A mega International Container Transhipment Port (ICTP) is going to be set up at the Galathea Bay of Great Nicobar Island of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. An official statement issued on Friday said that bids for developing this Rs 41,000 crore are being called from Saturday onwards. The first phase is targeted for completion in … Read more
How are you planning to spend the capital outlay in the budget?In BE 2022-23, a provision of Rs 544 crore capital outlay has been kept for construction and development of national waterways, for example, jetty, ferry services etc. Also, there is a provision of Rs 30 crore for construction of buildings of the Directorate General … Read more
Over the past few months, change has been the only constant within the BJP government at the Centre as well as states. By reshuffling the Union cabinet and bringing in new leaders in states, it is trying to rope in fresh faces into the ruling dispensation. On Saturday, Gujarat chief minister Vijay Rupani joined counterparts … Read more
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has cleared all roadblocks and taken northeast on the path of peace and development. People of Assam have voted for the BJP for the second consecutive term as “they have realised that there is no place for ‘aatankwad’ (insurgency) and ‘andolan’ (agitation) in … Read more
Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal – who is seeking re-election from Majuli – is among 264 candidates whose fate will be determined across 47 seats in the first phase of the assembly elections that begin on March 27.Assam has a 126-member assembly and polls will be held in three phases. The seats in the first … Read more
Randeep Singh Surjewala, AICC General Secretary questioned as to why there was no bridge that came up over river Brahmaputra in Majuli. He said, “We remember the speech of Narendra Modiji on world’s largest river island Majuli on 26.3.2016. He had appealed to the public to vote and they will build a bridge over the … Read more
In an exchange of seats with Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), BJP has taken the Barhampur from it. Former chief minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta has been winning this seat since 1985 by. Putting all speculations to rest, finance minister Himanta Biswa Sarma will contest from Jalukbari. Sarma had earlier said he is not very keen to … Read more
Guwahati: Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal said that Assam has created a history by appointing 29,701 teachers in a single day. It may be noted that in the biggest ever appointment letter distribution event in a single day, 16484 teachers were given appointment for provincializing their schools and 13, 217 TET teachers also got appointment … Read more
Guwahati: For providing food and medicine to the patients, two robots were handed over to Assam medical and college (AMCH) in Dibrugarh. Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal handed over two robots to Principal AMCH Dr. Sanjib Kakati as a part of the Covid-19 infrastructure equipment grant sponsored by Rotary Foundation of Rotary International, Rotary Club of … Read more
Guwahati: State BJP president Ranjit Kumar Dass requested MLAs from other parties not to make a beeline for the ruling party ahead of the Assam assembly election, even as he welcomed workers of rival parties. “We do not want any more MLAs from other parties, for it is not possible to provide tickets. However, workers … Read more