In a move that fetches joy for Assam and its people, a top ranked ONGC officer from Assam will head the Oil India Limited.
He is none other than Utpal Borah who is all set to sit in the helm of affairs of the oil public sector unit.
Borah, now Executive Director (Asset Manager) ONGC, who has been finalized for the post of OIL chairman cum managing director is expected to join within this month.
OIL has been running functioning without a full-time CMD since July 1 last year.
Public sector top management personnel recruiter Public Enterprises Selection Board last year conducted two interviews to select its head where Rupshikha Saikia Borah was selected. But the Prime Minister’s Office rejected the selection. The MoPNG search committee shortlisted 15 candidates for the interview. These 15 include three Baruah and Anil Kumar Jain, Pramod Kumar Sharma, Rahul Dasgupta, Utpal Borah, PK Rao, Dr Ashutosh Karnataka, Saumendra Kumar Baruah, Dr Sunil Y Bharati and Bedanta Sarmah, Robin Deka, SB Buragohain.
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi talks of smart villages across the state with a huge Rs 25, 000 crore fund months after the Centre mulled smart cities.In his letter to the Centre, Gogoi stressed rural areas with the smart villages concept in a big way.He observed that the villagers should be allowed to avail of all the urban amenities. Faster progress is possible only with the smart villages across the country. “It's the most effective way to bridge the rural-urban divide," said Gogoi.According to him, former President APJ Abdul Kalam's concept of 'Providing Urban Amenities in Rural Areas' (PURA) should be taken up on a 'mission mode.
Amid relief and rescue operation, NDRF jawans are pounding on Chandel on Sunday morning a day after at least 20 people died in a massive landslip on Saturday.NDRF team arrived in the remote area in Manipur bordering Myanmar after the direction from Union home minister Rajnath Singh who assured Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh of all help to contain the situation.Union minister of state for home Rijiju is scheduled to visit the landslip-hit area on Monday to take stock of the situation.At least 20 people were killed in the landslide at Zoumoal village under Khangbarol sub-division on Saturday.
Security forces have arrested two hardcore NDFB-S militants amid stepped up operation to flush out militants in the run up to the Independence Day.Identified as Biliphan Basumatary and Pinku Boro from Basksa district, the duo were arrested during a combing operation in Ghagrapar. Police further claimed to have recovered a 7 MM pistol along with a magazine and three rounds of bullets from their possession.Senior police officials have been interrogating the duo at Ghagrapar police station to extract at for more information.
Security forces are fanning in Khandu forest area in Arunachal Pradesh in search of Rupom Asom who is believed to have been trapped after he sustained grave injury in the fierce encounter on Saturday.From Friday night police, army and para military forces have been launching a combing operation inside the dense jungle apprehending the presence of at least two ULFA militants who have come down from Myanmar to strike in the run up to the Independence Day.Rupom Asom who is also an accused in the Bijulibon trader killing is believed to have remained trapped after he sustained grave injury during the encounter with the security forces on Saturday wee hours.The encounter assumes significance...
Amid stepped up operation to flush out militants in the run up to the Independence Day, security forces caught a hardcore NDFB-S militant In Chirang district on Saturday.Identified as Mohendra Chumpramary, the dreaded militant was arrested from Bengtol area in Chirang district during a search operation. A joint team of security forces belonging to army and police arrested him and seized a 7.65 pistol, magazine and ammunitions from his possession.
A one-man panel has suggested the Supreme Court to set up a high level commission to unearth the truth behind the procurement of identify proofs by a section of Bangladesh infiltrators In its final report the Upamonyu Hazarika Commission on Saturday expressed grave concern over the manner in which the immigrants can manage identify proofs immediately after infiltration from across the border.The Supreme Court set up the panel to visit areas along the international border with Bangladesh and submit a report.He said the real NRC would identify the citizens.
The recovery of three decomposed bodies from the river Dihing creates no less sensation in Naharkatiya.Local residents in Ushapur Konwargaon recovered the body of a woman along with two children floating on the river in the evening. The bodies are yet to be identified. Local residents believed these to have belonged to Arunachal Pradesh.
Japanese encephalitis have claimed two more people suggesting insufficient measures to contain the killer disease.The latest strike takes place in Doomddooma area where two persons died on Saturday night.Nipul Roy from Rupai Saiding died in the evening hours after Bebi Deb lost her life in the same disease.It has forced the authorities to step up measures to contain the killer disease which has already claimed at last 95 people in the last couple of weeks.Local residents told Assam Times the massive fogging operation has yet to cover a huge areas.Event DDT has not been spread in some areas even after many people are affected in Japanese encephalitis.
Hundreds of people in Lathitila, Dumabari, Boraibari areas in Mancachar district came out of their homes venting anger against the political parties and organizations alleging their silence.Rup Debin Boraibari told Assam Times, “Not even a political leader, social activist has visited us to get the pulse.”Ismail Hussain in Boraibari said,” they are playing politics over the issue leaving us in the lurch.”“We are not informed. We have lost our land. But the people in power and out of power are least bothered,” Salmu Myan told Assam Times in Dumabari. At the stork of Friday midnight the state’s geographical map underwent a sensational charge.A huge plot of land covering 116 enclave has...
Security forces are fanning in Goalpara district in search of a group of dreaded ULFA militants who are believed to have been hiding to strike in the run up to the Independence Day.Army, police and para military forces are intensifying the combing operations in the nook and corner of the vulnerable areas to flush out the insurgents who are preparing to strike at the instance of the outfit’s eastern commander Dristi Rajkhowa. ……
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