Statescape — Assam partially affected as students resort to bandh

DECEMBER 9: GUWAHATI: Life in Assam's Brahmaputra valley was partially affected on Tuesday in a bandh called by the All Assam Students Unio...

DECEMBER 9: GUWAHATI: Life in Assam’s Brahmaputra valley was partially affected on Tuesday in a bandh called by the All Assam Students Union (AASU) to protest against publication of revised electoral rolls, official sources said. The bandh, however, did not evoke any response in Barak valley of southern Assam. Government offices throughout the state functioned normally and trains and Indian Airlines flights to and from Assam plyed as per schedule.

In Guwahati city, vehicular traffic kept off the roads and all commercial establishments, including banks and financial institutions, remained closed. Barring an incident of lathi-charge on demonstrators in the oil township of upper Assam’s Duliajan, no reports of untoward incidents have been reported so far.

Three hurt in police firing in TN

NAGERCOIL: Three persons were injured when police fired on Monday night to disperse an unruly crowd, which attacked police personnel after a dispute over a road in Tamil Nadu’s Kanyakumari district, police said here. Six police personnel, including a sub-inspector, and a car driver were injured when the crowd pelted stones at them at Ganapathikal near Arukani, police said. Police fired three rounds to control the situation. The injured had been admitted to the government hospital here.

US naval aircraft arrives for exercise

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CHENNAI: A US naval aircraft arrived here on Tuesday from Diego Garcia for a two-day joint rescue and relief exercises with the Indian Navy. Defence sources said that US naval personnel would co-ordinate their operations with INS Rajali, the premier Indian naval air station located at Arakkonam, 70-km from here.

New DNA tech to identify criminals

NEW DELHI: A fleck of dandruff, a licked postage stamp or a smudged fingerprint may enable experts to bring the culprits to justice, a scientific journal says. A breakthrough in the field of DNA technology by the experts at Leeds University and Birmingham Forensic Sciences Services, UK, can help the investigators catch and convict criminals from the tiniest sample left at the crime scene, the recent report in the Nature said.

EXCLUSIVE: EC brings in feature to check misuse of identity to seek voter list deletions

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The Election Commission has launched a new 'e-sign' feature on its portal and app to prevent fraud. This comes after allegations of misuse of online voter deletion forms in Karnataka. The feature requires voters to verify their identity using their Aadhaar-linked phone numbers, reducing the possibility of fraud.

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