Assam Govt signs MoU with Flybig to start intra-state flight services

Assam Govt signs MoU with Flybig to start intra-state flight services

In a bid to promote intra-state air connectivity, Assam government on Saturday signed a MoU with Big Charter Private Limited (Flybig) to facilitate air services in the non-Udaan sector. Flybig will operate flights between Guwahati-Dibrugarh-Guwahati and Guwahati-Silchar-Guwahati routes on a daily basis, an official of the company said. Assam Tourism Development Corporation managing director Kumar […]

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Jairam playing ‘Chief Saboteur’: Himanta on Ramesh’s prompt to Rahul Gandhi

Jairam playing ‘Chief Saboteur’: Himanta on Ramesh’s prompt to Rahul Gandhi

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma addresses a press conference. File | Photo Credit: PTI Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on March 17 took a swipe at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi being apparently prompted by party colleague Jairam Ramesh during a press conference, by terming the economist-turned politician, Congress’s “Chief Saboteur”. He also ridiculed […]

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Meghalaya CM didn’t act on Mukroh firing fearing ED, CBI action: Trinamool Congress’ Abhishek Banerjee

Meghalaya CM didn’t act on Mukroh firing fearing ED, CBI action: Trinamool Congress’ Abhishek Banerjee

TMC general secretary Abhishek Banerjee. File | Photo Credit: PTI Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma will lose his seat as the ruling National People’s Party (NPP) will draw a blank in the Garo Hills, claimed senior TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee. Addressing an election rally in South Tura on February 15, he dredged up the […]

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Need to protect jobs along with the environment, says Law Minister Kiren Rijiju

Need to protect jobs along with the environment, says Law Minister Kiren Rijiju

Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma lauds the contribution of judiciary in protecting the environment  Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma lauds the contribution of judiciary in protecting the environment  Protection of jobs while safeguarding the environment during economic progress in India was also a concern, said Union Law and Justice Minister Kiren Rijiju on Saturday. The […]

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Nipon Goswami, the reel grandfather of Assam CM’s only film, passes away

Nipon Goswami, the reel grandfather of Assam CM’s only film, passes away

He was a contemporary of Shatrughan Sinha and Subhash Ghai at the Film and Television Institute of India He was a contemporary of Shatrughan Sinha and Subhash Ghai at the Film and Television Institute of India Nipon Goswami, a veteran actor who was the reel grandfather of Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma’s only film, […]

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Assam to revise list of Orunodoi cash beneficiaries

Assam to revise list of Orunodoi cash beneficiaries

District-level monitoring committees have been asked to exclude or include names on the basis of surveys done by college students District-level monitoring committees have been asked to exclude or include names on the basis of surveys done by college students : Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has sought a revision of the list of […]

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Six Assam communities threaten to launch stir over ST status demand

Six Assam communities threaten to launch stir over ST status demand

Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma had said the ST status ball was in the court of the Rajya Sabha and the State government could do little about it. Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma had said the ST status ball was in the court of the Rajya Sabha and the State government could do little about […]

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Assam team to visit Tamil Nadu to inspect captive jumbo’s condition

Assam team to visit Tamil Nadu to inspect captive jumbo’s condition

Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma took the decision after a meeting with senior police officials Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma took the decision after a meeting with senior police officials GUWAHATI The Assam government has decided to send a four-member team to Tamil Nadu on Friday to inspect the condition of Joymala, an adult female […]

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Assam bulldozes another madrassa linked to al-Qaeda

Assam bulldozes another madrassa linked to al-Qaeda

This is the third one demolished since the arrest of 37 people, including the imam of a mosque and madrassa teachers allegedly associated with terror groups This is the third one demolished since the arrest of 37 people, including the imam of a mosque and madrassa teachers allegedly associated with terror groups The authorities of […]

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Assam plans trip for 1,000 youth to Cellular Jail in Andaman

Assam plans trip for 1,000 youth to Cellular Jail in Andaman

The idea is to imbibe the spirit of nationalism in them, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said The idea is to imbibe the spirit of nationalism in them, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said The Assam government plans to send about 1,000 youth to the Cellular Jail in Andaman and Nicobar Islands for instilling the […]

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