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Poacher Attacks Cops With Machete In Assam, Gunned Down
A poacher was killed in an encounter with the police in Assam's Chirang district on Sunday.
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Video: Assam Chief Minister Rides A Bike During Survey Of Flood-Hit District
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma today rode a bike during a visit to the flood-hit Tamulpur. Over 2,50,300 people have been hit by the floods in five districts of Assam - Cachar, Chirang, Morigaon, Nagaon, and Tamulpur.
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With Sikkim's Help, How Assam Police Rescued 40 Trafficked Children
Busting a major interstate human trafficking racket, a team from the Assam Police rescued 40 children and 2 adults belonging to Chirang district of the state's Bodoland Territorial region.
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Assam Artist's Sushant Singh Rajput Image Using 31,000 Nails
A young artist from Assam's Chirang district has created an image of Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput using 31,000 nails to mark his first death anniversary.
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Assam Girl Dies By Suicide After Sexual Assault, College Teacher Arrested: Cops
After sending a message to a friend that she had been subjected to sexual assault, a 14-year-old girl allegedly killed herself in the house of a college teacher in Assam's Chirang district, police said on Tuesday.
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Assam Government Orders To Shut Schools Up To Class 8 In Districts With Over 100 COVID Cases
Assan Education Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma today said districts excluding Chirang, Biswanath, Baska, Majuli, Dima Hasao, Charaideo, Hailakandi, South Salmara and West Karbi Anglong have already crossed the 100 mark and schools in the remaining districts will be completely closed.
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3 Arrested With Rare Turtle, Owl, Golden Langur Species In Assam
Three people were arrested on Wednesday with rare species of Tricarinate hill turtle in Chirang district of Assam, officials said.
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Woman Gives Birth On Make-Shift Stretcher While Being Taken To Dispensary
A woman gave birth to a child on her way to dispensary on a make-shift stretcher in Assam's Chirang district on Sunday. The woman went into labour while she was being carried on the make-shift stretcher.
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43 Lakh Affected, 95% Of Kaziranga Park Flooded In Assam: 10 Points
The Assam government on Monday issued a red alert as the flood situation turned extremely critical, displacing tens of thousands and cutting off entire portions of the state. As many as 4,157 villages across 30 districts of the northeastern state, including Dhemaji, Lakhimpur, Biswanath, Sonitpur, Darrang, Udalguri, Baksa, Barpeta, Nalbari, Chirang...
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2 Men In Assam Beaten To Death On Suspicion Of Killing Village Headman
In a shocking case of mob lynching, two men were beaten to death by the villagers of Gargaon on suspicion of killing the village headman on Wednesday, police said.
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One Killed After Tempo Collides With Train In Assam
One person was killed and another injured on Sunday when a tempo carrying them was hit by a train at an unauthorized level crossing in Assam's Chirang district, an official said.
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Trapped Meghalaya Miner's Father Wants To Rappel Down To look For His Son
Solibar Rahman stopped working in Meghalaya's illegal coal mines in 2012. The native of Bhangnamari village in western Assam's Chirang district is, however, confident of his skills and is now bracing for one last attempt to rappel down the 380-foot coal mine at Ksan in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district to search for his son, who had not retur...
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"Risky But We Need Money," Say Those Working In Meghalaya's Illegal Mines
Even as search and rescue operations continue over a week after 15-odd coal miners were trapped in Ksan area of East Jaintia hills district of Meghalaya as water from multiple channels entered the mine, villagers in lower Assam's Chirang district feel sad and helpless.
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'Double Standards': The Lesser-Known Flood Struggle In Assam
Lucky Madhua, his wife and daughter brave strong currents of floodwaters to reach a nearby relief camp in Khungkhrajhora village 15 km away from the India-Bhutan border in Assam's Chirang district, about 250 km away from Guwahati. For 44-year-old Lucky, it seems an annual affair.
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Top CRPF Officer, In Report, Alleges Encounter In Assam Was Fake
Two Bodo militants reported to have been killed in an encounter with security forces in Assam's Chirang district had been picked up earlier and shot in cold blood, a top paramilitary officer has told the government in a report. The officer has asked for an independent probe into what he has called "pre-planned murders".
