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Assam announces cash dole for tea garden workers

Assam CM directs police to take good care of migrant workers

7:19 pm April 15, 2020

Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Wednesday directed the police to take good care of migrant workers and labourers stranded in the state. Assam government has promised all states that their workers would be safe here and the police must ensure the fulfilment of this commitment, Sonowal said during a review meeting with Superintendents […]

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Assam turns into battleground amid anti-CAB protests

Assam turns into battleground amid anti-CAB protests

6:30 pm December 11, 2019

Guwahati: Tens of thousands of protesters against CAB descended on the streets of Assam on Wednesday, clashing with police and plunging the state into chaos of a magnitude unseen since the violent 6-year movement by students that ended with the signing of the Assam accord. Though no party or student body has called a shutdown, […]

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Grenade blast outside Guwahati shopping mall, 12 injured

Grenade blast outside Guwahati shopping mall, 12 injured

11:43 pm May 15, 2019

Guwahati: At least 12 people, including two SSB personnel, were injured in a grenade blast, reportedly carried out by ULFA(I) militants, in front of a shopping mall in the heart of the city on Wednesday evening, officials said. Guwahati Police Commissioner Deepak Kumar told PTI that two persons riding a motorcycle hurled the grenade in front of the shopping mall […]

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