Guwahati: Assam’s first woman finance minister Ajanta Neog on Friday presented rupees 566.20 crore deficit budget in the State legislative assembly. The first full-fledged 2021-22 budget of Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma led Bhartiya Janata Party’s coalition government in Dispur maintained its focus on sustained development and growth even without levying any new tax burden on…
Guwahati: The lone Nobel laurate of Bangladesh, Professor Muhammad Yunus is going to receive a rare Olympic honour in Japan on 23 July next. The economist turned revolutionary banker turned social entrepreneur, Dr Yunus will be honoured during the opening ceremony of Tokyo Olympic Games, organised under the shadow of Covid-19. The extraordinary orator becomes…
Guwahati: Assam chief minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma, while answering questions from the opposition members in the State legislative assembly on Thursday reasserted the government’s zero-tolerance policy against crimes and reiterated its stand towards the rapists, murderers, drug-peddlers, human traffickers, etc will continue. Sarma stated that the police forces would take strong actions under the…
Guwahati: Nature’s Beckon, a prominent bio-diversity conservation group of northeast India, proposes Assam government to declare two of incredibly rich forests in Goalpara district, bordering Meghalaya and also Bangladesh as wildlife sanctuaries as both Ajagar and Pancharatna forests constitute the primary habitat for wild elephants in the region. Apart from Asiatic elephants, over 35 species…
Guwahati: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while interacting virtually with the government heads of eight north-eastern States on Tuesday over the Covid-19 situation, appreciated the concept of micro-containment zones to avoid the total shut down in various localities, where both the economy and corona fight may sustain simultaneously. Participating in it, Assam chief minister Dr Himanta…
Guwahati: On the first day of budget session in Assam legislative assembly began Monday, State chief minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma tabled a bill to protect the cattle in the State. After passing the act would prevent the transportation of cattle (read cows, bulls, buffaloes, etc) from Assam to other States and vice-versa. Under the…
Guwahati: Expressing gratifications over a recent observation of Delhi High Court in favour of a Uniform Civil Code (UCC), a northeast India based nationalist citizen’s forum urged the Centre to implement the UCC across the country in total. Patriotic People’s Front Assam (PPFA) specially requested the newly appointed Union law minister Kiren Rijju to toil…
a Medical Mission Hospital (July 7th, 2021). He was 99 years old and was under treatment for the past two years. Born in December 1922, Swami Prakashananda reached Sivagiri Mutt at the age of 22. In 2006, Swami became the head of the Mutt and continued in the position for ten years. He was one…
New Delhi. Enforcement Directorate arrested Girish Chaudhri in a money laundering case. Enforcement Directorate initiated money laundering investigation on the basis of FIR dated 10.04.2017 registered by the Anti- Corruption Bureau, Pune, Maharashtra against Eknath Ganpatrao Khadse, Mandakini Eknath Khadse, Girish Dayaram Chaudhri and Abbas Rasalbhai Ukani under section 13(1)(d), 13(3)(2) of the Prevention of…
Guwahati: The universities should curve a niche in cutting-edge research and high quality teaching to enable Assam to secure one of the top five performing States in the delivery of quality higher education and research in the country, said Assam Governor professor Jagdish Mukhi. Addressing a conference of the vice-chancellors at Raj Bhavan on Thursday,…
