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    Through toy story, Assam designer wants to present local culture to world
    Guwahati

    Through 'toy story', Assam designer wants to present local culture to world

    Guwahati, Jul 6: A 'toy story' is unfolding in a remote village in Assam's Baksa district where real and fiction are coming together as a young entrepreneur is making dolls combining local culture and motifs for a global audience. If there is a doll of Gambari Sikla who fought against the...
    Heroin worth Rs 6 crore seized in Assam
    Assam

    Heroin worth Rs 6 crore seized in Assam's Karbi Anglong, accused shot at in...

    Diphu, Jul 6: Heroin worth over Rs 6 crore was seized in Assam's Karbi Anglong district and two persons were arrested, police said on Thursday. Acting on a tip-off, a joint team of the state police and CRPF raided a house in Lahorijan in Khatkhati police station area near the Nagaland border...
    GST Council to discuss industry demand of full CGST, 50 pc IGST refund in 11 hill states
    Business

    GST Council to discuss industry demand of full CGST, 50 pc IGST refund in 11...

    New Delhi, Jul 6: The GST Council is likely to discuss a demand of industrial units located in 11 Himalayan and North Eastern states for reimbursement of full Central GST and 50 per cent of net Integrated GST paid, sources said. Currently, Centre reimburses 58 per cent of net CGST and 29 per...
    BJP meeting in Guwahati to discuss parliamentary poll
    North East

    BJP meeting in Guwahati to discuss parliamentary poll

    Agartala, Jul 5: The BJP central leadership will hold a meeting with party presidents and in-charges of the NE states, West Bengal and Jharkhand in Guwahati to prepare a roadmap for the 2024 Lok Sabha election, its Tripura unit president Rajib Bhattacharjee said on Wednesday.BJP general secretary...
    Naga apex tribal body says peace talks breakthrough needed
    North East

    Naga apex tribal body says peace talks breakthrough needed

    Kohima, July 5: The Naga Hoho said the celebrations to mark nine years of the Narendra Modi-led central government would have been the “most appropriate” time to achieve a breakthrough in peace talks with Naga groups. It also sought restoration of peace in ethnic clash-hit Manipur and appealed for...
    Four Assam cops dismissed from service
    Guwahati

    Four Assam cops dismissed from service

    Guwahati, Jul 5: At least four Assam Police personnel have been dismissed from service on charges of serious misconduct, including financial corruption and allegation of sexual harassment, a top official said. Director General of Police G P Singh informed the people of the dismissals on Twitter...
    Meghalaya: Assam man lynched on suspicion of being cattle lifter
    Assam

    Meghalaya: Assam man lynched on suspicion of being cattle lifter

    Shillong, July 5: A man, hailing from Assam, was lynched in Meghalaya’s West Garo Hills district on the suspicion of being a cattle lifter, police said on Wednesday. The incident took place at Baklagre village of Selsella on Monday night. District Superintendent of Police, Vivekanand Singh, said...
    Manipur stares at food shortage as ethnic violence affects farming
    North East

    Manipur stares at food shortage as ethnic violence affects farming

    Imphal, Jul 5: Agriculture has been affected in Manipur as many farmers are unable to tend to their fields due to the ongoing ethnic violence, and if the situation does not improve, food production in the northeastern state will be affected, a senior official said on Wednesday. Department of...
    India
    National

    India's space programme set to 'transform planet's connection to final...

    New York, Jul 5: Lauding India's ambitious space programme, The New York Times has said the country, currently witnessing an "explosive" growth in space-tech start-ups, is set to "transform the planet's connection to the final frontier" and can emerge as a "counterweight" to China. "When it...
    Arunachal: 18 Class X, XII toppers given faulty laptops, probe finds
    North East

    Arunachal: 18 Class X, XII toppers given faulty laptops, probe finds

    Itanagar, July 4: A nine-member technical expert committee constituted by the Tirap district administration in Arunachal Pradesh to probe into alleged defective laptops given to toppers of CBSE exams in the district has confirmed that the machines were faulty and old. As many as 18 meritorious...
    It
    National

    It's time to implement UCC, says Vice President during Guwahati visit

    Guwahati, Jul 4: Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Tuesday said that the time has come to introduce the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) as envisaged by founding fathers of the Constitution. Article 44 of the Constitution clearly states that the state shall endeavour to secure the UCC for its citizens...
    Pak govt makes overnight changes in anti-corruption laws
    International

    Pak govt makes overnight changes in anti-corruption laws

    Islamabad, Jul 4: Pakistan's government has made overnight changes in the anti-corruption laws to make them more stringent, hours before former premier Imran Khan's appearance before the country's apex anti-graft investigation agency on Tuesday in a corruption case. Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani,...
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