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At least three people died and several others sustained injuries after two buses collided on the Greater Noida Expressway.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to visit the northeastern states of Meghalaya and Tripur. He will unveil projects worth over Rs 6,800 crore. He will also take part in the North Eastern Council's (NEC's) golden jubilee celebration in Shillong.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah arrived in Shillong and planted a tree at Raj Bhavan today.
On Sunday Prime minister Narendra Modi will be there and he will attend the Golden Jubilee celebrations of the North Eastern Council (NEC) at the Shillong Polo ground.

The Air India A320 VT-EXV operating AI-951 (Hyderabad-Dubai) has been diverted to Mumbai due to a failure of the yellow hydraulic system. The plane landed safely and is being towed to the bay.

In a bizzare incident that can hamper BJP's prospect in Meghalaya 7 months ahead of assembly polls, police have busted a flash trade allegedly patronized by Barnard N Marak.
Acting on a tip off, a police team raided a resort at Tura in South West Garo Hills where 47 girls were rescued in Saturday night.
According to police, around 60 people have been picked up in this connection apart from the seizure of 30 vehicles.
Known as Rimpu Began, the resort is owned by state BJP vice president Barnard N Marak, who is on the run.

Missing workers rescued alive
Itanagar: Altogether 18 workers engaged in a road project in A run a half Pradesh along the Indo China border have been rescued alive 29 days after they went missing on way to their home state Assam.
According to information, these workers were found at s dense jungle in Kurung Kamei district on Friday. One of them met watery grave on the river Kurmi last week.
NDRF and IAF jawans are fanning in the entire area to trace out the missing workers.
Officials engaged in the rescue operation confirmed that all 18 workers were located and rescued alive.

Storm over cross voting in presidential polls

Guwahati: Claims of cross voting by BJP in the presidential polls early this week has triggered no less storm in the state Congress.
Chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has openly claimed to have received vote from Congress legislators in favour of NDA candidate. Talking to reporters in New Delhi after his meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Amit Shah on Friday he said that most of the Opposition party MLAs have voted for Daupudi Murmu who won the polls on Thursday.
Same it was what senior minister Piyush Hazarika said. "Right now we can't disclose their names. Since we have our well wishers only in Congress that's why, the NDA candidate received considerable amount from Congress," said Hazarika.
State Congress president Bhupen Bora virtually admitted cross voting and said, "I can't deny cross voting."
According to sources,the state leadership have written to the high command for a thorough probe.

: In a major breather for Barshree Buragohain, the Guwahati High Court has granted bail to the DCB Girl's College in Jorhat who was arrested two months back apprehending her move to join ULFA.
A division bench of the court in Guwahati granted the bail after the government refused to oppose the bail petition.
Her arrest triggered protest in view of her poem in social media which allegedly supported divisionary forces.
According to CM Himanta Biswa Sarma, she was arrested not in connection with the poem and that she might join ULFA.
She appeared her varsity exam from the Golaghat Central Jailed where she has been languishing for the last two months.

: The much-talked about initiatives to address joblessness in Assam have failed to yield any results if a recent survey in mainstream media is any indication.
Assam, the largest of all the north eastern states has been ranked third in terms of unemployment with 17.2 per cent rate. Haryana tops the list with 30.2 per cent rate.
Tripura is comparatively doing better than Assam with 9 4 per cent rate while Meghalaya has been given 2.3 per cent unemployment rate.
Notably, both Centre and the state have claimed to have done enough to address the burning economic issues. But the survey has suggested otherwise.

: NDRF divers are fanning over the river Koloriang in Arunachal Pradesh on Thursday where 19 workers were feared to have met watery grave.
Indian Air Force jawans are also preparing to jump into the rescue operation where the workers have gone traceless in Kurung Kumey district as they came back to Assam around 12 days back.
According to official sources, 19 workers engaged in a road construction project along Indo-China border left the work site to go missing halfway.
One of the bodies has been found floating on the river leaving space to believe that same it might have happened for the remaining 18 workers.

: Assam heartthrob Zubeen Garg is undergoing treatment at the Aayusandra Hospital in Guwahati after he was airlifted the capital city from Dibrugarh where he sustained injury on Wednesday morning.
A team doctors has been attending the popular singer who confirmed his stability.
Health minister Keshab Mahanta has been monitoring the treatment after consultation with his family members who have preferred treatment in Guwahati only.
Jubin Gang, who arrived in Dibrugarh on Monday was not well before he fell down in the bathroom of Manohari Resort where he lodged on Tuesday night. Chief minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma took stock of his condition and ordered the authorities to ensure best possible treatment.

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One Detained from Sivasagar in Connection With Congress Leader Joining ULFA-I Case

Assam police on Sunday midnight arrested one identified as Swapnil Borpatragohain from the Sivasagar district of Assam and handed him over to the Sadiya police.
On Sunday 17 April, it came to light that a youth congress leader from Assam's Sadiya joined the banned military outfit ULFA (United Liberation Front of Asom) Independent. The Congress leader has been identified as Janardan Gogoi, a resident of Uday Nagar in the Sadiya town which is in the Tinsukia district of Assam. In a recent development of the case, one person has been detained by the Assam police for his link with Janadan Gogoi joining the banned militant organization.
The detained person has been identified as Swapnil Borpatragohain hailing from Sengelibari village in the Betbari area of Assam's Sivasagar district. Swapnil was apprehended by a team of police on Sunday from the Sivasagar district of Assam for his alleged link with ULFA (I) .

