| Allegations aimed at maligning my family: Vadra |
'Vadra is hiding behind DLF and the Congress and questioning our motive.He should come in the open and clarify charges against him...'
NEW DELHI, Oct 7: Even as Robert Vadra on Sunday described allegations of having received “undue favours” from reality major DLF as “entirely baseless” and aimed at maligning his family, social activist Arvind Kejriwal stuc... |
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| Poor security makes inter-State border areas vulnerable to encroachment |
By our Staff Reporter
GUWAHATI, Oct 7: At a time when Assam is witnessing conflicts with its neighbouring States over its inter-State boundary and a rise in inter-State border land encroachment, Dispur, it seems, is not so serious about strengthening security along its inter-State border.
The present security arrangement along Assam’s inter-State border is a testimony of ... |
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| Operation launched in Haflong after blasts |
GUWAHATI, Oct 7: Suspected militants triggered two back-to-back blasts in Haflong town on Sunday evening, forcing the police and security forces to launch a combing operation. No one was, however, injured during the blasts and there is no report of any major damage caused by the blasts, police said. “The first blast took place at around 5.55 p.m. near the Synod Gallery in the heart of the to... |
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| Two Garo militants killed |
GUWAHATI, Oct 7: Two militants from the Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) have been killed in a gun battle with a joint team of police and security forces in Assam, police said on Sunday. The incident took place in Jharpara in Goalpara district on Saturday night. The two members of GNLA, a militant outfit based in Meghalaya’s Garo Hills region, were killed during a gun battle with a joint... |
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| Government for increased muga production |
By our Staff Reporter
GUWAHATI, Oct 7: To increase the production of muga in Assam and to make the muga growers as well as the people of the State aware of the potential of large-scale muga production, the State Sericulture Department has decided to observe ‘Muga Week’ from next year.
Talking to The Sentinel, State Handloom, Textile and Sericulture Minister Pranati ... |
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| No headway in subdivision creation |
By our Staff Reporter
GUWAHATI, Oct 7: On January 1, 2011, just before the Assembly elections, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi announced that 15 new subdivisions would be created to bring some backward areas of the State closer to the administration at Dispur.
The Chief Minister constituted a Cabinet sub-committee before the polls to look into the creation of new subdivisions and the... |
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| Rhino rescued, shifted to Guwahati Zoo |
By our Staff Reporter
GUWAHATI, Oct 7: A rhino was rescued by the Forest Department officials from the Uparhali area under the Palasbari Police Station on Sunday after tranquilizing it.
The rhino was swept away by the floods from the Pabitora Wildlife Sanctuary in Morigaon district and was first spotted at Rani Chapori, a char area on the Brahmaputra, near Sualkuchi on Septembe... |
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| Check distance education provider before applying: DEC |
NEW DELHI, Oct 7: The Distance Education Council’s (DEC’s) website on Sunday advised students to check the current status of approval or recognition of programmes of universities and institutions offering such facility. Authorities of DEC, a statutory body of the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), said that in the absence of the DEC approval, qualifications acquired throug... |
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| ATC neglecting tea garden labourers, alleges BJMM |
By our Staff Reporter
GUWAHATI, Oct 7: The Assam Tea Corporation (ATC) has long been neglecting the tea labourers’ welfare in the State. This was alleged by the Bharatiya Janata Majdoor Mahasangha (BJMM) general secretary, Sudip Das, in a conversation with The Sentinel.
“The tea labourers working in the gardens owned by the Assam Tea Corporation are facing many prob... |
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