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.
Two prominent BJP leaders want their son and daughters to contest the assembly polls early next year.They have already applied for tickets before the state unit leadership to be confirmed by the central leadership within the next three months. Sources told Assam Times that Nagaon MP Rajen Gohain is mounting pressure on the party leadership to help his son Ritul Borgohain contest from Nagaon constituency.Suman Haripriya, the film maker daughter of Guwahati MP Bijoya Chakrabartty is also in the race for ticket to contest the assembly polls. She is believed to have preferred the Palashbari constituency.Party president Siddharth Bhattachaya on Wednesday has submitted the applications before the...
Marred by an orgy of violence the 24 hour central Assam bandh came to an end on Thursday morning.At least 13 local organizations called for the bandh demanding elections in Tiwa autonomous body along with other local bodies in the cental parts of the state.The bandh began at 6 in the morning on Wednesday which evoked total response till Thursday morning. Vehicles remained off from the roads, shops and markets, banks and offices remained closed under the impact of the bandh which was marked by an orgy of untoward incidents.Bandh supporters in some places set on fire at least ten vehicles while they were trying to enforce the bandh.
Amid simmering differences between Raj Bhawan and Rajiv Bhawan, Governor PB Acharya on Wednesday asked Anjan Dutta to meet him on Friday.APCC sources told Assam Times that the APCC president received the letter from the governor on Wednesday inviting him for a discussion at the Raj Bhawan at 11 in the morning on Wednesday.Governor’s invitation assumes significance a week after the Congress leaders and activists staged dharna in front of the Raj Bhawan asking him to refrain from working as BJP agent.
The explosion at an oil rig in Aunachal Pradesh strikes no less panic in the state forcing the local residents to flee on Wednesday.The incident took place at Kharsang area in the morning where the explosion took place with a huge sound. This was followed by the massive emission of gas from a few pipes.Several fire tenders have been trying to bring the inferno under control. Top ranked officials are monitoring the situation and asked the people not to be panicky.
Amid his unrelenting crusade against Assam Public Service Commission, Akhil Gogoi demanded forensic test of the answer sheets of five candidates which would reveal the real picture of the rampant corruption in the ACS examination.Addressing a press conference in Guwahati on Wednesday, the RTI activist claimed that the five candidates who are shown to have obtain good marks resorted to a murkier deal with the top officials of the commission to ensure their selection.“Those who bribed were given the question papers in the preliminary round beforehand for Rs 10 lakh and some others were given their answer sheets back after the examination for correction,” said Gogoi.Producing the photocopies...
Congress keeps its doors open for those who are interested to comeback. Talking to reporters in Guwahati on Wednesday, APCC president Anjan Dutta said that the party will welcome if any former leader is willing for a comeback. Dutta’s statement assumes significance three days after Hiranya Bora and Diganta Kalita quit the party refusing to work under Dutta as party president.
Dispur has cleared the appointment of a senior IAS officer as the RTI commissioner. He is none other than Painul Basumatary who is set to join in a day or two. Earlier Basumatary was working as CAG in Assam.
Former bureaucrat Chandra Kanta Das will take over as the member of the North East Council. The Prime Minister’s Office has confirmed the appointment on Wednesday as the non governmental member of the region’s top policy implementation body. After his retirement, Das joined BJP where he was appointed as Barpeta district vice president of the party least year.
Security forces had apprehended four hardcore militants of NDFB(S) including a self styled commander and a arms dealer in Meghalaya’s East Jaintia Hills district on Sunday, police said on Monday.Following a tip-off, Meghalaya police had launched operation at Byndihati village in the hill district and nabbed the militants and arms dealer.“We have apprehended the militants who were trying to smuggle explosives from Meghalaya to Assam,” a top police official said.The nabbed militants were identified as B Boro, a self – styled commander of the NDFB, his aide Santosh Kharkekary, G Gayari and D Basumatry.“We have also arrested the arms dealer B Deb Varma,” the police official said.Police...
The journalist fraternity of Assam today demonstrate their angers against the relentless brutal assaults and killing of scribes across the country in front of Guwahati Press Club. The protest demonstration that started at 12 noon and continued till 1 pm. Representatives of various journalist organizations, while meeting at the local press club yesterday, observed that the media persons based in different parts of India should get united demanding justice for all the slain journalists and also raise voices for a national action plan for the safety & security of newsmen across the country.It may be mentioned that the present month has witnessed a number of cases relating to the physical...
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