In view of the tragic road accident in Jalukbari where seven students of Assam Engineering College lost their lives, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, on Thursday asked the Education Department for instituting a high-level enquiry in view of the tragic road accident in Jalukbari whic
A video of Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma conducting a late-night inspection has surfaced, in which Sarma along with officials and his security personnel was seen taking stock of upcoming construction works in Guwahati.
Connecting Guwahati with New Jalpaiguri in West Bengal, the Vande Bharat Express, a semi-high-speed train built with indigenously developed technology, would cover a distance of approximately 411 kilometres within a span of 5 hours and 30 minutes.
"Before 2014, Railway's budget for North East was Rs 2,500 crore. Now it is more Rs 10,000 crore, which is 4X growth. All parts of the Northeast will soon be connected via the broad-gauge network. Rs 1 lakh crore is being spent on the same," he added.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma expressed anguish over the loss of lives in the road accident in Guwahati's Jalukbari area and assured of providing all possible medical assistance to the injured.
Assam unit of Trinamool Congress on Saturday said that the BJP-led government at the Centre and the Manipur government have failed to maintain law and order situation and protect the life and property of the people in the Biren Singh-led state.
"The Sengol was integral to our Independence but the Left relegated it as a nondescript 'walking stick' in a museum corner despite Pt Nehru's crucial role. Another instance of how an entire eco-system censored any event in history that glorified ancient Bharat and Hindu rituals," Assam CM tw
Union Minister of Home Affairs Amit Shah on Thursday laid the foundation stone of National Forensic Sciences University, Guwahati campus in the presence of the Assam Chief Minister at a function held at Srimanta Sankardev Kalakshetra in Guwahati.
With Thursday's appointment letter distribution to 44,703 successful candidates, the total number of employment seekers who have been appointed to Government of Assam services in the two years of the current Bharatiya Janata Party-led government in the State stands at 86,782.
Addressing the occasion, Chief Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma said the Government of Assam has ensured that the commitments it had made to the rice millers with regard to subsidies are being met and that any grievances regarding the same would be addressed at the earliest.
The Chief Ministers of Assam and Meghalaya will jointly visit West Jaintia Hills and Karbi Anglong areas in June as part of Confidence-Building Measures, where there has been a lot of unrest and conflict in recent times between the Karbi and Jaintia communities.