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ASSAM Minister reviews works of Brahmaputra Board Union Minister of State for Water Resources Arjun Ram Meghwal today stressed the need for making the Brahmaputra Board more efficient, converting all threats into opportunities and minimizing all weaknesses.The minister said this while interacting with the officials of the Brahmaputra Board following a meeting here … Read more
ASSAM Centre revives talks on Bodo issues The Centre has revived the Bodo dialogue process after a gap of over one year, with Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh taking fresh initiative to resolve the vexed Bodo problem.A round of tripartite talks involving the Centre, the Assam government and a joint delegation of the … Read more
ASSAM Lakhimpur flood situation remains critical The overall flood situation of Lakhimpur district has remained critical as water level of major rivers and tributaries are still flowing above the danger level.The surging water has submerged new areas, including Amtola region due to a breach in an embankment of Ranganadi river. Incessant rains … Read more
ASSAM Monti Rajkhowa, the First Assamese Woman to Scale Mount Kanchenjunga Monti, who is professionally an executive engineer of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) based in Mumbai, is the first lady ONGC officer among her male counterparts to have managed to scale the world’s toughest peak. She was born and brought up in The … Read more
ASSAM Committee constituted to study Brahmaputra and flood control measures The Centre has constitued a committee headed by the Vice Chairman of the NITI Aayog Rajiv Kumar to study the Brahmaputra and flood control measures in Assam and neighbouring states. Assam government has submitted required report on flood control measures to the … Read more
ASSAM Bhutan sets up consulate in Guwahati Bhutan became the second country in the Indian sub-continent to set up its consulate general office in Guwahati ahead of the first global investors’ summit, which will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Bangladesh set up its office of consulate general last year. Coinciding with the 50th … Read more
ASSAM A huge cancer care system to be set up in Assam soon The Tata Trusts and the state government are collaborating to set up, in a first, a three-level Rs 1400-cr cancer care grid that will connect district hospitals, medical colleges to an advanced centre at Guwahati. Tata Trusts is the philanthropic arm of … 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
ASSAM Curtains come down on Ambubachi Mela The five-day annual Ambubachi Mela ended today as the doors of the Kamakhya temple were reopened for the devotees after a gap of four days. Lakhs of devotees, including Governor Jagdish Mukhi and Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, paid their obeisance to the Mother Goddess on the … Read more
ASSAM Centre releases Rs 340 cr as interim flood relief to State The Centre has released Rs 340 crore to Assam as interim flood relief. Of the total amount, Rs 239 crore is from the Ministry of Home Affairs under the National Disaster Relief Fund, while the remaining Rs 101 crore has … Read more