Guwahati: Veteran Rajasthani politician Gulab Chand Kataria was sworn in as the 31st Governor of Assam at a swearing-in-ceremony held in Srimanta Sankardev Kalakshetra on Wednesday, where Gauhati High Court chief justice Sandeep Mehta administered the oath of office to the new Governor. Kataria, who hails from Udaipur and served his State as the leader…
Guwahati: As Ganga Vilas cruise ship arrived at Indo Bangladesh border at around 10:30 am of Saturday after sailing through the Bay of Bengal, Union ports, shipping & waterways and Ayush minister Sarbananda Sonowal termed it as a watershed moment in the inland waterways transportation towards transformation of northeast India. Congratulating the people of Northeast…
Guwahati: Union ports, shipping & waterways and Ayush minister Sarbananda Sonowal came down heavily on the opposition parties (National People’s Party and Trinamool Congress) with tirade of charges including corruption, nepotism & inefficiency. Addressing an election rally at Byrnihat on Monday, the Bhartiya Janata Party leader commented that the north-eastern part of India came out its dark past to reclaim its glory due to the persistent effort by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. “From the days of violence and economic…
Guwahati: Coming down heavily on the opposition Congress & Left parties as their misrule used to bring dark days to the people of Tripura, Union ports, shipping & waterways and Ayush minister Sarbananda claimed that the electors now want peace and development. Campaigning for candidates nominated by Bharatiya Janata Party for the forthcoming State assembly…
Religious conversion in India is continuously posing great threats to the scheduled tribes’ people of India since pre-independence. The conversions of tribal’s of Assam by foreign religions are not a new event but in the last few decades the conversion rate has increased drastically. Particularly the scheduled tribe people are the easiest prey or victim…
Guwahati: A massive rally is planned at khanapara locality of the city on 12 February by Janajati Dharma-Sanskriti Suraksha Manch (JDSSM) with an aim to raise voices against the religious conversion among the tribals in India. The program called ‘Challo Dispur’ will also insist on removing those Schedule Tribe (ST) individuals, who had undergone a…
Guwahati: Academic activities at up-and-coming medical colleges in Nagaon, Nalbari and Kokrajhar of Assam are expected to begin very soon. Moreover, treatment facilities for the people in those college hospitals are also planned to begin by this year, said State chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. He also referred to the inspection by a team of…
Guwahati: The first day’s program of G20 sustainable finance working group meeting (SFWG), which was inaugurated by Union ports, shipping & waterways and Ayush minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Thursday, concluded successfully. Welcoming the delegates from different countries, Sonowal commented that the culture, heritage and the spirit of nature conservation in Guwahati reflect the pro-planet and…
Guwahati: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday inaugurated a millet cafe in the premises of Janata Bhawan (State Secretariat) and commented that the cafe has been inaugurated to increase the popularity of millet and complement the nutritional quotient of the employees of Janata Bhawan in Dispur. Sarma stated that the government launched the Millet Mission on…
Guwahati: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday visited Tipam in eastern part of the State and participated in Me-Dam-Mephi, a grand festival of the Ahom community to worship the ancestors. Sarma along with State minister Bimal Bora, legislators Taranga Gogoi, Teras Gowala and other Dibrugarh district administration officials also offered prayers. He visited…
