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Exchange RatePatna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Wednesday won the trust vote in the assembly, proving his majority after dumping long-time ally the BJP. A total of 126 legislators voted for the motion moved by the chief minister while 24 voted against. The house has 243 members. Bharatiya Janata Party legislators walked out before the special session [...]
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Quake in northeast India, Bangladesh
Agartala: An earthquake of moderate intensity rocked parts of northeast India and Bangladesh Saturday, an official said here. According to district administrations in Tripura and southern Assam, no loss of life or damage to property was reported. An India Meteorological Department official told IANS in Agartala that the 7 a.m. quake measured 5.2 on the [...]
Army flag march in Kokrajhar
Guwahati: Army today conducted a flag march in curfew-bound Kokrajhar and their five columns were kept ready in troubled areas to combat any emergency even as a prominent leader of the Bodoland Peoples’ Front (BPF) was detained for defying curfew orders. The army conducted a flag-march in Kokrajhar where indefinite curfew was imposed yesterday. While [...]
PM calls Gogoi, assures help in curbing violence
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has called up Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi to discuss the law and order situation in the state after clashes in Kokrajhar and Gossaigaon, where six people have died since Saturday. In the telephone call late Thursday, Manmohan Singh expressed grief and shock over the incidents and assured that [...]
Three persons injured in Assam clashes
Guwahati: At least three persons were injured in a clash between two communities in lower Assam’s Dhubri district, police said today. “Three persons were injured last night after a clash between two communities during the immersion of idols after the Durga puja celebration”, IGP (law and order) A P Rout said. The situation was now [...]
Declare Assam flood at natural calamity, save wildlife: AIUDF
Guwahati: Principal opposition party in Assam, the All India United Democratic Front today called upon the Centre to declare flood in the state as a national calamity and also sought a financial package of Rs 10,000 crore for flood-affected people. Hundreds of AIUDF activists, including party MLAs, held a demonstration in front of the Raj [...]
Quake jolts northeastern states
Shillong: A 5.1-magnitude quake jolted the northeastern states early Wednesday, authorities here said. The quake occurred at 12.08 a.m. The epicentre was in Assam’s Sonitpur district bordering Arunachal Pradesh, the regional seismological centre said. The tremor was felt in Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh. There was no immediate report of damage or casualty. India’s [...]
Flood affected people of Assam district blocks NH-31
Rangia: The flood affected people in Kamrup (Rural) district today blocked National Highway 31 here demanding distribution of flood relief materials and immediate repair of breached river embankments. About 500 people, under the aeigis of the CPI(M), demanded that suffient essential items be provided to the people and fodder for domestic animals. Shouting slogans they [...]
Two powerful bombs recovered in Assam
Guwahati: Two powerful bombs were recovered today in Sibsagar and Kokrajhar districts of Assam, official sources said here. A powerful bomb, weighing more than five kg, was recovered by the police from a bus at Bhatiapar on National Highway-37 in Sibsagar district. Another Improvised Explosive Device (IED) was recovered from Goassaigaon railway station in Kokrajhar [...]
Assam floods situation still grim, 18 killed
Guwahati: The flood situation in Assam continued to be grim with over half of its 27 districts inundated, 18 people killed and more than 17 lakh affected, officials said Tuesday. The situation is expected to improve in a couple of days. A total of 1,916 villages are reeling under 69 revenue circles in the districts of [...]
1 killed in Dima Hasao blast in Assam
Haflong: One person was killed in a powerful bomb blast at Donganraji in central Assam’s Dima Hasao district early this morning. The improvised explosive devise (IED) went off at 1 AM in the Umrangso market area. Police recovered body parts of an unidentified man from the spot. They suspect the dead man to be a [...]
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