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The real story behind Assam’s 3,000-bigha land row

A video clip from a Gauhati High Court hearing has been raging across social media. It shows Justice Sanjay Kumar Medhi, visibly astonished, reacting to the allotment of 3,000 bighas of land in Assam’s Dima Hasao district to a private cement company.

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Assam Mine Tragedy: Rescue operations underway, some workers still trapped

The search and rescue operations to locate five workers who remain trapped inside the inundated rat-hole coal mine at 3 Kilo Umrangso area in Assam's Dima Hasao district entered the 8th day on Monday. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Assam mining tragedy: Rescue operations in Dima Hasao enter day 8

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Assam Mine Tragedy: Body of another labourer trapped recovered

The body of another worker, who was trapped inside a coal mine in Dima Hasao district, was recovered on Saturday from the quarry during rescue operations. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Absence of survey, local resistance: Assam limestone mining auction in limbo

In December last year, the Assam government issued a tender for the auction of seven limestone mines in Dima Hasao district, which operates under the sixth schedule of the Constitution, and is governed by an autonomous council that represents its tribal communities.

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Heavy rainfall leads to flood-like situation in Assam's Dima Hasao district

Heavy rainfall in Assam's Dima Hasao district led to a flood-like situation and landslides occurred in several parts of the hill district, disrupting communication. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Assam CM says tribal council poll sweep underlines BJP’s Christian outreach

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president J. P. Nadda for acknowledging the trust placed in the party by people of Dima Hasao, where it retained power in the North Cachar Hills Autonomous Council (NCHAC).

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BJP sweeps Assam tribal council elections

The Bharatiya Janata Party swept the elections to the North Cachar Hills Autonomous District (NCHAC) council covering the district of Dima Hasao.

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Assam: North Cachar Hills Autonomous Council polls to be held on January 8

The State Election Commission of Assam announced on Tuesday that polling in 28 constituencies of the North Cachar Hills Autonomous Council in Dima Hasao district will be held on January 8 next year. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Schools closed in Assam’s landslide-prone Dima Hasao district

Schools in the landslide-prone areas of Assam’s Dima Hasao district have been closed for five days from June 13 following heavy rains

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Assam: Section 144 imposed in Dima Hasao after signing of tripartite accord to end insurgency

After the signing of the historic tripartite pact between the Centre, Assam government and insurgent group DNLA/DPSC, the district administration imposed section 144 of the CrPC in the Dima Hasao district. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Assam women’s group opposes alternative hill railway route

Local stakeholders not consulted on new proposal especially after technical faults have dogged the existing track, the Dima Mothers’ Association said

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IOC plans to transport fuel to Tripura via Bangladesh following Assam flood

After a rail link connecting crucial States with the rest of the country was washed away earlier this month, the company started moving all its supplies by road via Meghalaya, bearing more than double the cost

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‘He never returned’: Widespread misery in India’s flooded Assam

At least 28 dead and about a million people impacted as severe pre-monsoon rains cause flooding in parts of Assam.

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Assam: Rail link in landslide-hit Dima Hasao likely by July 10

GUWAHATI: The Railways have completed dispatching manpower, materials and equipment to rebuild railway infrastructure in the landslide-hit Dima Hasao district, which is a connecting route to South Assam, Tripura, Manipur and Mizoram.

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The devastation in Dima Hasao and its after-effects

How important is the railway line, which straddles the tertiary mountain range between the Brahmaputra and Barak River basins, for trade and travel?

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Death toll in Assam floods climbs to 24

GUWAHATI: The flood situation has remained unchanged in Assam in the last 24 hours though the intensity of rainfall has declined in the northeast.

The Hindu

Floods, landslides kill 3 in Assam; over 56,000 people hit in 8 districts

Indian Air Force personnel evacuate 200 stranded train passengers from Ditokcherra on Lumding-Badarpur hill section

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Assam’s Haflong Hindi, a fluent example of give and take

Of 19th century vintage, the language has Tibeto-Burman grammar and includes Bengali, Nepali words

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