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ASSAM National Register of Citizens status of voters also matters: MHA While the Election Commission maintains that any Assam resident excluded from the final National Register of Citizens (NRC) would not automatically lose voting right and can still be in the electoral rolls if he produces some other proof of citizenship before the electoral registration … Read more
ASSAM Pilot project on use of plastic in road construction launched PWD Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma today launched a first-of-its-kind pilot project to use waste plastic in road construction. The pilot project, being done on an experimental basis, was launched on the Kahilipara-Dakhingaon Don Bosco Road in the presence of the PWD … Read more
ASSAM · A new high level committee to protect Assams heritage ð The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved the setting up of a high-level committee forimplementation of Clause 6 of the Assam Accord. It provides for constitutional, legislative and administrative safeguards to protect, preserve and promote the cultural, social, linguistic identity and heritage of Assam. … Read more
ASSAM Assam set to get its 6th national park in Dima Hasao The picturesque Dima Hasao district is set to get its first protected forest, with a move afoot to create a national park comprising some of the most verdant and inaccessible jungles of the area. This will be Assam’s sixth national park … Read more
ASSAM Center has given an extension of 6 months to complete the ongoing exercise for updating the NRC in Assam The Center given an extension of six months to complete the ongoing exercise for updating the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam by 30th June 2019 as the enumeration of citizens in the NRC … Read more
ASSAM Radical outfits may become biggest threat to State Radicalization and efforts by fundamentalist terrorist outfits may turn out to be the biggest threats to the North East region of India, particularly Assam, in the days to come and there is need for strengthening the intelligence gathering mechanism to deal with it. … Read more
ASSAM Assam’s rural areas to be ODF by year-end’ The rural areas of Assam are all set to become Open Defecation Free (ODF) by December 31 this year with 98% of the target being already achieved. Assam and Tripura are the only two north eastern states where rural areas are yet to become ODF, while the … Read more
ASSAM Kamakhya expected to host 25 lakh devotees during Ambubachi Mela Assam is gearing up for the largest religious congregation in the state as an estimated 25 lakh people are expected to attend the four-day annual Ambubachi Mela starting at the KamakhyaTemple from June 22. Kamakhya is one of the 51 shakti shrines representing different body … Read more
ASSAM Suhungmung Dihingiya Raja (1497-1539) The reign of Suhungmung Dihingiya Raja broke from the early Ahom rule and established a multi-ethnic polity in his kingdom. Under him the Ahom Kingdom expanded greatly for the first time since Sukaphaa, at the cost of the Sutiya and the Kachari kingdoms. He also successfully defended … Read more
ASSAM Assam will have 10 methanol-run buses: Gadkari Union minister of road transport and highways, Nitin Gadkari said that his ministry has decided to provide 10 methanol-run buses for public transportation in Assam. The methanol-run buses will initially ply as a pilot project in the state and Assam Petrochmicals Limited (APL) will supply the methanol for the new buses. … Read more