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Poacher Attacks Cops With Machete In Assam, Gunned Down
A poacher was killed in an encounter with the police in Assam's Chirang district on Sunday.
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Video: Assam Chief Minister Rides A Bike During Survey Of Flood-Hit District
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma today rode a bike during a visit to the flood-hit Tamulpur. Over 2,50,300 people have been hit by the floods in five districts of Assam - Cachar, Chirang, Morigaon, Nagaon, and Tamulpur.
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With Sikkim's Help, How Assam Police Rescued 40 Trafficked Children
Busting a major interstate human trafficking racket, a team from the Assam Police rescued 40 children and 2 adults belonging to Chirang district of the state's Bodoland Territorial region.
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Assam Artist's Sushant Singh Rajput Image Using 31,000 Nails
A young artist from Assam's Chirang district has created an image of Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput using 31,000 nails to mark his first death anniversary.
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Assam Girl Dies By Suicide After Sexual Assault, College Teacher Arrested: Cops
After sending a message to a friend that she had been subjected to sexual assault, a 14-year-old girl allegedly killed herself in the house of a college teacher in Assam's Chirang district, police said on Tuesday.
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Assam Government Orders To Shut Schools Up To Class 8 In Districts With Over 100 COVID Cases
Assan Education Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma today said districts excluding Chirang, Biswanath, Baska, Majuli, Dima Hasao, Charaideo, Hailakandi, South Salmara and West Karbi Anglong have already crossed the 100 mark and schools in the remaining districts will be completely closed.
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3 Arrested With Rare Turtle, Owl, Golden Langur Species In Assam
Three people were arrested on Wednesday with rare species of Tricarinate hill turtle in Chirang district of Assam, officials said.
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Woman Gives Birth On Make-Shift Stretcher While Being Taken To Dispensary
A woman gave birth to a child on her way to dispensary on a make-shift stretcher in Assam's Chirang district on Sunday. The woman went into labour while she was being carried on the make-shift stretcher.
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43 Lakh Affected, 95% Of Kaziranga Park Flooded In Assam: 10 Points
The Assam government on Monday issued a red alert as the flood situation turned extremely critical, displacing tens of thousands and cutting off entire portions of the state. As many as 4,157 villages across 30 districts of the northeastern state, including Dhemaji, Lakhimpur, Biswanath, Sonitpur, Darrang, Udalguri, Baksa, Barpeta, Nalbari, Chirang...
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2 Men In Assam Beaten To Death On Suspicion Of Killing Village Headman
In a shocking case of mob lynching, two men were beaten to death by the villagers of Gargaon on suspicion of killing the village headman on Wednesday, police said.
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One Killed After Tempo Collides With Train In Assam
One person was killed and another injured on Sunday when a tempo carrying them was hit by a train at an unauthorized level crossing in Assam's Chirang district, an official said.
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Trapped Meghalaya Miner's Father Wants To Rappel Down To look For His Son
Solibar Rahman stopped working in Meghalaya's illegal coal mines in 2012. The native of Bhangnamari village in western Assam's Chirang district is, however, confident of his skills and is now bracing for one last attempt to rappel down the 380-foot coal mine at Ksan in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district to search for his son, who had not retur...
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"Risky But We Need Money," Say Those Working In Meghalaya's Illegal Mines
Even as search and rescue operations continue over a week after 15-odd coal miners were trapped in Ksan area of East Jaintia hills district of Meghalaya as water from multiple channels entered the mine, villagers in lower Assam's Chirang district feel sad and helpless.
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'Double Standards': The Lesser-Known Flood Struggle In Assam
Lucky Madhua, his wife and daughter brave strong currents of floodwaters to reach a nearby relief camp in Khungkhrajhora village 15 km away from the India-Bhutan border in Assam's Chirang district, about 250 km away from Guwahati. For 44-year-old Lucky, it seems an annual affair.
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Top CRPF Officer, In Report, Alleges Encounter In Assam Was Fake
Two Bodo militants reported to have been killed in an encounter with security forces in Assam's Chirang district had been picked up earlier and shot in cold blood, a top paramilitary officer has told the government in a report. The officer has asked for an independent probe into what he has called "pre-planned murders".
