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No 2 Bardhanara: Assam Village Where Just One Family Lives
A village in Assam's Nalbari district, which had the road leading to it inaugurated by a former chief minister many years ago, is now almost deserted barring a single family.
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Assam Village Plants 1 Lakh Saplings On World Environment Day
The villagers at an Assam village, along with officials from the state's forest department and district administration, planted 1 lakh saplings on the occasion of World Environment Day.
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In Assam, Mob Hunts And Eats Leopard Who Killed 60-Year-Old Woman
A mob of nearly 100, agitated, surrounded a leopard in a village in Assam this morning. The leopard, who had strayed in the village from a nearby forest, had just minutes ago killed a village elder.
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As India Struggles After Notes Ban, This Assam Village Has Been Cashless For 500 Years
Cashless transactions may be the latest buzzword in the country's economic arena, but in a small hamlet about 32 km from Guwahati, members of Assam's Tiwa tribe meet every year to carry out a unique trade fair where the dealings are totally cashless.
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Days Without Food, No Relief, Say Locals in Villages Ravaged by Assam Floods
The second wave of the floods in Assam has killed more than 35 people in the last two weeks. More than 2000 villages have been ravaged by the waters and over 17 lakh people are now without a home. In Dhubri district, on the international border with Bangladesh, over 400 villages are now almost inaccessible.
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Assam Flood Kill 4, Over 2,000 Villages Still Under Water
At least four people have died in Assam over the last 24 hours, as the state still grapples with a flood that has barely shown signs of retreat over the past few days.
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Assam Flood Situation Worsens, Over 4 Lakh Affected
The flood situation in Assam has deteriorated again, affecting 4.64 lakh people in some major towns and more than 1,000 villages and causing widespread destruction, officials said today.
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NDTV-TERI campaign: Solar lanterns brighten up Assam village
On a winter evening in Assam's Jaruagaon village, six-year-old Rupjyoti is searching for his solar lantern.This is the time when Jaruwagaon's children return home with their respective lanterns - every day since the solar lamps were given to this village in October last year as part of NDTV-TERI light a billion lives campaign.Solar lanterns have no...
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Loving and living with dolphins
Kukurmara is fast turning into an eco- tourism hotspot.
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Militants attack villages in Assam
Two persons have been killed and one injured after suspected militants opened fire in Saiding Basti under Mahur police station.
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No 2 Bardhanara: Assam Village Where Just One Family Lives
A village in Assam's Nalbari district, which had the road leading to it inaugurated by a former chief minister many years ago, is now almost deserted barring a single family.
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Assam Village Plants 1 Lakh Saplings On World Environment Day
The villagers at an Assam village, along with officials from the state's forest department and district administration, planted 1 lakh saplings on the occasion of World Environment Day.
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In Assam, Mob Hunts And Eats Leopard Who Killed 60-Year-Old Woman
A mob of nearly 100, agitated, surrounded a leopard in a village in Assam this morning. The leopard, who had strayed in the village from a nearby forest, had just minutes ago killed a village elder.
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As India Struggles After Notes Ban, This Assam Village Has Been Cashless For 500 Years
Cashless transactions may be the latest buzzword in the country's economic arena, but in a small hamlet about 32 km from Guwahati, members of Assam's Tiwa tribe meet every year to carry out a unique trade fair where the dealings are totally cashless.
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Days Without Food, No Relief, Say Locals in Villages Ravaged by Assam Floods
The second wave of the floods in Assam has killed more than 35 people in the last two weeks. More than 2000 villages have been ravaged by the waters and over 17 lakh people are now without a home. In Dhubri district, on the international border with Bangladesh, over 400 villages are now almost inaccessible.
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Assam Flood Kill 4, Over 2,000 Villages Still Under Water
At least four people have died in Assam over the last 24 hours, as the state still grapples with a flood that has barely shown signs of retreat over the past few days.
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Assam Flood Situation Worsens, Over 4 Lakh Affected
The flood situation in Assam has deteriorated again, affecting 4.64 lakh people in some major towns and more than 1,000 villages and causing widespread destruction, officials said today.
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NDTV-TERI campaign: Solar lanterns brighten up Assam village
On a winter evening in Assam's Jaruagaon village, six-year-old Rupjyoti is searching for his solar lantern.This is the time when Jaruwagaon's children return home with their respective lanterns - every day since the solar lamps were given to this village in October last year as part of NDTV-TERI light a billion lives campaign.Solar lanterns have no...
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Loving and living with dolphins
Kukurmara is fast turning into an eco- tourism hotspot.
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Militants attack villages in Assam
Two persons have been killed and one injured after suspected militants opened fire in Saiding Basti under Mahur police station.
