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ASSAM Assam student bodies up ante against Naga encroachment Ten organizations led by All Assam Students’ Union(Aasu) have announced a series of protest programmes against the state government’s failure to protect Assam’s land from alleged encroachment by the Nagas in six bordering districts of Jorhat, Golaghat, Charaideu, Sivasagar, Karbi Anglong and Dima Hasao. The organizations are … Read more
ASSAM Assam pitches for tea to be recognised as national drink After declaring tea as the state drink in 2011, Assam is making the case for the brew to be declared the national drink. Besides being the place where tea production first started in India, the sheer volume of production justifies the … Read more
ASSAM NHRC notice to Assam govt on harassment over nationality verification The National Human Rights Commission(NHRC) issued a notice to the state government after taking suo motu cognizance of media reports about the harassment being meted out to several people by the police in the name of verification of their nationality in Assam. The … Read more
ASSAM Assam to provide textbooks to blind students The state government will provide free textbooks to visually impaired students of the state. The chief minister made the announcement while releasing a guidebook for visually challenged students for competitive examinations. Titled ‘An Approach to Competitive Examinations in Braille’, the guidebook is prepared … Read more
ASSAM Digital divide: 30% tea workers in Assam yet to have bank accounts A year after the note ban and the planned shift to complete digitalization of monetary transactions initiated by the Centre, about 30% of the state’s 10 lakh tea garden workers are still waiting for their bank accounts to be created. … Read more
ASSAM Assam, Singapore sign MoU for skilling youths The Assam government signed MoUs with its Singapore counterpart for skilling over 78,000 rural youths in the state by 2019 and greening Guwahati. The skill development training will be imparted to 78,500 poor rural youths during 2016-19 under the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana. … Read more
ASSAM Assam govt to buy Bhupen Hazarika’s house Assam government has set itself on a mission mode to acquire an abandoned three-storey house located at Kolkata’s Golf Course Road from its present owner where the bard had lived and created his magic for about 40 decades. The objective is to preserve the house number … Read more
ASSAM NITI Aayog to extend support for methanol production in Assam Assam government today said NITI Aayog will extend all necessary support for augmenting methanol production of Assam Petrochemicals Limited (APL) by utilising the natural gas available in the state. The Chief Minister also stated that disposing municipal solid waste as a … Read more
ASSAM PM Narendra Modi to inaugurate the first global investors’ summit in Assam Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the first global investors’ summit to be organised by the BJP-led government in Assam. The summit will be held on February 3-4, 2018 at Sarusajai Stadium in Guwahati. The government also announced tax breaks and incentives to … Read more
ASSAM New Underground Water Treatment Plant in Agartala In Tripura, a new underground water treatment plant commissioned at Sadhutilla in the southern part of Agartala. The plant has started functioning with a supply of quality treated water initially to 565 households through the pipeline. The treatment capacity of 4 point 8 million litre per day. It has two Over Head … Read more