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Dipa in Rio2016
— August 8, 2016

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Dipa Karmakar in Rio2016
— August 8, 2016

Dipa Karmakar remained in the hunt for a place in the Olympic vault finals after finishing sixth in the qualifiers in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday. The Tripura-girl, who is the country’s first woman gymnast to qualify for the Olympics, managed to perform her much-appreciated ‘Produnova’ vault cleanly to secure 14.850 points after two attempts….
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Sharmila blamed for planning marriage
— August 6, 2016

LOOKEAST REPORT In a sharp turnaround of events, the iron lady of Manipur, Irom Sharmila Chanu has now been physically threatened for calling off her fast and for her decision to marry an ‘outsider’ and contest polls. After sixteen years of fast that has nearly destroyed her body and weakened her resolve, Irom Sharmila finally…
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NDFB(S) and ISI jointly planned Kokrajhar attack
— August 5, 2016

The NDFB(S) group that is suspected to have carried out the deadly attack in Assam’s Kokrajhar district on Friday has strong links with ISI, says former DGP Assam Ghanashyam Murari Srivastava. GMS said that the militant group was mentored by the Pakistani intelligence agency Inter-Services Intelligence to carry out terror strikes in Assam in a…
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Prachanda becomes PM for the 2nd time
— August 4, 2016

Maoist chief Prachanda was elected by lawmakers as Nepal’s Prime Minister for a second time. The 61-year-old leader promised to lead the nation toward economic development and work as a bridge between communities following deadly protests over a divisive new Constitution. Though Pushpa Kamal Dahal — better known by his nom de guerre ‘Prachanda’ —…
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Prachanda set to become next PM
— August 2, 2016

Nepal’s former Maoist rebel chief Prachanda looked set to become prime minister after no other candidate emerged on Tuesday, raising hopes that his government, the 24th in 26 years, would be more stable than its predecessors. The election of a new prime minister, due in parliament on Wednesday, became necessary after K.P. Oli resigned last…
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107 Wild Rescued by MVS Units in Kaziranga
— August 1, 2016

SUBHAMOY BHATTACHARJEE CWRC, Kaziranga National Park, August 1, 2016: Mobile Veterinary Service (MVS) units of the Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC) – the wildlife rescue, care and rehabilitation facility jointly run by Wildlife Trust of India (WTI), Assam Forest Department (AFD) and International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) – have attended 107 wildlife rescue…
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Can’t India avoid confusing signals to neighbours
— August 1, 2016

SUBIR BHAUMIK India wants to get ULFA leader Paresh Baruah to the table to expedite the Assam peace process after having brought into the peace process most of the rebel top guns including Anup Chetia. Sri Sri Ravishankar was recently involved in an effort to bring Baruah to the table and there was optimism among…
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Agartala connected in BG railway map
— August 1, 2016

Tripura entered the broad gauge railway map of the country today with Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu flagging off the Agartala-New Delhi Tripura Sundari Express. The foundation stone for the much awaited railway track to link Agartala to Akhaura in Bangladesh was jointly laid at the programme by Prabhu and his Bangladeshi counterpart Md Mujibul Haque. Tripura Sundari Express…
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Tripura faces its worst ever fuel crisis
— July 31, 2016

LOOKEAST REPORT Schools unable to run busses for students have been forced to suspend classes in various schools in state capital Agartala as Tripura loom into its worst ever fuel crisis over the last two months. Most private schools provide bus to pick up students. The school management say it has become impossible for them…
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