The Governor said that the present-day education system in the country is on the springboard of giving quality education based on Indian values, ethics and knowledge.
Observing that the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Central government is committed to increasing connectivity in border areas, Sabyasachi De, CPRO of Northeast Frontier Railway on Saturday said that North-East will have its first international cross-border railway connectivity very soon.
Singapore's High Commissioner to India Simon Wong on Saturday expressed his delight and announced the first air cargo shipment of fruits from Assam to Singapore.
According to the Assam State Election Commission, there are 420 Zila Parishad Constituencies, 185 Anchalik Panchayats, 2195 Gram Panchayats, 21936 wards and 23684 polling stations in 40 districts and Sub-Divisions of the state.
Jammu and Kashmir Police along with 26 Assam Rifles and 3rd BN CRPF busted a terror module in North Kashmir’s Bandipora and successfully foiled the nefarious designs of Pakistan-based terror handlers in reviving the terrorists in the district, officials said on Saturday.
The Railway Protection Force (RPF) of the North East Frontier Railways on Saturday nabbed the accused involved in the murder of a woman at Kamakhya Railway Station in Guwahati, an official statement said.
People of Biswanath of Assam on Friday evening celebrated by bursting firecrackers, and distributing sweets after the Assam cabinet decided to restore Biswanath along with Hojai, Tamulpur and Bajali as a full-fledged district.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Friday that his government has decided to restore the status of Hojai, Biswanath, Tamulpur, and Bajali as full-fledged districts, which were earlier merged with their parent districts owing to the delimitation exercise in the state.
Chief Minister Sarma said the North-eastern States can immensely contribute towards the further spread of practices such as Ayurveda, yoga, naturopathy, Unani, and homeopathy among the residents of the country.
The Assam Environment and Forest Department on August 23, issued a notification, prohibiting the use or manufacture, import, stocking, distribution, sale of plastic water bottles below 1000 ml capacity in the state from October 2 this year.