MV Ganga Vilas will begin its journey from Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh and travel around 3,200 km in 51 days to reach Dibrugarh in Assam via Bangladesh, sailing across 27 river systems in India and Bangladesh.
The Chief Minister said apart from Jio's existing investment of Rs 9,500 crore, the company is additionally investing over Rs 2,500 crore to deploy True 5G network in Assam.
In a joint operation, the police and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) on Sunday seized 3.5 kg of heroin worth Rs 16 crore from a vehicle and arrested two drug peddlers in Assam's Karbi Anglong district.
The cruise will cover a distance of nearly 4,000 km in 50 days. It will pass through the rivers of India and Bangladesh to reach Dibrugarh in Assam. It will have halts near important cities like Patna, Kolkata, and Dhaka.
A police constable was caught red-handed by the sleuths of the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption for accepting bribe money of Rs 5000 in Assam's Dhemaji district on Friday.
Chief Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday said that the Assam Government has decided to confer Assam's highest civilian award 'Asom Baibhav' to Dr Tapan Saikia, a renowned doctor for his notable work in the field of cancer in Assam and other Northeastern states.
Rajat Kumar Mishra, Additional Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, the Ministry of Finance, and Nilaya Mitash, Officer-in-Charge, India Resident Mission, ADB, have signed the agreement of the Assam South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation (SASEC) Corridor Connectivity Improvement p
Three people were held for possessing 72,000 Tramadol Tablets and 4,920 bottles of cough syrup in Assam's Karbi Anglong on Tuesday, said police on Wednesday.