Guwahati, May 23 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has said that the construction of all flyovers planned across Guwahati city has now been formally completed with the inauguration of the newly built flyover at the erstwhile Cycle Factory Road. Speaking to reporters on Friday after inaugurating the flyover along with MLAs representing different constituencies of Guwahati, the Chief Minister added that the project was aimed at easing growing traffic congestion in the state’s largest…
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Guwahati, May 22 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Friday that Bharatiya Jana Sangh founder Syama Prasad Mookerjee played a vital role in strengthening the morale of the Assamese people during the turbulent years leading up to the country’s Independence and firmly opposed the grouping plan that had created uncertainty over the Northeastern state’s future. While inaugurating a flyover in Guwahati after the name of Mookerjee, the Chief Minister paid rich tributes to the natio…
New Delhi/Aizawl, May 22 (IANS) In two major operations in the northeastern states of Assam and Mizoram, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has seized a large quantity — around 60,000 kg — of smuggled foreign-origin areca nuts (betel nuts), the central agency said on Friday.An official statement said that, acting on specific intelligence, DRI Guwahati Zonal Unit conducted operations in Mizoram and Assam earlier this week, leading to the seizures of the Myanmarese areca nuts. Initial…
Jammu, May 22 (IANS) In a shocking incident, a woman in J&K’s Jammu city set herself ablaze allegedly after her boyfriend ignored her calls, police said on Friday.Police said that the incident occurred near the Tawi bridge area on Thursday when the woman allegedly poured an inflammable substance on herself and set herself on fire in a fit of rage, they said.A police statement said that the 22-year-old woman allegedly set herself ablaze after her boyfriend did not respond to her phone calls…
New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Friday that the government has resolved not only to stop infiltration but also identify every single illegal person “one by one” and push them out of the country. Delivering the K.F. Rustomji Lecture organised in memory of the founder and first Border Guard of BSF, HM Shah said the government would not allow any artificial alteration of demography and promised to hold a meeting with Chief Ministers of Tripura, Assam and West Beng…
Guwahati, May 22 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday said the state is steadily moving towards becoming a power surplus state with major investments being made to strengthen energy infrastructure and ensure reliable electricity supply. In a post on X, CM Sarma highlighted that Assam has set an energy infrastructure target of Rs 14,202 crore by 2035 and is currently implementing four major projects worth Rs 6,235 crore across the state.“Assam is steadily moving towards bec…
Guwahati, May 22 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday reaffirmed the state government’s commitment towards biodiversity conservation, protection of forests and elimination of poaching, marking the occasion of the International Day for Biological Diversity.In a post on X, the Chief Minister said Assam is blessed with rich natural resources, lush forests and rare wildlife, and stressed the need for stronger conservation efforts to preserve the state’s ecological heritage f…
Guwahati, May 22 (IANS) Assam Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Rajdeep Goala has stressed the importance of adopting electric vehicles (EVs), saying the move was necessary not only for environmental protection but also for safeguarding the country’s foreign exchange reserves. Speaking to reporters at the Assam Legislative Assembly premises on Thursday, the legislator from the Udharbond Assembly constituency, said he had arrived at the state Assembly in an electric vehicle and had also used the s…
Guwahati, May 22 (IANS) Newly elected Congress MLA Zubair Anam Mazumder has said that entering the Assam Legislative Assembly for the first time and taking oath as a legislator felt like a student attending school on the first day. Mazumder, who won from the Algapur Katlichera Assembly constituency in Hailakandi district with a record margin of more than one lakh votes, on Thursday described the experience as entirely new and emotionally significant.Speaking to reporters after taking oath in the…
Guwahati, May 21 (IANS) The legislature party of the ruling NDA alliance in Assam held a special meeting on Thursday under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma at the Assam Legislative Assembly premises in Guwahati. The meeting assumed significance in the backdrop of the NDA’s emphatic performance in the recently concluded Assam Assembly elections, where the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led alliance retained power with a comfortable majority.The state government has decided t…