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.
26 May 2015 - 12:02pm | AT News
Amid blamegame over the SAF games, chief minister Tarun Gogoi dared union sports minister Sarbananda Sonowal to help him hold the international event in Assam.Addressing the anniversary rally in...
13 Jun 2016 - 6:01pm | AT Kokrajhar Bureau
Kokrajhar district administration has convened an official meeting on forest protection and stop of timber smuggling situation in the district in the presence of SP Kokrajhar involving forest...
29 Sep 2015 - 6:28pm | Chow Bilaseng Namchoom
The Theravada Buddhist across state celebrated Sitang Chale popularly known as Madhu Purnima o with great pomp and gaiety on Monday. The Honey-offering Festival is a Theravada Buddhist religious...
16 Mar 2015 - 9:56pm | AT News
The Directorate of Sports & Youth Welfare, Assam is going to organize Inter District School Boxing Tournament 2014-15 for U-14 & U-17 years. The event will be held for both boys and...
Tinsukia: Army operating in Tinsukia district escaped a major bid when suspected ULFA militants tried to blow up a powerful grenade on a convoy but missed the target narrowly. Army’s 6 Jammu Kashmir Rifle’s troops were on petrol when this incident occurred. The incident occurred near Bordubi Tea Estate under Domdooma police station in Tinsukia District at 11:30PM on Thursday. Later when Army retaliated one ULFA militant was killed on the spot The deceased ULFA cadre was identified as Kumud Borah alias Jayant Moran alias Gandia of Nalani village in Tinsukia. Army also recovered a grenade from the slain militant.
New Delhi: The Assam Association of Delhi is in the process of collecting funds and all essential items for the flood effected people of Assam. The Association is aiming to donate about Rs. 2 lakhs to the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund. It would be distributing the essentials amongst the people through a foolproof network.In case you are interested in contributing for the cause, you can send in your contributions to: Srimanta Sankaradeva Bhawan, A 14 B Qutub Institutional Area, Satsang Vihar Marg, New Delhi 110067. Cash payments to be deposited at the counter against receipt or payments can be made through Cheque/Demand Drafts favouring ‘Assam Association, Delhi’. Donations...
Doomdooma : Suspected ULFA militants killed a SULFA man Pranab Moran at Kerani Gaon near Kardoiguri, under Domdooma police station at 9.30 PM on Wednesday according to police sources. A group of two to three youths came to the grocery shop owned by Pranab just as he was about to sleep. The youths knocked on the door and asked for a packet of bread. When he opened the door to give them the packet they fired on him and flew away. Military personal stationed nearby rushed to the spot after they heard firing and brought him to the local hospital. But he died on the way. Local people suspect that ULFA killed him suspecting him to be an army spy.Bandan Bharadwaj
Diphu : Heavily armed militants belonging to Karbi Longri National Liberation Front (KLNLF) and United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA), on Wednesday night, gunned down at least 9 persons all Bihari migrant workers in Karbi Anglong. According to police there were 5 women among those killed.Three others were seriously wounded in this attack. DIG Central range Dr. L R. Bishnoi said that at least 15 people are still missing as hundreds of villagers fled away to neighboring forests after the incident to save their lives. According to Dr. Bishnoi, Militants on uniform entered Ampahar village, under Howarghat police station at about 8.30 PM and fired indiscriminately at the villagers. Soon after...
Guwahati : There has been a bomb blast at Hengerabari near Dispur capital complex at 3.25 PM on Wednesday.Police say that three persons have been injured in this blast. The bomb was planted on a Rickshaw when it exploded. Police have rushed to the spot and sent the injured to the Hospital. Police suspects the bomb to be a Programmed Timer Device( PTD).
Barpeta : Union Bank of India is planning to open Rural Development & Self Employment Institute (RUDSETI) in Barpeta District of Assam, where young entrepreneurs will be imparted training on various activities for stating their own venture with the help of financial assistance from Banks. This was communicated by S.L. Dikhole, Deputy General Manager of Union Bank to reporters.He also announced the opening of 50,000 "No frill" accounts in the Northeastern Region by the end ofMarch 2008 and out of this about 5000 "No Frill" accounts have already been opened.Dikhole also added that they will set up RUDSETI in collaboration with National Bank for Agriculture...
Lakhipur ( Cachar ) : Suspected Dimasa militants had killed three innocent civilians at Hari Nagar under Lakhipur police station in Cachar district on Tuesday evening. According to the police a group of 12/13 armed youths had entered the Bazaar at about 8.30 PM and opened fire indiscriminately. Three people were killed and several others were injured. Motives of the killings are not known yet. Police suspect that the dreaded Black Widow and NSCN (IM) are jointly behind this killing. Identities of the killed are yet to be ascertained
Guwahati : Two star boxers of the state Kalpana Choudury and Pranamika Bora had been awarded cash incentive by the central government for their magnificent performance in the international meets. Kalpana had been awarded Rs Three lakhs for her bronze winning effort in the world boxing championship held in Moscow in 2005 while Pranamika Bora received Rs Two Lakhs for her silver medal that she won in the Asian Boxing Championship held at Taiwan in the same year.
Guwahati : The Assam Athletic Association (AAA) would felicitate its medal winning athletes of the recently concluded 33rd National Games and Asian Grand Prix Athletics Championship. The decision was taken in the governing body meeting of the association held recently in the city. The association would also felicitate two technical officials, who had been selected as officials for the forthcoming Commonwealth Championship, in the same function. The date of the felicitation is yet to be fixed but the secretary of the AAA Sarif Ullaha said that they were planning to arrange it on the eve of award giving ceremony by the state government as otherwise it would be very difficult to get all the...
Guwahati : All India Congress Committee President and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday made an aerial survey of the flood situation of Assam. Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil, Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, and senior congress leaders Chandan Bagchi and Digvijay Singh accompanied her. They had reached Lilabari Airport in Lakhimpur district this morning at 10.30 AM and then flew to Dhemaji by an Air Force Helicopter. There they met Government officials and flood ravaged people and took a stock of the situation. She asked the Assam Chief Minister to arrange proper relief and rehabilitation for those affected people and assured all possible help from the Central Government. Then...
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