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Ranjeet Kumar Dass re-elected as Assam BJP chief
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], Jan 18 (ANI): Ranjeet Kumar Dass was on Saturday re-elected as the chief of BJP's Assam unit for another three years.
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Jogen Mohan, Sanjoy Kishan sworn-in as ministers in Assam government
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], Jan 18 (ANI): Mahmora legislator Jogen Mohan and Tinsukia legislator Sanjoy Kishan were sworn in as ministers in Sarbananda Sonowal-led state government.
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World Bank, Centre sign $88 mn loan agreement for Assam inland water trans
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 16 (ANI): The central government, Assam government and the World Bank signed a loan agreement of USD 88 million here on Thursday to help modernise Assam's passenger ferry sector that runs on its rivers including Brahmaputra.
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More than 3 lakh 'ghost children' identified in Assam govt schools
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], Jan 6 (ANI): Over three lakh children have been identified as "ghost children" who were registered in the erstwhile Congress government in Assam to "embezzle public money".
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SC directs Assam govt to ensure NRC coordinator withdraws objectionable FB
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 6 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Assam government to ensure that the newly-appointed National Register of Citizens (NRC) state coordinator, Hitesh Dev Sharma, withdraws his objectionable posts from the social media platform Facebook.
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Assam: CM announces corpus funds to Sahitya Sabhas for promoting linguisti
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], Dec 31 (ANI): Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Tuesday announced to provide corpus funds to various indigenous 'Sahitya Sabhas' in a bid to promote local linguistic traditions.
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Assam forest dept raids 5 sand mounds in Kamrup, 7 excavators seized
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Kamrup (Assam) [India], Dec 31 (ANI): The Assam government on Tuesday said that the state forest department raided five sand mounds and seized seven excavators in Kamrup district.
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Assam govt to submit GoM's recommendation to Centre for giving ST status t
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Dispur (Assam) [India], Dec 19 (ANI): Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Thursday said that his government would submit the recommendation of Group of Ministers (GoMs) for giving Schedule Tribe (ST) status to six communities of the state to the Central Government within January.
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Assam govt to offer Rs 50 thousand each to 2,000 artistes and technicians
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Dispur (Assam) [India], Dec 17 (ANI): Assam Government has decided to provide an amount of Rs 50 thousand each as one time grant to two thousand artistes and technicians of the state.
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Assam: 3 Cong MLAs stages protest against govt by laying on ground inside
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], Dec 4 (ANI): Three Congress MLAs on Wednesday staged protest against Assam Government's new land policy by lying on the ground in state Assembly premises here.
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Assam bans gutkha, pan masala containing tobacco, nicotine for 1 year
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], Nov 27 (ANI): The Assam government has prohibited manufacturing, storage, transportation, display, distribution and sale of gutkha, pan masala or any chewing material containing tobacco or nicotine as ingredients, for a period of one year.
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Assam brides to get 10gm gold after registration of marriage, announces st
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam)[India], Nov 20 (ANI): Assam government has decided to spend Rs 800 crore per year under the Arundhati scheme in which every bride of the state would be given one Tola gold free, state's Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Wednesday.
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