Assam

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21 June 2022
Heavy rains trigger widespread flooding in India's northeastern state of Assam
Aizawl, the capital of the northeastern Indian state of Mizoram. Photo: AFP
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01 August 2021
Indian state issues travel advisory after deadly...
The Indian state of Assam has advised its residents to avoid travelling to neighbouring...
A general view shows Indo-Myanmar International border fencing Moreh a border town in India’s northeastern state of Manipur bordering Myanmar’s Tamu town. Photo: EPA
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01 August 2020
Indian soldiers killed in ambush on India-Myanmar...
Three Indian Assam Rifles personnel were killed and five injured in an ambush near India-...
Sources said that the entire operation took place under the watch of National Security Advisor Ajit Doval. Photo: ANI
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16 May 2020
Myanmar hands over 22 northeast insurgents to...
The Myanmar government has handed over 22 proscribed northeast insurgents active in Assam...
Assam's first transgender judge Swati Bidhan Baruah speaking to ANI in Guwahati on Thursday. Photo: ANI
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14 February 2020
India’s Assam govt’s approval of transgender...
The approval of the Transgender policy by Assam Cabinet will help in the upliftment of...
Photo: MNA
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04 February 2019
Myanmar army launches attack on ULFA camp
The Myanmar Army launched an attack on an abandoned camp of the banned militant outfit...
Victims of the crackdown - This photo taken on August 8, 2018 shows Nimai Hajong and his wife Sinibala Hajong sitting in front of their house in Bamunigaon village in Assam's Kamrup district. Photo: A. Sharma/AFP
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03 September 2018
Life upended in Assam for those left off Indian...
Nimai Hajong remembers almost nothing of the hills of eastern Bangladesh where he was...