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Assam: Over 1 kg of heroin worth Rs7Cr seized in Cachar, 3 held

"The narcotics were seized in two separate operations at Dholai and Silchar area." 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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Assam Police, BSF seize YABA tablets worth Rs 10 crore in Silchar

In a successful joint operation against drug peddlers in the state, Assam Police and the Border Security Force have seized YABA tablets worth Rs 10 crore in the Chalchapra area of Silchar. Read further on Dynamite News:

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FIR lodged against Silchar-based writer over book on Manipur violence

Writer Pranabananda Das faces charges of "promoting enmity between groups" through his book 'Manipur Files' based on ethnic violence in Imphal. FIR lodged by KKL youth leader Luwangcha U. Ngamkheingakpa under IPC Sections 153A, 200, 295, 505, 499 & 120B.

The Hindu

Domestic help’s minor son found dead at Assam MP’s residence

An 11-year-old boy, the son of a domestic help, was found dead at the residence of BJP MP Rajdeep Roy in southern Assam’s Silchar town on August 26.

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Landslips block highway in Manipur, at least 500 trucks stranded

Heavy rains trigger landslides in Manipur's Noney district, blocking Imphal-Silchar highway & stranding 500 goods vehicles. Work underway to clear road & restart traffic. June 2020 landslide killed 61 people. Ethnic clashes in state for 3+ months, affecting supply of essential items.

The Hindu

West Bengal panchayat election | Nadda sets up four member committee to probe poll violence

While senior BJP leader and former Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad is the committee’s convenor, other members include former Mumbai police commissioner and Baghpat MP Satyapal Singh, Silchar MP Rajdeep Roy and Dhaurahara MP and party vice-president Rekha Verma.

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Assam police seize 5 lakh yaba tablets in Silchar, 2 apprehended

Assam police recovered 50 packets containing 5 lakh Yaba tablets from a consignment at Bagador, Silchar. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Cachar gets one of nine new law colleges

SILCHAR: Assam education minister Ranoj Pegu laid the foundation stone for the construction of a government law college at Chiripul in Cachar district on Saturday. This is one of the nine new law colleges and the first government law college in the Barak Valley area.

The Times of India

Another Assam paper mill employee dies; toll 109

SILCHAR: An employee of Cachar Paper Mill died in Silchar on Saturday evening taking the death toll to 109 since the state’s two paper mills stopped functioning.

The Times of India

Assam govt okays second wildlife sanctuary in Barak Valley

SILCHAR: Home to a multitude of birds and mammals, Assam's Barak Valley will soon get a second wildlife sanctuary with Governor Jagdish Mukhi approving a proposal for the creation of Barak Bhuban Wildlife Sanctuary.

The Times of India

How local reporters, state government thwarted Delhi media’s efforts to peddle #FloodJihad

Imagine you’re a stringer for a major news organisation in Delhi. You’re based in Assam, which has seen over 190 flood-related deaths this year. You receive a phone call from your bosses instructing you to investigate a new, sinister claim – that of “flood jihad”.

Newslaundry

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

The Hindu

Six identified for bund breach leading to Silchar flooding, says Assam Biswa Sarma

Water Resources Department had registered a police complaint against unknown miscreants for cutting through the embankment at Bethukandi, about 3 km from the centre of the town, to let the rain-accumulated water of a wetland drain into the Barak river

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Keeping head above water in Silchar

Since the sudden flooding that began on June 19, residents have been scrambling for dry land, food and clean water. Rahul Karmakar reports on the ferocity of the floods in Assam, the blame game on what caused them, and the palpable anxiety in Barak Valley about the days ahead

The Hindu

Silchar flood man-made; embankment breached: Assam Chief Minister

Drinking water scarce commodity in the largely inundated Barak Valley town

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Flood situation remains grim in Assam; administration yet to reach all affected people of Silchar, says CM

As many as 2.33 lakh have taken shelter in 637 relief camps of the northeastern state, which had been battling floods and landslides for the past two weeks

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Assam flood situation grim, Silchar submerged for sixth day

Nearly three lakh people of Silchar are in distress with an acute shortage of food, clean drinking water, and medicines, as the city remains submerged for the sixth day.

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Assam flood situation eases; 10 more dead

The situation at Silchar in Cachar district remains critical

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Assam floods | Silchar town cut off for a week

2.8 lakh people marooned; situation worsened after several dykes breached

The Hindu

Assam cleared tea estate for ‘imaginary’ airport

The Doloo Tea Estate Save Coordination Committee has called for a protest rally on June 15 after Civil Aviation Ministry said it did not receive a proposal for Silchar airport

The Times of India

Assam govt to subsidize air travel between Guwahati and Silchar

GUWAHATI: Assam government on Wednesday has stepped in with subsidies to help people fly between Guwahati and Silchar after air fare shot up by more than two folds since Monday between the two places which were cut off from train and road communication by flood and landslides.

The Times of India

More rain for North East states reeling under floods, landslides

GUWAHATI/SILCHAR: A “Red Alert” has been sounded for the northeastern states of Assam and Meghalaya by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) over heavy to extremely heavy rain in the next four days.

The Times of India

14 non-aerobridge AAI airports get ambulifts to facilitate divyang flyers; 6 more by month-end

NEW DELHI: The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has provided ambulifts to facilitate flyers with reduced mobility at 14 airports — Dehradun, Gorakhpur, Patna, Bagdogra, Darbhanga, Imphal, Vijayawada, Port Blair, Jodhpur, Belgaum, Silchar, Jharsuguda, Rajkot and Hubli.

The Times of India

Assam: Cachar woman declared foreigner by tribunal

SILCHAR: A woman of Assam’s Cachar district, who claims that her father’s name was in the electoral rolls of 1966, 1970 and 1989, has been declared a foreigner by the foreigners tribunal-1 (FT-1) in Silchar after it found discrepancies in her records.

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