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Digital Desk: The three-day Charaideo Festival, 2025 began on Thursday at the Charaideo Maidam Ground. This festival has been organized to celebrate the UNESCO World Heritage site tag for the Charaideo Maidam.
Guwahati: The Government of Assam in exercise of powers conferred by Section 3 of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 has declared the entire State of Assam as ‘’Disturbed Area’’ upto six months with effect from 28-08-2021 unless withdrawn earlier.
The fresh order is an extension of a similar move on 27th February, 2021, when the state was declared a ‘Disturbed Area’ for six months, just ahead of the state assembly polls. There is no official comment yet on the reason behind the extension.
Considered a draconian legislation by some, the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) allows security forces to conduct search operations and arrest anyone without any warrant. The provisions of AFSPA are applicable only to seven states in the northeast.
At present, besides Assam, AFSPA is in force in Nagaland and parts of Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh.
Digital Desk: Health and Family Welfare Minister Ashok Singhal conducted comprehensive reviews of the health departments in several districts of Upper Assam over two days. On January 9, he reviewed the work and performance of the health departments in Dhemaji, Lakhimpur, and Majuli districts at a meeting held at the Dhemaji District Commissioner’
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