India’s G20 presidency: First Y20 meet in Guwahati from February 6 to 8
NEW DELHI: The first meeting of the Youth20 (Y20) group, being organised on the sidelines of the G20 summit, will be held in Assam’s largest city Guwahati from February 6 to 8, an official statement said on Sunday. This is the first of the various meetings to be held on the five Y20 themes across […]
Akasa Air to start services to Guwahati, Agartala from Bengaluru
NEW DELHI: Newly-launched Akasa Air on Monday said it will commence its flight services to the northeast with the addition of Agartala (Tripura) and Guwahati (Assam) from October 21. As part of this expansion, the airline will connect the two north-eastern destinations, which will be its seventh and eighth, respectively, with Bengaluru, Akasa Air said […]
Haldia Jetty will be soon operational
NEW DELHI:India’s Ports, Shipping & Waterways and Ayush Minister Sarbananda Sonowal today announced that the contract has been awarded for Haldia inland waterway terminal, and the jetty will be soon operational for sending exim and inland cargo to Pandu terminal in Guwahati connecting the northeast with kolkata via National waterway 2. This will provide an […]
First Covishield consignment leaves Serum Institute for 13 locations
NEW DELHI: A decisive phase in India’s fight against coronavirus began in the wee hours on Tuesday as the first consignment of Covishield vaccines left Serum Institute of India for Pune airport, four days ahead of the nationwide inoculation drive launch. Three temperature-controlled trucks rolled out of the Serum Institute gates shortly before 5 am […]
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 […]
Cabinet approves proposal for leasing out three airports-Jaipur, Guwahati and Thiruvananthapuram
NEW DELHI: The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister,Narendra Modi has approvedthe proposal for leasing out three airports namely Jaipur, Guwahati and Thiruvananthapuram airports of Airports Authority of India (AAI) through Public Private Partnership (PPP). The Union Cabinet accorded its approval for leasing of three AAI airports namely, Jaipur, Guwahati and Thiruvananthapuram for Operation, […]
SpiceJet starts daily direct flight between Guwahati and Dhaka
NEW DELHI: Budget carrier SpiceJet on Monday started the first daily direct flight between Guwahati and Dhaka. The first flight ‘SG 78’ was flagged off by Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal at Lokapriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport here. The Bombardier Q400 aircraft will depart Guwahati at 1155 hours, while it will leave Dhaka at 1410 […]