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PM launches 5 mega projects in Assam worth Rs 3,222 crore
GUWAHATI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday dedicated to the nation Rs 3,222 crore five mega gas and oil based projects and education in Assam.
While speaking at an impressive public gathering at Silapathar in eastern…
Low conviction rate in wildlife crime cases remains a major concern
Bijay Sankar Bora
BANSBARI RANGE (MANAS NATIONAL PARK) : Low conviction rate in respect of wildlife crime cases has remained a cause for concern as was reflected during an interactive session on wildlife issues organized at…
Ahead of polls, BJP hikes daily wages of tea garden workers in Assam
GUWAHATI: Ahead of the Assembly elections in Assam, the BJP-led state government on Saturday increased the daily wages of scores of tea garden workers from Rs 167 to Rs 217 per day, officials said.
The officials said that the…
Appeal to ULFA (I) not to executing abducted oil company officials
GUWAHATI: Patriotic People’s Front Assam (PPFA), while expressing grave concern over the declaration of the banned ULFA (Independent) to execute two kidnapped individuals, both engineers of a private sector oil exploration and drilling…
PM to visit poll-bound Assam, Bengal on Monday
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit poll-bound Assam and West Bengal on Monday to dedicate to the nation some oil and gas sector projects, engineering colleges and various railway projects aimed at opening…
Assam to upgrade public transport under ‘Uberization’ scheme
GUWAHATI: Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal flagged off a fleet of buses under the 'Uberization' scheme of Assam State Transport Corporation here on Friday evening.
Under the scheme, the state government has decided to add in the first…
Former Assam CM airlifted to AIIMS for medical tests
GUWAHATI: The health of former Assam chief minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta, who is currently at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi for medical check-up, is stable, a close aide of the veteran political leader said…
Ahead of PM’s visit, Opp fires salvo at ruling BJP on CAA
GUWAHATI: Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the state, the Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) on Friday launched a frontal attack on the incumbent BJP, asking the saffron party to clarify its stand on the contentious…
Grenade attack on Manipur newspaper office : Media organisations call off stir
IMPHAL: The indefinite agitation launched by editors and journalists in Manipur on Sunday to protest the grenade attack on a leading newspaper's office in Imphal on Saturday was called off on Thursday and the publication of…
Assam Cong invites architects to share designs for anti-CAA stir memorial
GUWAHATI: The Opposition Congress in Assam has invited architects hailing from the state to plan and design the anti-CAA movement martyrs’ memorial that the party has vowed to set up “once it comes to power in April-May…