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Guwahati Molestation Case: Four Arrested; Video Serves as Vital Evidence, Says Police

In a horrifying incident, a group of 20 men in Assam's capital Guwahati molested and assaulted a teenage girl outside a bar on Monday night, after the girl was drawn into an argument over an obscene comment shot at her for drinking. The victim, whose identity remains undisclosed, was beaten, slapped, and stripped in public during the assault that lasted over 30 minutes. The incident has left the whole nation shocked, and the people of Assam are enraged over the shameful act. Jul 13, 2012
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Assamese Return to Mud-Filled Homes After Flood Water Recedes [PHOTOS]

Floodwaters in India's remote north-east state of Assam began receding on Tuesday, thus allowing thousands of hungry and worn out villagers to return to their mud-filled homes from the relief camps. The monsoon floods that hit Assam over the last week is perhaps the worst disaster to have struck the state in the past decade. Nearly half a million people, who were misplaced from their homes, sought refuge in camps set up in government buildings. At least 95 people were reportedly killed while ... Jul 4, 2012
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Assam Floods: PM Announces ₹5 Billion Ad-hoc Central Support

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress President Sonia Gandhi reached Assam on Monday to visit the flood-affected areas and oversee relief operations in the state. The duo, who was accompanied by Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, surveyed the flood-hit areas of Jorhat, Dhemaji and Lakhimpur. Jul 2, 2012
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Assam Congress MLA Rumi Nath Says Mob Tried to Rape Her; Five Arrested

Assam police on Sunday arrested five people in connection with the assault on Congress MLA Rumi Nath and her husband Jaki Jakir. On Friday night, Nath and Jakir were severely beaten up by hundreds of people in Assam over their marriage. Nath had reportedly married Jakir, who she befriended on Facebook, with dissolving her first marriage. Jul 1, 2012

Congress MLA Rumi Nath 'Beaten Up' by Mob For Marrying Facebook Friend

A mob at Karimganj town in Assam has severely beaten up Congress MLA Rumi Nath and her second husband, whom she married without giving divorce to her first husband, police said. The 33-year-old was thrashed for allegedly leaving her first husband and 2-year-old daughter and marrying a 28-year-old "Facebook friend" Jacky Zakir. Jun 30, 2012
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