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State in northeastern India
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Assam is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of 78,438 km2 (30,285 sq mi). The state is bordered by Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh to the north; Nagaland and Manipur to the east; Meghalaya, Tripura, Mizoram and Bangladesh to the south; and West Bengal to the west via the Siliguri Corridor, a 22 kilometres (14 mi) wide strip of land that connects the state to the rest of India. Assamese and Boro are the official languages of Assam, while Bengali is an additional official language in the Barak Valley.
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Shillong remains on edge over border killingsMeghalaya's capital city of Shillong remained on the edge Saturday with protests by different groups against the NDA government in the poll-bound state, five days after Assam police shot dead five..IndiaTimes - Published | |
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Assam-Meghalaya border clash: Tensions high in Jaintia Hills, only state-registered vehicles allowedWest Jaintia Hills was the scene of a gunfight on November 22, in which five Meghalayans and an Assam Forest Guard man were killed.DNA - Published | |
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Assam-Meghalaya border firing: Meghalaya to demand central agency probe after 5 civilians killedThe Assam government refuted Meghalaya CM Conrad Sangma's claim that Assam police had entered Meghalaya and resorted to firing.DNA - Published | |
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4 killed in police shootout near Assam-Meghalaya border; internet suspended for 48 hoursInternet in several areas of Meghalaya has been suspended for 48 hours after a police shootout left four people dead and several injured.DNA - Published | Two madrassa teachers held for 'jihadi' linksPolice arrested the headmaster and an assistant teacher of a non-government madrassa in Sonai locality of Assam's Cachar district on Wednesday evening for their alleged links with jihadi activities.IndiaTimes - Published |
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Congress collapse in Assam? CM predicts 1000 Congress delegates will join BJP, Shashi Tharoor reveals whoShashi Tharoor reacted to the comments made by Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma saying that 1000 Congress delegates will switch to BJP.DNA - Published | Assam madrassas under ‘jihadi’ watchIndiaTimes - Published |
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Shinde, MLAs to go to Assam on pilgrimageIndiaTimes - Published | SC agrees to hear pleas against Assam’s law on madrassasIndiaTimes - Published |
Congress launches 70-day Bharat Jodo yatra in AssamIndiaTimes - Published | SC sets the ball rolling, CAA hearing to start from December 6Solicitor general Tushar Mehta submitted before a bench of CJI UU Lalit, Justices S Ravindra Bhat and Bela M Trivedi that the Centre has filed its response but sought time on behalf of states. He said..IndiaTimes - Published |
Pleas on CAA: SC grants time to Assam, Tripura; fixes December 6 for hearingThe Supreme Court on Monday granted three weeks to Assam and Tripura governments to file their responses to certain pleas challenging the constitutional validity of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act..IndiaTimes - Published | Supreme Court adjourns hearing of pleas challenging CAA to December 6Supreme Court has asked the state governments of Assam and Tripura to file a response within two weeks in matters specifically concerning them.DNA - Published |
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Nipon Goswami, evergreen Assam actor, dies at 80IndiaTimes - Published | Cyclone Sitrang wreaks havoc across Assam, other states; ICG saves lives of 20 Bangladeshi fishermen from seaICG managed to save the lives of 20 Bangladeshi fishermen in the Bay of Bengal after Cyclone 'Sitrang' wreaked havoc in the area.DNA - Published |
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Cong a diminishing force in Assam with no bailout in sightJust 10 years ago, it was almost impossible for any hardcore BJP supporter to think of Assam as a saffron party-dominated state. In the 2011 Assembly election, Congress was riding high with 78 seats in..IndiaTimes - Published | Rahul Gandhi leaves meeting in between, goes for jogging: Himanta Biswa SarmaAssam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma accused Rahul Gandhi of being non-serious as a politician, behaving like "a feudal lord" and being arrogant. "The first thing is he is not fit for politics...IndiaTimes - Published |
Assam boat capsize: 3 missing, 19 rescuedThree people, incuding a circle officer, went missing after a mechanized boat carrying 22 passengers capsized in a tributary of the Brahmaputra river in Assam's Dhubri district on Thursday morning.IndiaTimes - Published | Boat carrying around 100 people capsizes in Assam's Dhubri, rescue operations underwayOfficials have said that the Bhashani-bound boat hit the post of a bridge at Adabari, around 3 km from Dhubri town, and capsized.DNA - Published |
Facing deluge of NRC deportation cases, SC shields all petitionersDays after the Supreme Court passed an order staying deportation of an Assam-based woman who was declared foreigner despite allegedly being born here and though all her family members including..IndiaTimes - Published | Watch: Congress vs Congress in Assam as party workers clash during meeting on Bharat Jodo YatraVideo shows two groups of Congress party workers clash during a meeting in Assam's Dhubri district.DNA - Published |
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