Amit Shah launched several development projects in Assam
NEW DELHI: India’s Home Minister Amit Shah today launched several development projects in Assam.Shah laid the foundation stone of New Medical College in Guwahati. To be built at a cost of around Rs 850 crore, this will be the second medical college in Guwahati city. Shah also laid the foundation stone of nine law colleges to […]
Income Tax Department searches in Delhi, Assam unearth Rs 100 crore in undisclosed income
NEW DELHI: The Income Tax Department’s search and survey action against three leading contractors of north-eastern India has led to the alleged unearthing of undisclosed income of nearly Rs 100 crore so far. One of the groups is into hospitality business. The searches have been carried out at 14 locations in Delhi, and Guwahati, Silapathar, […]
Nitin Gadkari inaugurates and lays foundation stone for 27 highway projects in Assam
NEW DELHI: India’s Road Transport, Highways and MSMEs Minister Nitin Gadkari inaugurated and laid foundation stone for 27 highway projects in Assam today. Chief Minister of the State Sarbanand Sonowal presided over the function. These projects carry a road length of nearly 439 kilometers, involving construction value of Rs. 2,366 crore. These projects will ease […]
Arjun Munda e-launches new tribes India outlet at Guwahati international airport
NEW DELHI:India’s Tribal Affairs Arjun Munda e-launched new Tribes India Outlet at the Departure Lounge of Guwahati ‘s Lokpriya Gopinath Bordolai International Airport today. Renuka Singh, Minister of State for Tribal Affairs,Ramesh Chand Meena, Chairman, TRIFED, Pratibha Brahma, Vice Chairman, TRIFED, Pravir Krishna, Managing Director, TRIFED and Director, Airport Authority of India, Guwahati were present. […]
Assam’s Rs 100 crore plan to strengthen border infrastructures
GUWAHATI: To strengthen the security related infrastructures along the state borders, the Assam government has sanctioned Rs 100 crore and decided to further tighten the vigil along the frontiers, officials said here on Saturday. An official of the Border Protection and Development Department (BPDD) said that in line with the MOITRI scheme for the modernisation […]
Cabinet approves Universal Service Obligation Fund Scheme for providing Mobile Coverage in Arunachal Pradesh, Assam
NEW DELHI:The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Ministe Narendra Modi has given its approval for provision of a Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF) Scheme for providing Mobile Coverage in Arunachal Pradesh and two Districts of Assam,namely KarbiAnglong and Dima Hasao, under the Comprehensive Telecom Development Plan (CTDP) for North Eastern Region (NER). The project […]
L&T bags contract to construct country”s longest river bridge
NEW DELHI: Larsen & Toubro (L&T) on Wednesday said it has secured a large contract to construct the country”s longest road bridge across river Brahmaputra connecting Dhubri in Assam to Phulbari in Meghalaya. The contract was bagged by the company”s subsidiary L&T Construction. As per the company, a large contract is worth Rs 2,500-5,000 crore. […]
Nitin Gadkari lays foundation stone of country’s first multi-modal logistic park in Assam
NEW DELHI: Union Minister for Road Transport, Highways and MSMEs Nitin Gadkari laid the foundation stone for country’s first Multi-modal Logistic Park at Jogighopa in Assam today. The Rs 693.97 crore park will provide direct air, road, rail and waterways connectivity to the people. It will be developed under the ambitious Bharatmala Pariyojana of the […]
Assam government to ensure infrastructure development in Guwahati
GUWAHATI: Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Sunday said that his government is committed to strengthen infrastructure in Guwahati to make the city the gateway to South East Asia. Various infrastructure projects have been taken up as a top priority by the government to make Assam one of the best states in the country, the […]
Assam to invest Rs 200 crore to boost tea industry
GUWAHATI: To boost Assam’s tea industry, the state government on Friday announced four schemes with collective investment of Rs 200 crore, Finance and Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said. The minister said that the four schemes — interest subvention on working capital loan, Rs 7 per kg subsidy in orthodox tea production, 25 per cent […]
Assam government develops new mobile app for air passengers
NEW DELHI: The Assam government has developed a mobile app through which air passengers can download forms, fill it up, and show it at airports to avoid delay in completing formalities for COVID-19 tests, Minister for Health and Family Welfare Himanta Biswa Sarma said here on Friday. The app named ‘visitassam’ has been developed to […]
Assam government provides subsidy for opening cinema halls
GUWAHATI: Assam Chief Minister Sarbanands Sonowal on Wednesday presented government subsidy cheques to entrepreneurs to set up new cinema halls and reopen or renovate closed and old ones to help the entertainment industry of Assam. In a first of its kind scheme, implemented by Assam State Film (Finance and Development) Corporation Limited, the government subsidy […]
About 30,700 people of five Assam districts affected by flood
GUWAHATI: Over 30,700 people in five districts of Assam were affected by flood that displaced nearly 9,000 people in Goalpara district and damaged standing crops, according to an official report said on Monday. A total of 127 villages in Lakhimpur, Dhemaji, Dibrugarh, Darrang and Goalpara districts were submerged while 579 hectares of crop area is […]
Kumar Sanjay Krishna appointed chief secretary of Assam
GUWAHATI: The Assam government on Tuesday appointed senior IAS officer Kumar Sanjay Krishna as the new chief secretary. A state government order said that Krishna, a 1985 batch IAS officer at present the additional chief secretary Home, Political and Disaster Management will take over as the chief secretary after the incumbent Alok Kumar retires on […]
ONGC signs MoU with Assam to invest Rs 13,000 crore for exploration
NEW DELHI: Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) on Wednesday said it will invest over Rs 13,000 crore for exploration work across Assam in the next five years. The company said it has signed an agreement with the Assam government in this regard. “ONGC has signed an MoU with the Government of Assam for investing […]
Final NRC released, excludes 19.07 lakh applicants
GUWAHATI: The much-awaited updated Final National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam was released on Saturday, excluding names of over 19 lakh applicants. A total of 3,30,27,661 people had applied to be included in the NRC. Of them, 3,11,21,004 have been included in the document and 19,06,657 excluded, a statement from the NRC State Coordinator’s […]