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In possibly the biggest cyber attack in recent years, hackers demand Rs 60 crore in Bitcoin from State-owned oil major Oil India Limited

ঐতিহ্যমণ্ডিত গুৱাহাটী বিহু সন্মিলনৰ ২০২২ৰ বিহু সম্ৰাজ্ঞীৰ খিতাপ দখল কৰিলে শিৱসাগৰৰ শতাব্দী কলিতাই

প্রদেশ কংগ্রেছৰ পৰা পদত্যাগ ৰিপুণ বৰাৰ, ছোনিয়া গান্ধীলৈ পদত্যাগ পত্র প্রেৰণ। প্রদেশ কংগ্রেছৰ একাংশ নেতাৰ বিৰুদ্ধে বিস্ফোৰক অভিযোগ ৰিপুণ বৰাৰ

| The waters of Dikhow river suddenly turned turquoise blue, which is very unusual, usually it's muddy during this time of the year.

IN PICS | In a big blow to Congress, joined Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress ( ) in Kolkata on Sunday, April 17.

He joined the party in presence of Abhishek Banerjee, TMC national general secretary, and party MPs Derek O’Brien and Sushmita Dev.
Monika Bora, the former Congress leader's wife, was also present at the event.

A total of five youths were killed in a major road accident that took place late on Saturday night on national highway 15 in the Biswanath district of Assam.

A group of 20 boys and girls, residents of North Karibeel in Kosarigaon village, had gone to perform Husori at Rangajan in Gohpur. They were returning late at night when the accident took place as the driver of the vehicle in which they were coming, lost control and the vehicle overturned.

The deceased have been identified as Radhika Daimary, Buddhimoti Boro, Bornali Boro, Sanjay Basumatary and Kalimon Basumatary

আলফা স্বাধীনত যোগদান তিনিচুকীয়াৰ কংগ্ৰেছ নেতা জনাৰ্দন গগৈৰ। ফেচবুকত পোষ্ট দি আলফাত যোগদানৰ কথা জনালে জনাৰ্দন গগৈয়ে।

's (OIL) registered headquarters at in 's Dibrugarh district is purportedly under a , a company spokesman said on Tuesday, April 12.

The cyber attack has led to the company shutting down all its computers and IT systems at the office.

OIL spokesperson Tridiv Hazarika said, "The systems have been shut down since Monday and efforts are on to resolve the issue.

"We have been forced to withdraw all our computer systems from LAN connection after it came to our knowledge that three to four computers were hit by a virus Monday. No computer at the headquarter now has access to internet connectivity," he said.

Killer Mushroom ; 13 deaths several hospitalised
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13 mushroom poisoning deaths recorded at the Assam Medical College and Hospital in last one week.
Total 35 patients from Charaideo, Dibrugarh, Sivasagar and Tinsukia districts were admitted at the AMCH with mushroom poisoning during last one week.
Out of which 7 including a child from Charadeo district, 5 from Barbaruah in Dibrugarh district, one death from Sivasagar district were recorded at AMCH in last one week.

Alliance Air's made-in-India Dornier 228 aircraft has taken its first commercial flight on Dibrugarh-Pasighat route on Tuesday (April 12) with Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on board. Alliance Air, the regional division of Air India operating flights under the government's RCS-UDAN scheme recently took delivery of the passenger variant of Dornier 228 aircraft made by HAL under the license agreement.
The Centre-run Alliance Air had in February signed an agreement with the government-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Limited to lease two 17-seater Dornier 228 aircraft. The Dornier 228 is based on Do-228 being operated by the Indian Air Force and manufactured by HAL in India.
Its first flight between Dibrugarh in Assam and Pasighat in Arunachal Pradesh will boost connectivity in the northeastern states, the airline said in a statement. Alliance Air said it will be India's first commercial airline to fly Indian-made aircraft for civil operations.

Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia, Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu and Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma were present on the occasion of Dornier 228's first flight and the flying training organisation's opening. Till date, Dornier 228 planes are used by the armed forces only.

Atleast seven passengers killed, others injured after disembarking Secunderabad-Guwahati Superfast Express near Batuva (AndhraPradesh) following a technical glitch, hit by Kolkata-bound Konark Express as they wait on tracks

Defence minister Rajnath Singh and External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar met US president Joe Biden at the White House in Washington today.

They all had attended the India-US virtual summit which was addressed by the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi and the US President,Joe Biden

Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulates newly elected Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif

India desires peace & stability in a region free of terror, so that we can focus on our development challenges & ensure the well-being and prosperity of our people, tweets PM Modi

US & India will continue close consultation to stabilize effects of Russian war: Joe Biden

We want good ties with India but it cannot happen without a peaceful resolution to the Kashmir question. We will raise the issue of Kashmir on every international platform.
I'll advise PM Modi to understand that there is poverty on both sides. I call upon Modi to come and resolve the Jammu and Kashmir issue and then let's fight poverty together: Newly elected Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif

Shehbaz Sharif has been elected unopposed as the next Prime Minister of Pakistan, succeeding Imran Khan, who was removed by a no-trust vote on Saturday.

PM Narendra Modi will hold a virtual meeting with President of USA Joseph R Biden today.The two leaders will review ongoing bilateral cooperation & exchange views on recent developments in South Asia, the Indo-Pacific region & global issues of mutual interest: MEA

Hon’ble Speaker of Lok Sabha Om Birla visited kaziranga National Park & appreciated the conservation efforts of Frontline staff of Assam forest department. He was accompanied by cabinet Minister Atul Bora.