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ASSAM New scheme to make ASTC more efficient Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced a new scheme that will not only increase the availability of public transport services, but will also encourage local entrepreneurs to enter this service industry. At present, there are less than three buses per 1,00,000 persons in … Read more
ASSAM Real estate sector requests government to intervene in sand, stone price crisis Assam Real Estate and Infrastructure Developers Association (Areida) requested the state government to intervene into the problem of acute scarcity and unabated price rise of sand and stone chips. The real estate body said they have been suffering huge losses for the last few … Read more
ASSAM Assam-Arunachal border dispute to be resolved soon’ Assam irrigation, textile and handloom ministerRanjit Dutta expressed confidence that the decades-old boundary dispute between Assam and Arunachal Pradesh will be resolved soon through meaningful dialogue between both the BJP-ruled states. While participating at the Nyokum Yullo festival of the Nyishi community at Nyokum Lapang festival ground, Dutta said, “Assam … Read more
ASSAM Tribute to Lachit Borphukan Assam pays tributes to Lachit Barphukan across the state highlighting the great strength and courage of the Ahom General who defeated the Mughals in the battle of Saraighat. Chief minister Sarbanabda Sonowal took the lead to pay homage to the war hero at the central function organized at theSankardeb Kalakhetra. In … Read more
ASSAM Centre for CBI probe into serious cybercrime cases Assam Police may refer specific cases of cybercrimes having inter-state or international ramifications to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), following an advisory sent by the Union home ministry to the state government after a spike in the number of cybercrime cases. Assam has earned the fifth position in the … Read more
ASSAM Assam government wants change in Army formations Assam government wants a re-arrangement of the Areas of Responsibility (AOR) of Army’s Tezpur-based 4th Corps and Dimapur-based 3rd Corps to effectively counter a resurgent Ulfa (I) in upper Assam areas. The state has raised this request before Centre after the Myanmar-based anti-talk Ulfa faction led by Paresh Baruah has been … Read more
ASSAM Sukapha and establishment of Ahom Kingdom in Assam Ahoms was a Tai-Mongoloid group who migrated to Assam from around present-day Yunan Province of China. Siu -ka -pha was the first Ahom king in Assam. The Ahoms were given stiff resistance by the Kacharis who dominated eastern Assam. But slowly and steadily, … Read more
ASSAM Spl recruitment drive for persons with disabilities in State soon Dispur will publish the advertisement for the special recruitment drive for persons with disabilities within September 30 In Assam, 4,419 posts reserved for persons with disabilities are lying vacant in various State government departments. As per the action plan, the last … Read more
ASSAM IIT-Guwahati only institute from NE to break into national top 10 rankings IIT-Guwahati was the only institute from the region that made it to the top 10 rankings in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) – India Rankings 2019, released by the Union ministry of human resource development earlier this month. The … Read more
ASSAM Gauhati University to participate in national youth fest A 40-member team from Gauhati University (GU) will participate in the National Inter University Youth Festival to be held at Ranchi University from February 16-20. The first three winners from five different zonal inter-university youth festivals held across the country will get the opportunity to participate in the National … Read more