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By D. Prasun (TNI Guwahati/Siliguri) ~ Edited By R. Subrata (TNI Siliguri) Webdesk, TNI Guwahati, 21st August, 2015: Suddenly Assam has come in the top Business News in India. The state has become the first state of its kind in the country to ban the sale of small cars that don’t meet global safety requirements. The ban has come after an interim order from the Guwahati High Court while it was hearing a petition regarding the safety…
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TNI News Service (TNS) Webdesk, TNI Guwahati, 21st August, 2015: Guwahati today experienced something what some cities of South Africans experience many a time. A wild male elephant jumped into the busy Guwahati streets halting traffic and passerby. It created panic among the people for some time. The animal got separated from his herd halted and forgot its way back. There were no injuries reported either to the animal or to any human life. The elephant crossed…
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TNI News Service (TNS) Webdesk, TNI Guwahati, 16th August, 2015: Various Government administrations of the various North Eastern states of India felt a sigh of relief after the Independence Day passed away peacefully yesterday. The routine strike and boycott calls were given by the underground outfits here like the previous years following the security was tightened especially the insurgency prone states. Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi hoisted the national flag at the national flag at the official…
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By Gargi Deb (TNI Jalpaiguri) ~ Edited By R. Subrata (TNI Siliguri) Webdesk, TNI Assam-Bengal Border, 14th August, 2015: A KLO (Kamptapur Liberation Organization) suspected terrorist was killed in an encounter at Bengal – Assam border today. The encounter took place in a place called Fakirgram of Kokrajhar district coming under Assam territories. Along with this, 7 Kgs of explosives were also recovered from the spot by the CRPF and Assam Police. The name of the killed…
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TNI News Service (TNS) Webdesk, TNI Dibrugarh, 23rd July, 2015: Dibrugarh yesterday experienced a heavy downpour leading to severe water logging condition throughout. All roads, lanes, markets, colonies and housing areas have been affected by the water-logging. The waterlogged condition was seen in office rooms, business establishments, and living rooms and in most of the municipality areas. A similar situation was seen in the premises of the Assam Medical College & Hospital. The traffic came to a…
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TNI News Service Webdesk, TNI Guwahati, 23rd July, 2015: Kerala State Youth Welfare Board has organized the third edition of the three-day ‘South India Writers’ Ensemble’ (SIWE) in association with ‘People for Performing Arts and More’ (PAMPA). The literary meet is all set to start today in Chengannur, Kerala. Literature of the northeast is the focus of this year’s ensemble, which will see the presence of writers like Mitra Phukan, Dhruba Hazarika, Jahnavi Barua besides American novelist…
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TNI News Service (TNS) Webdesk, TNI Kokrajhar, 23rd July, 2015: In a joint operation the Assam Police and the Indian Army arrested a suspected KLO terrorist from Kokrajhar. The entire operation was conducted at a place called Jaldoba located within the borders of Kokrajhar district yesterday. Arms seized from the militant include one 9-mm pistol, two hand grenades, and some live rounds said an internal source of the Indian Army. Meanwhile, a joint team of Army and…
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TNI News Service Webdesk, TNI Guwahati, 22nd July, 2015: In a major development Assam is may become a part of a humanitarian mission. The Nobel Peace Prize winner Kailash Satyarthi yesterday declared that his newly launched foundation is set to begin its journey from Assam. Later it will spread throughout the country. The Kailash Satyarthi Children Foundation or KSCF is mooted to set up rehabilitation and welfare fund targeting the safe repatriation and reintegration of trafficking and…
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TNI News Service Webdesk, TNI Guwahati, 21st July, 2015: There is a good reason to hope that the new railway line between Jiribam and Tupul will be completed within timeline as HCC has got its 4th contract for the project. Today, infrastructure giant HCC (Hindustan Construction Company Ltd) has got a Rs 785 Crore contract from NFR (Northeast Frontier Railway) in a joint venture with Coastal Projects Ltd. “The contract is for developing a 9.5-kilometer tunnel between Tupul-Imphal for new…
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TNI News Service (TNI) Webdesk, TNI Guwahati, 21st July, 2015: After 2 years from the sanctioning of Guwahati Metro Rail Project in Assam, by the then Central Government, the time has now arrived when the DPR is expected by October this year. A special review meeting on the proposed metro rail project for Guwahati was held at the Chief Minister’s official residence on 3rd May 2015. According to the initial project plan, the first phase of the project…
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