Assam's longest border dispute is with Nagaland, which began since the creation of the state in 1963.
Meanwhile, Dr Singh on Monday gave assurance to 24 religious and cultural heads (satradhikars) of Vaishnavite monasteries from Majuli, the largest inhabited river island in the world, to continue the campaign for acquiring world heritage tag for the endangered river island located in the bosom of mighty Brahmaputra River in Jorhat district of Upper Assam.
Currently, the Brahmaputra at Guwahati, Nimatighat in Jorhat, Tezpur in Sonitpur, Goalpara and Dhubri towns, while the Barak at AP Ghat in Cachar and Badarpurghat in Karimganj are flowing above the danger mark.
Sunil Gavaskar believes in the idea of India which will enable the citizens to pull through this hour of crisis.
Demonetisation was aimed at removing black money and corruption, but undisclosed income keeps being unearthed from various parts of the country.
Each of Assam's border disputes has its own legacy of claims and counter-claims:
According to the daily flood report of the Assam State Disaster Management Authority, one person was killed at Sissibargaon in Dhemaji district on Saturday.
Doctors have advised the 85-year-old politician to stay in home isolation.
A joint operation by the army, the Central Reserve Police Force and the police have foiled an attempt of KLO militants.
A Sukhoi-30 fighter aircraft on Tuesday crashed at Laokhowa in Nagaon district of Assam with both the pilot and co-pilot ejecting safely.
'The prime minister expressed concern and assured all possible help to the state,' CMO said.
Four deaths have been recorded so far from various parts of Assam including one in Guwahati due to the prevailing hot weather conditions. Wednesday was the hottest day in almost a decade for the residents of Assam, with Guwahati recording 38.8 degree Celsius -- the highest June temperature since 1979.
Over 73.44 lakh voters exercised their franchise in 10,592 polling stations spread over 13 districts in the Barak Valley, the hill regions and parts of central and lower Assam.
Assam government will update National Register of Citizens in 42 legislative assembly constituencies in eight districts of Assam in the first phase. According to an official source, the 42 LACs are from Dibrugarh, Tinsukia, Sivasagar, Jorhat, Golaghat, Lakhimpur, Nagaon and Sonitpur districts.
The 12-hour Assam bandh called by the All Assam Minority Students' Union (AAMSU) on Tuesday turned violent with government officials and mediapersons attacked leading to imposition of indefinite curfew in some areas.
Hima Das represents the generation of Naya Bharat athletes who are conscious of their responsibilities towards their society, state and country.
Congress Vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday reiterated that the Bharatiya Janata Party's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi was pro-industrialists and did not bother about poor farmers.
An earthquake of moderate intensity shook Assam and rest of the north-east on Friday. But there was no immediate report of any casualty or damage to properties. The quake measuring 5.4 on the Richter Scale, with its epicenter in Tezpur district, struck at 6.11 pm, said R F Dattatreya of the Meteorological Department in Delhi. He said the quake was of "moderate" intensity.
The worst affected districts are Lakhimpur, Golaghat, Bongaigaon, Jorhat, Dhemaji, Barpeta, Goalpara, Dhubri, Darrang, Morigaon and Sonitpur
Amidst glitz and glamour surrounding the larger than life Durga images worshipped all over Kolkata, a young artist from a small town of Assam has come down to the city to exhibit the world's smallest Durga idol.
Government sources said that the principal was briefly detained and suspended.
The number of active COVID-19 cases stood at 29,685, while 11,761 people have recovered and one patient has migrated, it said.
One more body was found near the Bardhaman railway station in West Bengal, taking the death toll in last Sunday's violence on board the Guwahati-bound special train carrying north-east people to six.
A day after violent protests in the state capital, a silent sit-in demonstration was organised on Monday against the brutal killing of the two men in Karbi Anglong.
At least five Youth Congress activists were killed and 21 others injured, five of them seriously, in a road accident at Chakarigaon in Assam's Nagaon district on Saturday, said the police. The mishap took place when the minibus in which they were travelling skidded off the road at Chakarigaon, the sources said. The Youth Congress activists were returning from Barhampur after casting their votes in the ongoing Youth Congress election.
Here's a glimpse of flood situation across north and northeast India.
Prayers were offered and sweets distributed though people mostly took the virtual route to extend wishes. People also visited temples, observing social distancing norms.
Two persons including a woman were killed and several houses damaged when a wild elephant went on a rampage at Junglebasti village in Amlakhi Tea Estate near Kaliabor in Nagaon district of Central Assam on Sunday night.
'At the current time, we should be vaccinating all those who are potentially going to get more severe illness, before we start vaccinating very young individuals.'
The Asom Gana Parishad on Monday announced the second list of 35 poll candidates which included names of 17 party MLASs including the former chief minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta. The former chief minister is contesting from his home ground of Barhampur in Nagaon district. The AGP earlier announced names of 40 poll candidates.
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1 person died in Dibrugarh and Tinsukia district each taking the toll in current phase of floods to 31.
BJP is set to win majority of 32 municipality boards and 42 town committees in Assam
The flood situation eased in Assam and northern districts of West Bengal with water receding and no fresh deaths being reported in both the states.
Vardhan said the ICMR is actively researching on reports of COVID-19 reinfection and although the number of such cases is negligible at this moment, the government is fully seized of the importance of the matter, the health ministry said in a statement.
Assam Chief Minister Sarbanand Sonowal condemned the fatwa and directed police to provide security to the singer.
The diktat was circulated through pamphlets which was widely distributed on Tuesday among public across Hojai and Nagaon districts in central Assam.
Stating that the deceased have been identified as Abu Hanifa and Riyazuddin, the SP said their parents have registered a complaint with the police and investigations are on.
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'Southwest Monsoon has advanced into remaining parts of Rajasthan, Haryana and Punjab and thus it has covered the entire country today, the 26th June 2020,' the IMD said in its special Daily Weather Report.
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