A state-level multi-stakeholder consultation on setting adequate wages for the tea plantation workers was organised jointly by the Assam Labour Department and International Labour Organization (ILO) at Administrative Staff College in Guwahati on Saturday.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday addressed an all-party meeting in Assam's Tinsukia and said that the state government, in the next 45 days, will finalize the Bill to ban polygamy in the state.
"On August 30, 2023, Waseem called the juvenile for sexually assaulting him. Upon being fed up with repeated assault, the minor with a sharp paper cutter, slit the throat of the deceased and fled the spot," police added.
In a groundbreaking achievement, Assam has emerged as the leader in implementing the Pradhan Mantri Street Vendors' AtmaNirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi) Scheme, with an exceptional disbursement percentage of 90.84 per cent as of September 1, the government said on Saturday.
International Vulture Awareness Day was celebrated on Saturday in a unique manner at Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve with the sensitization of over 70 newly recruited forest frontline on the various species of vultures and raptors found in Assam.
Biodiversity conservation organisation Aaranyak with the objective to highlight the importance of primate species in our ecology, facilitated several collaborative awareness programmes in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh on the occasion of International Primates Day on Friday.
In its notice the DCW has sought action taken on the incident. The DCW also sought an FIR copy of the incident along with the reasons for delaying the same.
Union Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Friday inaugurated the ‘Manthan 2023 - North Eastern Region Skill & Entrepreneurship Conclave’ in Guwahati.
he Assam Rifles, in a joint operation with the Excise and Narcotics Department, on Thursday seized heroin worth over Rs 5 crores from the Bethelveng area in the Champhai district, officials informed through a statement.
In an interview with ANI, the DG said, "Apart from guarding the border, the Assam Rifles has continued its operations against illegal drugs and illegal weapons and has seized drugs worth Rs 4,267 crore in the last four years."