Category Archives: Assam

Tarun Gogoi’s Ashes to be Taken Across the State of Assam

Posted on November 28, 2020 - 10:35am by UT/NET News Desk
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The longest-serving Chief Minister (CM) of Assam, Tarun Gogoi’s ashes will be taken across the state. The former CM’s ashes will be first taken to his home town in Titabor where he served as a Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) … Continue reading →

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Assam Govt to Enact Anti-Love Jihad Law Post 2021 Election: Himanta Biswa Sarma

Posted on November 26, 2020 - 12:45pm by UT/NET News Desk
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Assam minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday revealed that the state government has drafted a bill to curb deception in cases of marriage. Speaking to Republic TV, the minister said that the bill will be enacted after the BJP-led government … Continue reading →

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Assam-Nagaland blockade called off

Posted on November 18, 2020 - 9:03pm by UT News Service
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In a positive development, the indefinite economic blockade imposed on Nagaland from November 17 by Assam’s Karbi Anglong based organizations has been “temporarily suspended” from Tuesday evening following a meeting held on Tuesday between the deputy commissioners of Dimapur district … Continue reading →

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Traffic resumes in Assam-Mizoram border

Posted on November 11, 2020 - 7:00am by UT News Service
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After the chief secretary level meeting between Assam and Mizoram on Sunday last, vehicles have started passing along National Highway-306. However, the flow of traffic towards Mizoram is very thin. Till date, only 40 vehicles have reportedly entered Mizoram from … Continue reading →

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Normalcy likely to return at Mizoram-Assam border dispute

Posted on November 8, 2020 - 7:51pm by UT News Service
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The Mizoram government has decided to withdraw state security forces from the Assam-Mizoram disputed border area. Instead of the state security forces, the BSF will station now in the area. Mizoram chief secretary Lalnunmawia Chuaungo said on Sunday that there is … Continue reading →

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Blast in Assam-Mizoram border again

Posted on November 7, 2020 - 8:14pm by UT News Service
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The volatile situation along Assam-Mizoram border got aggravated on Saturday after another blast occurred two weeks after the first bomb blast. It is not clear who might have triggered the explosion during the intervening night of Friday and Saturday. Reports … Continue reading →

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4 Ro-Pax vessels for Assam: Names them after Rani Gaidinliu, Bob Khathing, Sachin Dev Burman & JFR Jacob

Posted on November 4, 2020 - 10:46am by UT News Service
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The Central government has gifted four modern Ro-Pax vessels to Assam. The four vessels – MV Rani Gaidinliu, MV Sachin Dev Burman, MV JFR Jacob and MV Bob Khathing – arrived in the State some days back. “The vessels – … Continue reading →

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Tension Along Assam-Mizoram Border Continues as Man Dies in Custody

Posted on November 3, 2020 - 7:32pm by UT/NET News Desk
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A man from Assam’s Cachar district died in custody in Mizoram on Monday, escalating the tension between the two Northeastern states amid a border standoff. Mizoram’s Kolasib district Superintendent of Police Vanlalfaka Ralte told PTI that Intazul Laskar (45), a … Continue reading →

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Manipur’s Kuki bodies urges Assam Govt to act over ‘marauding Bangladeshi immigrant’s’

Posted on October 23, 2020 - 2:08pm by UT/NET News Desk
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Kaybie Chongloi Shocked and dismayed over the alleged cowardly act of torching houses belonging to Mizo people of Vairengte village and the violent attack perpetrated by the local villagers of Cachar District of Assam inside Mizoram’s Kolasib District, the Kuki … Continue reading →

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Assam-Mizoram border dispute: Hmar students, Mizo students urges Centre govt

Posted on October 22, 2020 - 8:04pm by UT News Service
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Even as tension in the Mizoram-Assam border continues to prevail, the Hmar Students’ Association (HSA) on Thursday urged the Centre to immediately set up a Supreme Court-monitored Boundary Commission headed by the Chairman of Law Commission of India to resolve … Continue reading →

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