Sonowal asks successful candidates to work with dedication

Guwahati: Union ports, shipping & waterways and Ayush minister Sarbananda Sonowal, while addressing the Rozgar Mela, a recruitment drive for 71,000 personnel, at Patgaon BSF headquarter in the city, where total 224 successful candidates were handed over appointment letters, asked them to work for government with dedication and responsibility and with patriotic notion. He also…

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Identify Assam illegal migrants with 1951 as cut-off year

Guwahati: The voice of support for 1951 as the cut-off year to identify illegal immigrants in Assam (as practised across India) is becoming louder. Lately a number of indigenous ethnic groups including Karbi, Dimasa, Kuki, Manipuri, etc have extended wholehearted support to the concerned petition filed in the Supreme Court of India by Mahasangh for…

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Northeast’s improved journo-murder index

Northeast’s improved journo-murder index If nothing unusual happens in the next few weeks, Northeast will complete another year with no incident of journo-murder, the trend sustained for the last five years. In contrast, the country as a whole continues losing 5 to 15 journalists to assailants every year. Till date, this year the populous nation witnesses the murder of four…

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PM Modi to grace Lachit Barphukan’s birth anniversary celebration

Guwahati: The yearlong celebration of 400th birth anniversary of Assam’s great warrior Lachit Barphukan will culminate in New Delhi, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi will grace the closing ceremony at Vigyan Bhawan on 25 November. The central program in the national capital, which will begin on Wednesday, is expected to be attended by many other…

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CM Sarma inaugurates 5,000-mt cold-storage facility at Chaygaon

Guwahati: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma inaugurated a 5,000 metric-ton capacity cold-storage facility at Chaygaon and a fruit-processing centre at the food-processing park of Satabari under Kamrup district on Tuesday. The cold-storage facility, constructed by the State agricultural marketing board at a cost of Rs 24.75 crore, is expected to benefit the farmers from…

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