Assam CM Sonowal writes to I&B Minister Javadekar for retaining AIR and DD, Dibrugarh’s status

Guwahati/IBNS: Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal has written a letter to Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar raising the issue of Prasar Bharati’s directives for reassigning All India Radio (AIR) and Doordarshan Kendra (DDK) in Dibrugarh as relay centres only, curtailing their capacity to produce own programmes while they would only broadcast/telecast AIR and DDK, Guwahati’s programmes.

Assam CM inaugurates newly constructed building of district Museum at Dibrugarh

GuwahatiIBNS: Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Wednesday inaugurated the newly constructed building of District Museum, Dibrugarh thereby providing a permanent infrastructure with modern facilities for research, collection of artefacts and their preservation which was a long felt need in the Upper Assam region of the state.

Fire breaks out in engine of Chandigarh-Dibrugarh Express, no casualty

Siliguri, Mar 22 (UNI) A fire broke out in the engine of Dibrugarh-bound Chandigarh-Dibrugarh Express train near Phansidewa in Darjeeling district of West Bengal this morning, the official sources said.

New weekly train between Dibrugarh, Silchar flagged off

Guwahati, Apr 8 (IBNS): Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and Union Minister of State of Railways Rajen Gohain and other dignitaries on Sunday jointly flagged off a new express train service between Dibrugarh and Silchar, heralding a new era of overnight communication between the two biggest cities of Upper Assam and Barak Valley respectively.