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Covid: Health minister Mandaviya to visit Kerala on Aug 16, Assam on Aug 17

Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya will be visiting Kerala on August 16 to review the Covid-19 situation in the southern state

Assam presents Rs 1 cr to Olympian boxer Lovlina, offers deputy SP's post

Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma presented Olympic boxing bronze medallist Lovlina Borgohain Rs one crore and offered the post of deputy SP in the state police at a felicitation programme here on Thursday

Better education, healthcare to lower Assam Muslim birth rate: Congress MLA

The birth rate among the Muslim populace of Assam will come down if measures are taken to spread education and develop healthcare facilities, Congress MLA Sherman Ali Ahmed said

Himanta Biswa Sarma meets PM Modi, discusses Assam-Mizoram border issue

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the national capital to discuss the Assam-Mizoram border issue

Himanta Biswa Sarma to meet PM Modi today over Assam-Mizoram border issue

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma will be meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the national capital on Monday to discuss the Assam-Mizoram border issue.

Lying incomplete for 46 years, Assam irrigation project to be ready by 2022

Construction of the Dhansiri Irrigation Project, billed to be the largest in Assam, will be completed by the end of this fiscal year, the Assembly was informed on Friday.

Assam, Meghalaya to set up committees for inter-state border disputes

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and his Meghalaya counterpart Conrad K Sangma on Friday said the two states will set up committees to resolve the inter-state border disputes. Two panels to be headed by cabinet ministers of each state will be set up, they said. The committees will aim at resolving the border disputes in a phased manner in six of the 12 disputed sites initially, the chief ministers said at a joint press conference here. Each panel will have five members, including a cabinet minister of each state besides bureaucrats, Sarma said, adding that local representatives may be part of a committee. Members of both the panels will visit the sites, interact with civil society members and complete discussions within 30 days. Five aspects, which are to be considered to resolve the disputes, are historical evidence, ethnicity, administrative convenience, mood and sentiments of the people concerned and contiguity of land, Sangma said. "In principle, we will try to find a

Mizoram, Assam hold talks on boundary dispute; agree to resolve amicably

Representatives of Assam and Mizoram held talks here on Thursday and agreed to resolve the inter-state border dispute amicably, officials said. The Assam government also decided to revoke an advisory issued earlier against travel to Mizoram, they said. "Both the state governments agreed to maintain peace in the inter-state border areas and welcomed the deployment of neutral force by Government of India in this regard. "For this purpose, both the states shall not send their respective forest and police forces for patrolling, domination, enforcement or for fresh deployment to any of the areas where confrontation had taken place between the police forces of the two states during recent times. This would include all such areas along the Assam-Mizoram border in the districts of Karimganj, Hailakandi, and Cachar in Assam, and Mizoram's Mamit and Kolasib districts," a joint statement issued by the two states said. The joint statement was signed by Assam's Minister for Border Protection an

Assam blocking vehicle movement carrying medical supplies: Mizoram

Mizoram Health Minister R Lalthangliana claimed on Sunday that medical supplies, including COVID-19 test kits, were being blocked from entering the state from Assam

Centre trying peaceful solution to Assam-Mizoram dispute; no plans for CBI

The Centre has no plans to order an inquiry by a neutral agency like the CBI into the recent fatal clashes along the Assam-Mizoram border

Incidents at Assam-Mizoram border unacceptable, talks only way out: Himanta

Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday said incidents along the inter-state border are "unacceptable" to people of both the states and advocated a resolution through talks.

Centre must quickly solve Mizoram-Assam border dispute: Rajasthan CM Gehlot

The Union government must find an early solution to the border dispute between Assam and Mizoram, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said on Sunday.

Ready to withdraw FIR against Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma: Mizoram govt

The Mizoram government is ready to withdraw the FIR filed against Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, Chief Secretary Lalnunmawia Chuango said on Sunday

Assam, Nagaland sign pact to de-escalate tense situation at two locations

The Chief Secretaries of Assam and Nagaland on Saturday signed an agreement to de-escalate tense situation prevailing at two locations in the Dessoi valley forest

Assam CM wants neutral agency to probe border clash with Mizoram

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma Saturday questioned the rationale behind the Mizoram government registering an FIR against him

Northeast will always be one, says Mizoram CM amid clashes at Assam border

Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthanga said that Northeast India will always be one, amid deadly violence at its border with Assam

Assam coronavirus update: 1,179 new Covid-19 cases, 20 fresh fatalities

Assam reported 20 fresh fatalities due to Covid-19 on Friday, while 1,179 more people tested positive, pushing the total number of infections to 565,209, the National Health Mission said

Assam coronavirus update: 1,299 new Covid-19 cases, 20 more fatalities

Assam's COVID-19 tally rose to 5,64,030 on Thursday as 1,299 people tested positive for the infection, while 20 fresh fatalities pushed the state's coronavirus death toll to 5,221, a bulletin said

Mizoram govt demands central intervention to lift blockade by Assam

Mizoram government Wednesday said miscreants from Assam have removed railway tracks and blocked National Highway (NH) 306 disrupting transportation to the state

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News live updates: Centre says it can only be a facilitator between states in their border disputes, reacting after six Assam policemen were killed in clashes.