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In Assam, a clean village contest, winner gets a 1-km concrete road

March 10, 2023 4:46 am

The contest is tough and the stakes are high: the winning village gets a one-km concrete road. The second prize is a development programme worth Rs 10 lakh. The third prize is worth Rs 8 lakh, the fourth prize worth Rs 5 lakh and the fifth prize worth Rs 3 lakh.

Explained: Assam vs Nagaland, a border dispute of five decades

August 22, 2014 11:10 am

The two states have been disputing their shared border ever since one was carved out of the other.

5.5 magnitude earthquake rocks Assam,six children injured

March 12, 2014 4:01 pm

The quake caused cracks in government school buildings as well.

Economic blockade of Nagaland enters 5th day

August 22, 2012 12:14 pm

Blockade is to protest alleged encroachment of land by people of Nagaland in Assam's Golaghat district.

Among dead in Vijay rally stampede, young mother, couple set to marry

Cities3 hr ago

A rally by actor-politician Vijay in Velusamypuram ended tragically with 40 deaths in a stampede. Non-political workers gathered to see the superstar, but exhaustion, heat, and poor planning caused chaos. People collapsed, ambulances couldn't reach, and police presence was inadequate. Vijay's team ignored instructions, and the narrow roads and insufficient crowd control added to the tragedy.

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