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Rescue operation under way at the accident site near Demow on Monday. – UB Photos
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Rescue operation under way at the accident site near Demow on Monday. – UB...

Assam Tourism eyes 75 lakh domestic tourists
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Assam Tourism eyes 75 lakh domestic tourists

MUMBAI, Sept 23 - Assam, one of the �seven sisters� of North East, is eying over 75 lakh domestic and 50,000 foreign tourists to visit the State following digital promotions and documentaries, according to a top government official said.�We received around 41,000 overseas and 60,27,002 domestic...
Shah pitches for multipurpose card
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Shah pitches for multipurpose card

NEW DELHI, Sept 23 - Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday mooted the idea of a multipurpose identity card for citizens with all utilities like Aadhaar, passport, driving licence and bank accounts.The Home Minister also said that a mobile app will be used for the first time in the 2021 census and...
NHPC to begin works for Dibang project
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NHPC to begin works for Dibang project

NEW DELHI, Sept 23 - The NHPC is going ahead with the preliminary works for construction of the 2,880 MW Dibang Multipurpose Project in Arunachal Pradesh for an amount of Rs 1,600 crore, the power generation company�s chairman-cum-managing director (CMD) Balraj Joshi said.He was addressing the 43rd...
Govt notifies amended MV Act in State
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Govt notifies amended MV Act in State

GUWAHATI, Sept 23 - The State government today notified the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 2019 redefining the fines to be imposed for violation of the Act.As per an order of the Transport Department, Government of Assam, dated September 23, 2019, driving without licence will now elicit a fine of...
Narrow escape for Sonowal, officials
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Narrow escape for Sonowal, officials

GUWAHATI, Sept 23 - Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and the officials accompanying him today had a narrow escape when the pilots almost lost control of the helicopter on which they were travelling to Lakhimpur due to bad weather. But the pilots ultimately brought the situation under control by...
Balakot terror camp reactivated: Army chief
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Balakot terror camp reactivated: Army chief

CHENNAI, Sept 23 - Army Chief General Bipin Rawat on Monday said Pakistan has reactivated the Balakot terror camp very recently and about 500 infiltrators were waiting to sneak into India. The response to the terror camp getting functional again may go beyond India�s previous response by way of an...
Modi pledges to more than double India�s non-fossil fuel target
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Modi pledges to more than double India�s non-fossil fuel target

UNITED NATIONS, Sept 23 - Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday gave a clarion call for a �global people�s movement� to bring about a behavioral change to deal with climate change as he made a path-breaking pledge to more than double India�s non-fossil fuel target to 450 gigawatts.In his...
Road accident near Demow kills 9
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Road accident near Demow kills 9

SIVASAGAR, Sept 23 - In one of the worst road accidents in recent times, nine passengers of a Jorhat-bound minibus were killed on the spot and several others injured when it collided head on with a Tinsukia-bound bus on the NH-37 near Demow Thowra Doul around 8:30 this morning.Six of the deceased...
President emphasises on reducing water footprint
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President emphasises on reducing water footprint

NEW DELHI, Sept 24: President Ram Nath Kovind on Tuesday emphasised on the need to reduce water foot print and said farmers, corporate leaders and government bodies need to actively consider it.Inaugurating the 6th India Water Week, Kovind said there has been negligence in preserving water and steps...
NDFB(S) militant nabbed in Kokrajhar
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NDFB(S) militant nabbed in Kokrajhar

KOKRAJHAR, Sept 24: A militant of the NDFB (Songbijit) group was nabbed along with arms and ammunition by security forces in Assam's Kokrajhar district, a police officer said.The National Democratic Front of Boroland - Songbijit (NDFB-S) militant identified as Dipak Borgoyary alias B Dalaisa was...
Govt had benefit of low intl oil prices since 2014, yet taxes on petrol, diesel raised: Yechury
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Govt had benefit of low intl oil prices since 2014, yet taxes on petrol, diesel...

NEW DELHI, Sept 24: Hitting out at the government over rising fuel prices, CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Tuesday said that despite the benefit of low oil prices internationally since 2014, taxes on petrol and diesel were raised.Petrol price was hiked by 18 paise a litre on October 6...
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