Guwahati: As the casualty in Nimatighat boat mishap on Brahmaputra in central Assam has gone up to three following the recovery of another passenger’s partially decomposed body at Bishwanath ghat, State chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma visited the site on Wednesday for the second time to inspect the safety measures put in place. The accident…
Guwahati: Unlike other States of northeast Bharat, Mizoram continues to report visible number of novel corona virus infections, which compelled the Centre to send a team of experts to study and access the Covid-19 crisis in the Myanmar-Bangladesh bordering State, where the partial lockdown continues in Aizawl till 18 September. The hilly State with a…
Guwahati: Union tribal affairs minister Arjun Munda met Assam Governor professor Jagdish Mukhi at Raj Bhavan on Monday and discussed steps for bringing about more developments for the tribal people, where the Governor assured matching steps from the State government in Dispur for taking all schemes and programmes of the Centre to empower people socially,…
Guwahati: Expressing profound grief over the demise of at least two passengers (Parimita Das and Indreswar Bora), who drowned following the boat accident on mighty river Brahmaputra near Nimatighat in Jorhat last week, All Assam Engineer’s Association (AAEA) bats for a complete revamping of the State’s water transport services. Assam government has already suspended three…
Guwahati: The BJP led Union government in New Delhi has expressed its willingness to open more Ayush colleges in the north-eastern region (NE) so that the traditional medicine systems of Bharat can only be popularised by making more and more qualified practitioners, said Union Ayush minister Sarbananda Sonowal. Presently the entire region has only one…
Guwahati: Assam government has suspended three officials of inland water transport (IWT) department following the incident of boat capsizing on mighty river Brahmaputra near Nimatighat in Jorhat locality on Wednesday and instituted a high level inquiry into the accident that snatched away the life of at least one passenger. The mishap occurred following a head-on…
Guwahati: Assam government plans to implement Mission Basundhara from 2 October under which many public services including the updating of land records online, land mutation, conversion etc are ensured. A preliminary meeting was organised in the city to discuss bottlenecks and infrastructural problems, manpower, internet services in fringe areas etc. Attending the State level conference…
Guwahati: Assam government flagged off 15 mobile vaccination vans on Wednesday to be pressed into service for the districts of Kokrajhar, Baksa and Bajali to target the residents who are yet to be vaccinated against the Covid-19. These vaccination vans are expected to provide vaccination services at the door step of targeted population in various…
Guwahati: Can the proprietors of mainstream newspapers and satellite news channels be compelled to make their annual balance sheets public in India? Or will it be possible to ask the professional journalists to go for self-declarations about their assets so that they can question the financial integrity of individuals in other professions including in politics!…
Guwahati: On the occasion of Assam’s first Arjun awardee athlete Bhogeswar Baruah’s 85th birth anniversary on 3 September 2021, the BJP led State government in Dispur observed Sports Pension Day where sports pension and financial awards to sports personalities were presented at Shrimanta Shankardev Kalakshetra in the city. Governor professor Jagdish Mukhi in presence of…
