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Umanand Jaiswal

Assam

News Coordinator (Northeast) at The Telegraph (India)

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  • 3 days ago | telegraphindia.com | Umanand Jaiswal

    In his letter to Dharmendra Pradhan, Sangma highlights difficulties faced by students who had opted for centres within Meghalaya but were instead allotted far-off locations like Jorhat, Dibrugarh, Mizoram, Nagaland and even Kolkata Umanand Jaiswal Published 12.05.25, 09:52 AM Representational image File picture Meghalaya chief minister Conrad K.

  • 3 days ago | telegraphindia.com | Umanand Jaiswal

    The poll has seen a turnout of 74.71% out of a voter count of 1,80,36,682 across 27 districts Umanand Jaiswal Published 12.05.25, 09:48 AM Himanta Biswa Sarma casts his vote at a polling booth in Kamrup district on May 7 PTI The ruling BJP-AGP alliance in Assam is leading in over 70 per cent of the panchayat seats according to trends available till late Sunday evening, with state BJP president Dilip Saikia confident of “decisive” mandate due to the “extraordinary and unprecedented” support...

  • 4 days ago | telegraphindia.com | Umanand Jaiswal

    Led by Assam PCC president Bhupen Kumar Borah, the delegation met SEC A. Kumar, and urged the commission to ensure a free, fair, and transparent counting process Umanand Jaiswal Published 11.05.25, 04:59 AM Bhupen Kumar Borah.

  • 4 days ago | telegraphindia.com | Umanand Jaiswal

    The pushback policy has gained attention recently after Bangladesh’s leading English daily, 'The Daily Star', reported that India had pushed back at least 123 'Rohingya and Bengali-speaking individuals' through the Kurigram and Khagrachhari border points Umanand Jaiswal Published 11.05.25, 04:55 AM Himanta Biswa Sarma File picture Assam has shifted its approach to dealing with Bangladeshi infiltrators, opting for direct pushbacks into Bangladesh instead of following the lengthy legal process,...

  • 6 days ago | telegraphindia.com | Umanand Jaiswal

    MMR refers to the number of maternal deaths during a given time period per 1,00,000 live births Umanand Jaiswal Published 09.05.25, 09:49 AM Representational image File picture Assam's maternal mortality rate (MMR) has seen the highest drop among all other states — a development Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said helped the state shed the tag of a “state with the highest MMR”.

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