The Assam Government is seriously considering formation of ten more districts citing stress on congenial governance.
The move to form these new districts and over 30 sub divisions started when the group of ministers set up to deal with the proposal met in Dispur on Friday.
The meeting discussed the criterion for formation of the new districts. If things move on right direction, the state is set to get these new districts before the Assembly polls.
26 Jan 2021 - 9:55pm | AT News
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Guwahati: Former Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi is stable.
According to Guwahati Medical College Hospital authorities, the former CM who was rushed to ICU on Sunday midnight is properly responding to treatment.
Noninvasive ventilation system has been removed from him.
According to GMCH principal Gogoi is doing physiotherapy in the hospital and a team of doctors has been monitoring him.
His son and Kaliabor MP Gaurav Gogoi has arrived in the city of Guwahati and visited his father. He told media that his father's condition was improving.
Guwahati: Altogether 42 illegal Bangladeshi intruders were pushed back to their neighbouring country on Monday months after they were detained in the various places.
They were pushed back at Sutarkandi along the Indo-Bangadesh border.
According to information, 20 of these illegal migrants were caught at the Guwahati Railway Station two years back and were sent to detention camps.
Guwahati: Former Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi is stable. But still he is in ventilation support.
According to Guwahati Medical College Hospital authorities, the former CM who was rushed to ICU on Sunday midnight is responding to treatment.
His son and Kaliabor MP Gaurav Gogoi has arrived in the city of Guwahati and visited his father. He told media that his father's condition was improving gradually.
Guwahati: A piece of paper that has gone viral in social media has touched off a seismic wave of anger and acrimony among the media fraternity.
The unsigned piece of paper has details of cash transactions with some media houses and piece officers to safeguard the illegal coal trade.
Strangely enough, no media houses in question has yet denied the allegations.
These news paper and news channel authorities have maintained studied silence over the allegation of the nefarious deal. Nobody is prepared to deny or look into the allegations.
Same it happens in the case of the senior police officers.
Jorhat: Congress is gearing up for the 2021 assembly polls. The poll mood in the party gathers steam with the week long visit of AICC state in charge Jitendra Singh.
On day maiden visit to the state in this capacity, Singh held a brain storming meeting of the party's tea community leaders in Dibrugarh.
The party is trying it's best to consolidate the tea community votes. This was what Singh said as he met the tea community leaders from 40 assembly seats on Sunday.
Singh said that if Congress comes to power the tea workers would get Rs 350 as daily wage.
He is attending another party meeting in Jorhat on Monday. During his week long visit Singh...
Guwahati: In a tragic incident that sends no less shock waves across the state, five of a family in Kokrajhar committed suicide on Sunday.
The incident took place at Tulsibel in Gossaigaon where local resident Nirmal Paul along with his wife and three daughters were found hanging inside a room.
According to a section of local residents, Paul was caught in debt trap. He has been facing tough time to run his family and borrowed a huge amount of money which they could not repay in time.
Guwahati: Schools and colleges across the state are resuming classes on Monday 8 months after the nation wide lockdown to avert a worsening endemic.
The classes are resuming in two shifts in all schools, colleges and varsities and each of the of the shifts comprise 50 per cent students and teachers.
Barring pre primary to Class VI, the classes have started at 8.30 in the morning to end at 12.30 and the second shift will start at 12.30 to end at 3.30 in the afternoon.
Teachers and staff have undergoing COVID19 test and have been asked to ensure that no crowd takes place.
The guidelines are also applicable for the private schools.
Guwahati: Former Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has been admitted in the Guwahati Medical College Hospital again after he fell sick on Sunday.
Gogoi, who left the hospital a couple of weeks back was rushed to GMCH at 10.30 evening after he complained of breathing complications.
Gogoi is undergoing treatment at intensive care unit to be attended by a team of senior doctors.
Gogoi was rushed to GMCH after he tested COVID positive on August 26. But testing negative he had post COVID complication. An AIIMS doctor was monitoring the line of treatment.
Guwahati: Congress has started targeting Himanta Biswa Sarma to defame BJP in the pre poll political landscape.
State Congress president Ripun Bora said that the party was preparing to publish a book on Sarma to expose the amount of his lies.
Bora said that the last 4 budgets were full of lies and that the government left most of the budgetary promises unfulfilled.
"We would publish a book on his lies in the budget and would distribute these booklets to every households. Then only the people would come to know his lies, " said Bora.
Guwahati: Police have arrested a JEE candidate for engaging a candidate to appear on his behalf in the recent Joint Entrance Examination.
According to information, Neel Nakhstra Das, who secured 99 per cent marks in the competitive examination did not himself appeared in it from Guwahati centre. He engaged one of his acquaintances who appeared on his behalf.
Das was held on Wednesday acting on a formal complaint.
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