the Ministry of Home Affairs following the controversy generated by the National Register of Citizens (NRC).All foreign journalists working in Assam have been asked to leave the State....
Tea garden doctors on resignation spree
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Tea garden doctors on resignation spree

GUWAHATI, Sept 3 - In the wake of the brutal killing of medical officer Dr Deben Dutta by an irate garden mob, doctors in tea estates of the State are on a resignation spree, expressing apprehensions over their security.Meanwhile, the Assam Branch of Indian Medical Association has threatened to...
Tea bodies urge govt to take over TE hospitals
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Tea bodies urge govt to take over TE hospitals

GUWAHATI, Sept 3 - Chairman of the Indian Tea Association (ITA) and Consultative Committee of Plantation Associations (CCPA) today made an ardent appeal to the Government to take over the tea estate (TE) hospitals and to run them under the State and Central Government health schemes.In a statement...
Harry Potter books removed from US school, pastor says curses and spells
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Harry Potter books removed from US school, pastor says curses and spells 'real'

LOS ANGELES, Sept 4: A catholic school in Nashville, Tennessee has banned Harry Potter books, saying that the curses and spells mentioned in JK Rowling's wizard saga may lead to "conjuring evil spirits" when read by a human being.According to local news outlet The Tennessean, the pastor at St Edward...
Kohli eclipses Dhoni to become most successful Indian Test captain
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Kohli eclipses Dhoni to become most successful Indian Test captain

KINGSTON, Sept 4: Virat Kohli has surpassed Mahendra Singh Dhoni to become India's most successful Test skipper after the team recorded its 28th win under his leadership, a 257-run hammering of the West Indies here.The 28 wins have come from 48 matches for Kohli as captain. His predecessor Dhoni led...
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I'm all for it, it makes total sense: Kohli on concussion substitutes

KINGSTON, Sept 4: India skipper Virat Kohli has endorsed the new ICC rule on concussion substitutes, saying it makes total sense to replace a player in such situations during a Test match as signs of trauma from a body blow can show up late.On the fourth day of the second Test, the West Indies were...
Steve Smith returns for Australia in 4th Ashes test
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Steve Smith returns for Australia in 4th Ashes test

MANCHESTER, Sept 4: Steve Smith returns to the Australian team while top-order batsman Usman Khawaja and pace bowler James Pattinson have been dropped for the fourth Ashes cricket test against England beginning on Wednesday at Old Trafford.Smith did not play in the third test at Leeds due to a...
Pakistan to issue multiple, on-arrival visas to Sikh pilgrims: PM Imran Khan
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Pakistan to issue multiple, on-arrival visas to Sikh pilgrims: PM Imran Khan

LAHORE, Sept 4: Kartarpur is the "Madina" and Nankana Sahib is the "Makkah" of the Sikh community, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has said and assured that his government will issue multiple and on-arrival visas to Sikh pilgrims coming from India and other countries, according to media...
Nagaland govt orders strengthening of entry checkpoints
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Nagaland govt orders strengthening of entry checkpoints

KOHIMA, Sept 4: The Nagaland government has ordered strengthening of all entry points and check gates manned by the police to prevent any possible influx in view of the publication of the final NRC list in neighbouring Assam, an official said.The order to this effect was issued by Principal...
32 Dhubri teachers to be felicitated
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32 Dhubri teachers to be felicitated

GAURIPUR, Sept 2 - Altogether, 32 teachers from primary schools to higher secondary level will be felicitated on Teachers� Day, which coincides with the birth anniversary of Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan on September 5 next in recognition of their outstanding services.The felicitation meeting is...
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