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Assam

News Reports

Govt refutes New Indian Express’s report on FCI’s involvement in rice scam, says distribution is state govt responsibility

OpIndia Staff - 16 June, 2021

Government refuted claims of involvement of FCI in the alleged 'rice scam' where the Assam raided a godown and seized one lakh bags meant for distribution to the poor was being repackaged by a private company.

Crime

Assam: Muzammil Sheikh, Nazibul Sheikh and Farouk Rahman rape and murder two minor tribal girls, arrested within 72 hours along with 4 others

OpIndia Staff - 16 June, 2021

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma had taken to Twitter to condole the death of the minors and instructed the police to undertake an extensive investigation to nab the perpetrators.

Government and Policy

The Muslim community needs to work on population control, educate women: What Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma said

OpIndia Staff - 11 June, 2021

HImanta Biswa Sarma urged the Muslim community to adopt 'decent family planning policy' to deal with poverty and other social problems

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Assam: Five arrested after raw meat found in Kali Temple in Dhubri district, situation under control but tense

OpIndia Staff - 6 June, 2021

Tensions prevailed in Dhubri, a district in Lower Assam, after raw pieces of meat were discovered at the Samshan Kali Temple.

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Chief Minister’s Office in Assam will remain open 24 hours a day, staff split in 3 shifts, informs Himanta Biswa Sarma

OpIndia Staff - 3 June, 2021

Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma said as his office will remain open 24 hours a day, he can clear files in midnight after returning from visits

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‘Congress leaders ate biscuits from same plate as Rahul Gandhi’s pet dog’: Assam CM thanks RaGa while recollecting that ‘famous meeting’

OpIndia Staff - 3 June, 2021

Narrating another incident from the same meeting, Sarma revealed that the Congress leaders were so habituated to insult that they ate biscuits from the same plate from where Rahul's dog Pidi was taking biscuits.

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Assam: Mob that assaulted doctor, nurses after COVID patient died identified after CM took notice, here are the culprits arrested

OpIndia Staff - 2 June, 2021

A video had gone viral wherein a doctor was being assaulted by a mob after the COVID patient died

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Where cow is worshipped, it should not be consumed: Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma on cow protection in the state

Dibakar Dutta - 25 May, 2021

Himanta Biswa Sarma said that the directive principles of the Indian Constitution call for the protection of cows.

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Assam: Six arrested for disrespecting national flag, accused caught using tricolour as table cloth for Eid feast

OpIndia Staff - 16 May, 2021

An image of Rejina Parvin Sultana, a resident of Assam's Tengnamari village, feasting lunch with her family on the occasion of Eid had gone viral on the internet.

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