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Assam Teacher won National Teachers Award for sending his students home to teach their mothers, who can't read or write, about UPI payments, smartphones and reading

A geography teacher in Assam's Jorhat district has won the National Teachers' Award for a programme that sends his students home each day to teach their unschooled mothers basic digital and literacy skills, including UPI payments, smartphone use and reading. The initiative, running for two years, has since expanded to…

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Assam Floods: Death toll rises to 98 with over 1.55 lakh people affected across 13 districts

Assam's flood toll has risen to 98, with one new death reported. The number of affected people has now dipped to 1.55 lakh across thirteen districts. Golaghat remains the worst-hit district, followed by Sivasagar and Jorhat. Over 10,000 displaced people are currently sheltered in fifty-five relief camps. Rivers like Dhansiri…

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Assam flood toll rises to 68 as state shifts focus to relief, rehabilitation

Assam's flood death toll has reached sixty-eight as waters recede. Relief and rehabilitation operations are now the state government's primary focus. Ministers will coordinate efforts in the worst-affected districts like Sivasagar. Power restoration is underway after precautionary suspensions during the floods. The central government is also actively assisting with relief…

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Five IAF personnel killed after an AN-32 aircraft crashes at Jorhat airbase in Assam

Five Indian Air Force personnel died when an AN-32 transport aircraft crashed while landing at Jorhat airbase in Assam. The co-pilot survived and is receiving medical care. An emergency response was triggered, and a court of inquiry has been constituted to determine the cause of the accident.

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5 interesting facts about Manipur’s indigenous Haofa dog breed

India has a number of native dog breeds that are not yet known to a large number of people. One of the least known dog breeds is the Haofa dog, which is native to the state of Manipur in the northeastern region of India. The Haofa dog is known for…

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Kumar community in Jorhat keeps ageold pottery alive despite challenges

The Kumar community in Nimati Bhitor Kokila Kumar Gaon of Assam's Jorhat has managed to keep their centuries-old pottery tradition alive. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Assam ministers return to hate politics

In sharp contrast to the BJP’s Lok Sabha poll campaign, communal remarks have returned to the state’s politics with ministers trying to portray the Congress’s victory in three seats as a boost to criminal elements within the minority community.

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Motorcycle expedition by the Army to mark Silver Jubilee of Kargil War

Brigadier MR Subodh, Deputy General Officer Commanding 41 Sub Area further flagged off the expedition from Jorhat on June 13. Read further on Dynamite News:

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'Modi's leadership does not inspire confidence...can't complete five years' jeers Congress' Gaurav Gogoi at Modi 3.0

Gaurav Gogoi has won Lok Sabha polls from the BJP stronghold of Jorhat in Assam with a massive margin of over 1.44 lakh votes. Read further on Dynamite News:

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In Assam, two valleys divided on CAA, united in its absence as poll plank

“Even if somebody had come from Bangladesh, he won’t be able to apply under CAA, given the way rules are made. As per the rules, one needs to produce documents from Bangladesh. How is that possible, tell me?”

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‘BJP duping people, women to vote against it’: Cong’s Gaurav Gogoi on polls, Assam, CAA

Gaurav Gogoi, Congress leader and deputy leader of opposition, is contesting the Lok Sabha polls from Jorhat. The constituency, which was a Congress stronghold for 18 years till 2009, has recorded the BJP’s win in the last two general elections.

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Will win by over 2 lakh votes against Gaurav Gogoi in Jorhat: Assam BJP MP

BJP MP Topon Kumar Gogoi confident in retaining Jorhat Lok Sabha seat, emphasizing development under Modi's leadership.

The Hindu

PM Modi unveils development projects in Assam, accuses Congress of ignoring Northeast

PM Modi in Assam: PM Modi unveils ₹17,500 crore development projects in Assam, including healthcare, oil, gas, railway, housing sectors, and a statue.

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Himanta family’s grip on the headlines via Northeast India’s biggest media empire

On January 18, as the Congress party’s Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra passed through Assam, Rahul Gandhi addressed a public gathering in Jorhat.

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Rahul yatra’s Assam hurdles: Saffron protests, route nod denial, and a welfare scheme

The controversy around Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra is refusing to die down. A day after Congress workers tried to gherao the BJP’s headquarters, the party is set to protest in many states on Tuesday over “planned” disruptions by the “BJP” to Gandhi’s yatra in Assam.

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FIR lodged against 'Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra' for route deviation in Assam

An FIR was registered against the ‘Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra’ and its chief organiser KB Byju for allegedly deviating from its permitted route inside Jorhat town in Assam

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One-Horned Rhino enters village in Assam's Jorhat, creates panic

A one-horned rhino created panic among locals after it entered a village near Mariani in Assam's Jorhat District on Wednesday morning. Read further on Dynamite News:

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IGGL completes Asia's largest underwater hydrocarbon pipeline across Brahmaputra: CEO

Asia's largest underwater hydro-carbon pipeline, below the river Brahmaputra connecting Jorhat and Majuli in Assam has been completed by the Indradhanush Gas Grid Limited (IGGL), the company's CEO Ajit Kumar Thakur said. Read further on Dynamite News:

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3.6-magnitude earthquake strikes Assam's Jorhat

An earthquake of magnitude 3.6 on the Richter Scale hit 23 km South of Jorhat, Assam in the early hours of Saturday. Read further on Dynamite News:

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1977 air crash survivor former PM Morarji Desai's letter now at Jorhat museum in Assam

GUWAHATI: Forty-five years after former Prime Minister Morarji Desai had a miraculous escape from an air crash at the Tekelagaon village in upper Assam’s Jorhat district, his handwritten letter, drafted in praise of the medical staff of the Air Force Hospital, Jorhat, is now available for public viewing at the…

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Watch: Leopard leaps onto van and rips off window deflector

A leopard that attacked 15 people in India was captured in video displaying its aggressive behavior by attacking a van.

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Leopard injures 15 people on two day rampage through Indian city Jorhat

A wild leopard that went on a two day rampage through a north east Indian city is thought to have injured at least 15 people.

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Assam: IndiGo flight skids off runway in Jorhat, all 98 passengers safe

''IndiGo flight 6E-757 operating from Jorhat to Kolkata returned back to bay during departure. While taxiing out the pilot was advised that one of the main wheels had partially run over the grass adjacent to the taxiway,'' the airline said in a statement. Read more on Dynamite News:

The Hindu

Indigo flight skids off runway in Jorhat

The wheels of the aircraft reportedly got stuck in the outfield

The Times of India

IndiGo flight cancelled after aircraft skids off runway at Assam airport

GUWAHATI: An IndiGo flight from Assam's Jorhat to Kolkata on Thursday was cancelled apparently after the aircraft skidded off the runway during take-off and a pair of its wheels got stuck in the muddy outfield.

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