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ASSAM Oral cancer to be major public health problem in State The 13th annual conference of the Association of Oncologists of North East India (AONEI) was held at the Dr B Borooah Cancer Institute (BBCI). Although there is reduction in tobacco consumption nationally, there is an increase of 9 per cent in Assam … Read more
ASSAM Karbi Youth Festival from February 15 The 44th Karbi Youth Festival, India’s biggest-ever Karbi ethnic festival, is going to be held at Taralnagshu in Diphu from February 15 to 19, 2018. Talking to the media at Guwahati Press Club, Baithalangshu MLA Mansing Rongpi said: “This festival has been observed every year in February … Read more
ASSAM Assam keen to start flights to ASEAN countries: Sonowal Assam is in discussion with the Centre to start flight services to ASEAN countries, Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said The Centre was exploring possibilities of initiating work on the ASEAN Trilateral Motor Work, which will transform the economic scenario of the region, the CM said. Meanwhile, Asian … Read more
ASSAM No Assam land to be included in Nagalim: CM Certain forces are trying to create trouble in Assam by launching false propaganda to stall the process of development of the State and the government will take strong action against such forces, asserted Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal. He also reiterated that not an inch … Read more
ASSAM Assam CM launches skill development training centres Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal has ceremonially launched skill development training centres across the state. The chief minister launched the centres in a programme organized by Department of Skill, Employment and Entrepreneurship at Srimanta Sankardev Kalakshetra in Guwahati. The Chief Minister further informed … Read more
ASSAM Assam to host its first global investor’s summit in Feb Assam will host its first global investors summit in February to showcase its manufacturing opportunities and geostrategic advantages to foreign and domestic investors. Industrialists Ratan Tata and Mukesh Ambani will be amongst those participating in the February 3-4 ‘Advantage Assam: Global Investors Summit 2018’, which will … Read more
ASSAM Assam ranked fifth in highest number of cyber-crimes Uttar Pradeshstands on top of recording highest number of cyber crimes in India followed by Maharashtra. While Assam stands on the fifth position, as per latest data from the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB),a total of 696 cybercrime cases were reported during 2016 in Assam, … Read more
ASSAM Territorial integrity of Northeast states won’t be hit by Naga pact, says Rajnath Singh Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday said the territorial integrity of the northeastern states will not be compromised while concluding the final agreement on Naga insurgency issue. He was replying to a question about the possibility of hampering the territorial … Read more
ASSAM 6th International Tourism Mart to Begin in Guwahati 6th International Tourism Mart” (ITM) will begin in Guwahati, Assam. The Ministry of Tourism, Government of India, in association with the North Eastern States is organizing this Mart from 5-7 December, 2017. Shri Jagdish Mukhi, Governor of Assam will inaugurate the Mart in … Read more
ASSAM Smuggling of drugs into Assam highest in last decade Unchecked rise in smuggling of foreign cigarettes and synthetic drugs into the state has resulted in Assam Police recording the highest number of cases under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances(NDPS) Act in 2016 in the one last decade. While 121 cases were registered under NDPS in 2006, … Read more