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Legendary poll reformer T N Seshan dead
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Legendary poll reformer T N Seshan dead

CHENNAI, Nov 11: Former chief election commissioner T N Seshan, who ruthlessly enforced the model code of conduct and led the game-changing electoral reforms in the 1990s, died here on Sunday following a cardiac arrest. He was 86.The legendary Seshan was not keeping good health for the past couple...
CPI(ML) protest over detention camp deaths
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CPI(ML) protest over detention camp deaths

DIPHU, Nov 9 - The CPI (ML) Liberation Hills Party Committee and its allied organisations staged a dharna against detention camp deaths and other burning issues at Semson Sing Ingti Memorial Park, Diphu on Wednesday.Addressing the media, CPI (ML) leaders stated that 25 persons had died in detention...
DU student commits suicide, another drowns
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DU student commits suicide, another drowns

DIBRUGARH, Nov 9 - Two tragic deaths of students of Dibrugarh University in separate incidents today, left the varsity, particularly the student community in grief.The university was disturbed by yet another case of alleged suicide by one Lakhyajit Gogoi, a seventh year student of Integrated MSc in...
Local holiday in Majuli
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Local holiday in Majuli

JORHAT, Nov 9 - The Majuli district administration has declared November 11 (Monday) a local holiday in the Brahmaputra island on the ocassion of the three-day Raas festival to be starting from Monday.A press note issued by the Majuli district administration this evening stated the District...
Sonowal opens college building in Chirang dist
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Sonowal opens college building in Chirang dist

BONGAIGAON, Nov 9 - Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal inaugurated the new building of Don Bosco College at Chapaguri in Chirang district recently.In his public address on the occasion, Chief Minister Sonowal praised Bodoland Territorial Council chief Hagrama Mohilary for bringing back peace to the...
BJYM office-bearer removed for derogatory comment on Marwaris
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BJYM office-bearer removed for derogatory comment on Marwaris

JORHAT, Nov 9 - The Jorhat district unit leadership of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM), the youth wing of the BJP, on Thursday removed Hari Prasad Hazarika from the post of district unit general secretary of BJYM with immediate effect.A senior BJYM office-bearer told this newspaper on Friday...
15-day Raas festival at Madan Mohan Temple from tomorrow
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15-day Raas festival at Madan Mohan Temple from tomorrow

GAURIPUR, Nov 9 - The 207th Raas festival at the historic Madan Mohan Temple of Coochbehar, which was established in 1889, will start from 9 am of November 11 and continue upto November 25. The historic Raas festival will be inaugurated by Paban Katian, District Magistrate of Coochbehar. A big...
Majuli gears up to host Raas festival
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Majuli gears up to host Raas festival

JORHAT, Nov 9 - The satras, local organisations and the residents of Majuli island are all set to host one of the island�s top cultural events � Raas from Monday.Majuli bursts into festivity on Raas every year since the festival began 178 years ago at the satras. Plays depicting different stages of...
Jagiroad Natya Gosthi�s Naat Samarooh ends
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Jagiroad Natya Gosthi�s Naat Samarooh ends

JAGIROAD, Nov 9 - The 39th Naat Samarooh of Jagiroad Natya Gosthi, a premiere cultural organisation of middle Assam concluded on November 8 at the premises of Baruwari puja mandap here in presence of a large gathering.The three-day-long cultural event began with the inauguration of the Naat Samarooh...
Demo against micro finance cos in Sivasagar
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Demo against micro finance cos in Sivasagar

SIVASAGAR, Nov 9 - Hundreds of women took to the streets in Sivasagar yesterday protesting against alleged unrestrained exploitation of the micro financial companies mushrooming everywhere. The demonstrators submitted a memorandum to the Chief Minister through the Deputy Commissioner of Sivasagar...
Satwik-Chirag lose in semifinals
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Satwik-Chirag lose in semifinals

FUZHOU, Nov 9: The Indian men�s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty�s impressive run came to an end after they lost to three-time defending champions Marcus Fernaldi Gideon and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo of Indonesia in the semifinal of USD 700,000 China Open here on Saturday.The...
3 new cities may host IPL matches
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3 new cities may host IPL matches

NEW DELHI, Nov 9: The move to add new teams to the Indian Premier League family might have to wait till the 2021 season, but there is likely to be new venues in place for the 2020 edition of the cash-rich league. The eight franchise owners met the new BCCI office-bearers in Mumbai on Tuesday and the...
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