Assam govt to encourage ties with NASSCOM, Japan Council for Start-up, Stand-up initiatives
Guwahati, Jan 18 (IBNS): NASSCOM, Japan Council Chief Yukio Takeyari on Wednesday called on Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal in the latter’s office chamber in Assam Secretariat and expressed the organisation’s keen interests to tie up with Assam in Government’s Start-up, Stand-up initiatives for conclusive and mutual growth of both the geographical entities.
Guwahati, Jan 18 (IBNS) : While the speed of the Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal's convoy was stoped in the traffic snarls in the two lane Saraighat bridge over the Brahmaputra river on Tuesday evening, the state government on Wednesday decided to open the second Saraighat bridge in this month.
RBI gherao : Police detain 100 Assam Congress workers
Guwahati, Jan 18 (IBNS) : Police on Wednesday detained over 100 Congress workers of Assam, including Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) president and Rajya Sabha MP Ripun Bora, while the Congress workers demonstrated in front of the Reserve Bank of India office in Guwahati as part of its nationwide RBI gherao programme protest against the Centre's demonetisation.
Hardcore NDFB(S) ultra nabbed in Assam
Guwahati, Jan 18 (IBNS): Security forces apprehended a hardcore NDFB(S) ultra from Assam's Udalguri district on Tuesday, officials said on Wednesday.
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Guwahati, Jan 17 (IBNS): A woman was seriously injured while she jumped off a speeding vehicle to escape an alleged rape attempt in Assam's Karbi Anglong district on Monday night.
Over 1.11 lakh cases still pending in Assam police
Guwahati, Jan 16 (IBNS) : With over 1.11 lakh cases still pending in various police stations in Assam.
APSC's cash-for-job scam: Police likely to grill former minister, journalists
Guwahati, Jan 12 (IBNS): Assam Police are likely to grill a former minister and journalists after the former Assam Public Service Commission (APCC) chairman Rakesh Paul, who was arrested in the cash-for-job scam, named several high profile personalities and claimed to have paid them in order to keep quiet.
Digidhan Mela : Sonowal unveils state developed e-wallet ‘Tokapoisa.in’,e-payment portal
Guwahati, Jan 11 (IBNS) : In a move to tread a step towards Cashless Economy, Assam government on Wednesday unveiled an e-wallet and an e-payment portal for creating a cashless state.
Assam budget for FY18 to be tabled on Feb 7 : Himanta Biswa Sarma
Guwahati, Jan 11 (IBNS) : Assam finance minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday said the state budget for the financial year 2017-18 will be tabled on Feb 7.
Assam govt to establish NSD like state school of drama
Guwahati, Jan 10 (IBNS): Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Tuesday said that the state government has decided to establish a state school of drama in the lines of National School of Drama in the state so that a proper training to the young artists can be provided where they would be enabled to hone their dramatic skills.
Meghalaya: 11 Assam based traders abducted by militants, eight manage to escape
Guwahati, Jan 10 (IBNS): Suspected militants of Meghalaya's Garo Hills abducted 11 Assam based traders from near the village of Gasuapara in South Garo Hills on Tuesday morning.
BJP-led Assam govt extends term of KAAC to another six months
Guwahati, Jan 9 (IBNS) : The BJP-led Assam government had extended term of the present Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council (KAAC) to another six months.
On December 31, 2016, one militant belonging to the I.K. Songbijit faction of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB-IKS), identified as Aalai Ram Brahma aka Anthai Brahma was killed in an encounter by the Indian Army at Dhopguri village under the Orang Police Station of Udalguri District. The militant was injured in a fierce exchange of fire, and later the same day succumbed to his injuries at Guwahati Medical College Hospital (GMCH).
BJP-led Assam government to deport 17 illegal Bangladeshi immigrants on Jan 9
Guwahati, Jan 8 (IBNS): BJP-led Assam government will be deported 17 illegal Bangladeshi immigrants including three hindus on Jan 9 to Bangladesh authorities, who were arrested few years ago and has been languishing at the detention camp.
Assam: Police finds Pakistani, ISIS flags hoisted in sandber island
Guwahati, Jan 8 (IBNS) : Assam’s Dibrugarh police on Sunday found two Pakistani flags and an ISIS flag hoisted from a sandber island (Char) of Brahmaputra river in the upper Assam district hoisted in front of a house.