Newly appointed Assam Governor SC Mathur rues that despite potential a plenty Assam is GDP growth is lingering in the backstage of progress. Addressing his press conference after being sworn in on Friday, the veteran Congressman from Rajasthan said he was strange to find that Assam has its beauty and bounty of nature but GDP growth is much below than the national figure by 30 per cent. For the former Rajasthan Chief Minister, the infiltration is problem which is not confined to Assam only and that it’s a national problem which could be resolved through negotiation.
According to Mathur, there will be an end to all the problems, including insurgency, which have been confronting the north eastern region. The newly appointed governor further said negotiation with the Arunachal Pradesh Government is what the option remains to resolve the dams problems that have been threatening the north Assam. He said the river Brahmaputra alone has the potential to generate 60,000 megawatt power.
20 Jul 2014 - 10:18pm | AT News
Top ranked police and civil officials decided to firmly deal with the illegal settlers in Doldoli reserved forest following the incidents of firing by the Naga miscreants . DIG-Border,...
29 May 2011 - 5:11pm | Ritupallab Saikia
The executive committee of All Assam Journalist UnionGolaghat Dist. unit today held a meeting at Municipal Board’s auditorium here. The meeting was chaired by AAJU’s Golaghat Dist. unit...
24 Dec 2015 - 5:25pm | Hantigiri Narzary
Chirang district administration has been put alerts the police and all concern departments to make accident free and check all road related situated in the district. In a significant move to control...
13 Nov 2016 - 11:18am | Mowsam Hazarika
4th Assam International AGRI HORTICULTURAL Show 2017 will be held on January 6-9, 2017 at College of Veterinary Science Playground, Khanapara, Guwahati, Assam, India. It is the International...
A day after the powerful blast, an eerie silence is prevailing in Paltanbazar even as the police have claimed a major breakthough into the incident. All shops and markets in the area are remaining closed although no organisation has given any call. Meanwhile, the police sources here say the attack was engineered by ULFA 709th battalion cadre Saranga Patowary who sneaked into the city three days back. Investigations are going on.
Minoti Khaund celebrated 50 years of her musical career as a violinist on the 29th of December 2007. It was a grand evening with a packed audience full of her friends, family and fellow musicians. The program had performances by Minoti's sister Pronoti Khaund on bhajans, her junior students and senior students on the violin, a vocal performance by well known writer Mitra Phukan (she is Minoti's sister-in-law ) and also a raag based song composed by Minoti herself by her nieces upcoming singer Anshumala and Sanjana. The grand finale was a duet by Minoti and daughter Sunita Bhuyan and a historic moment was created when they were joined by 8 year old Panchami Khaund, Minoti's grand daughter...
Altogether fourteen people have been injured while the suspected ULFA militants targeted a CRPF patrolling party with a powerful explosion in Paltanbazar area in the city at around 7-30 in the evening.Sources here say the ULFA’s 709 battalion top cadre Saranga Patowary is behind this attack. Patowary reportedly reached the city two days back.The explosion took place just a few meter away from the Paltanbazar police station. The injured people have been rushed to the Guwahati Medical College Hospital for treatment.City police superintendent has said ULFA is behind the blast which was targeted to a group of CRPF jawans. Health and family welfare minister Himanta Biswa Sarma visited the...
ULFA is stepping up its operation also in Upper Assam with blast in Sivasagar followed by an encounter with police. The incident took place at around 8 in the evening. No casualty has been reported but security has been beefed up throughout the district to avert further incident.
Altogether fifteen people have been injured while the suspected ULFA militants targeted a group of CRPF jawans with a powerful explosion in Paltanbazar area in the city at around 7-30 in the evening. The explosion took place just a few meter away from the Paltanbazar police station. The injured people have been rushed to the Guwahati Medical College Hospital for treatment. No militants outfit has yet to claim the responsibility but top ranked police and civil officials are there to oversee the rescue works. City police superintendent has said ULFA is behind the blast which was targeted to a group of CRPF jawans.The city buses in the area are asked to change their routes and a complete...
A grenade explosion in Lastgate area near Beltola has once again rocked the city just before a while. No casualty has been reported. Top ranked police and civil officials have arrived in the spot. All city buses on the route has been suspended. Details are awaited.
Four railway workers have been injured in Dibrugarh while suspectged ULFA militants lobbed powerful grenade at them on Saturday wee hours in Rongsai. According to information, suspected ULFa militants lobbed a grenade on a group of railway workers on Saturday wee hours while they were sleeping near their work site at Rongsal .Although no militant outfit has so far claimed the responsibility, ULFA is suspected to be behind the incident. While they are stepping up activities before the Republic Day
A two day North East India Investment Summit' is going on in the city’s Sarusajai Complex to woo the diaspora and seek investment in the state. Launched on Friday, an exhibition is also going on to showcase products from the mainly tribal entire northeastern states.Speaking to reporters officials hee say more than 70 such participants from all across the world are participating in the event and they are evincing keen interest in many areas including hill sector, education, upgradation of skills like IT, hydropower, housing and real estate.A non a non-resident Indian from Dubai said they are studying possibilities of a world class medical college besides investing in infrastructure...
One person died on the spot while a truck ran over him early morning on Saturday in Bagang are in Bihali. According to information, Dulan Baurik, a resident of Gohpur along with four others got down from the Itanagar boun bus at Borgang at around 3 am. A truck bearing No AS08A 1134 hit him after striking a bus. Dulan died on the spot and the driver was arrested by Bihali police.
The annual academic session of the North East India Geographical Society (NEIGS) will be held at Pandu College premises under the auspices of the Department of Geography of the college on February 9, with a day-long programme, stated a press release issued by NEIGS general secretary Bimal Kar.
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