Guwahati, Feb 19 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday made a series of significant announcements in the Assam Legislative Assembly, outlining major initiatives in the power, employment, investment and labour sectors, aimed at accelerating the state’s economic growth and improving livelihoods.Addressing the House during the Budget Session, the Chief Minister said that the long-pending Kopili Hydro Electric Project will be completed within the next 10 days.He informed that t…
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Bengaluru, Feb 19 (IANS) Responding to BJP MLAs preventing garbage trucks from dumping waste at designated sites in their constituencies, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, who also holds the Bengaluru Development portfolio, on Thursday warned that the government would not tolerate obstruction of garbage disposal operations and said action would be taken against those preventing trucks from dumping waste at designated sites.He made the statement while speaking to the media in Benga…
Guwahati, Feb 19 (IANS) Congress Screening Committee Chairperson and Wayanad MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will arrive in Assam on Thursday for a two-day visit as the party steps up preparations for the upcoming Assembly elections. According to party leaders, Gandhi will begin her visit by offering prayers at the Kamakhya Temple before proceeding to Rajiv Bhawan, the Assam Pradesh Congress Committee headquarters. She is scheduled to take part in screening-related meetings from 11 a.m. and continue di…
Guwahati, Feb 18 (IANS) Ahead of the upcoming Assam Assembly elections, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president Nitin Nabin on Wednesday set an ambitious target for party workers, asking them to secure at least 50 per cent of the total vote share in the state. Addressing a party organisational meeting, Nabin said the BJP must aim to cross the 50 per cent vote mark this time, reflecting the growing public trust in the party’s governance and development agenda. He stressed that achieving…
Guwahati, Feb 18 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday highlighted the significant improvement in electricity supply across the state since 2016, contrasting the present situation with what he described as frequent power cuts and mismanagement during the Congress regime.In a post on social media platform X, Chief Minister Sarma shared a visual comparing electricity supply hours in Assam before 2016 and in 2024.The graphic claimed that prior to 2016, the state witnessed bar…
Bengaluru, Feb 18 (IANS) Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar on Wednesday responded sharply to the Karnataka State Contractors’ Association’s threat to launch a statewide strike on March 5 over alleged unpaid bills of nearly Rs 37,000 crore to Rs 37,370 crore, stating that the government would release payments only as per budgetary provisions.Speaking to reporters in Bengaluru, Shivakumar challenged the contractors to go ahead with their proposed strike if they wished.“Let the contractor…
Itanagar, Feb 18 (IANS) The Assam Rifles on Wednesday flagged off the 13-day-long “Eastern Edge Expedition”, starting from Pangsau Pass along the India–Myanmar border in Arunachal Pradesh, and aimed to culminate at Jorhat in Assam.Defence spokesman Lt Col Mahendra Rawat said that the ‘Eastern Edge Expedition’, organised in partnership with Hero MotoCorp, is scheduled from February 18 to March 2 under ‘Operation Sadbhavana 2025–26’ to celebrate resilience, camaraderie and the indomitable …
Guwahati, Feb 18 (IANS) Senior Congress MLA and Leader of Opposition in Assam Assembly, Debabrata Saikia, on Wednesday categorically ruled out joining the BJP.With this, he has put to rest intense political speculation triggered by recent remarks of Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and the impending defection of former Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) president Bhupen Borah.Saikia’s statement came in the backdrop of Sarma’s repeated assertions that more Congress leaders would …
Guwahati, Feb 18 (IANS) Former Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) president Bhupen Kumar Borah on Wednesday launched a blistering counterattack on Lok Sabha member Gaurav Gogoi, exposing “sharp fault lines” within the Assam Congress that appear to be widening rapidly amid “defections and leadership turmoil”. Reacting to the Congress leader’s recent critical remarks against him, Borah questioned the Jorhat MP’s political standing, asking, “Who is Gaurav Gogoi to demand an apology from me?”Bo…
Guwahati, Feb 18 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday launched the Provincialisation Management System (PMS) portal, marking what the government described as a decisive and transparent push to resolve the long-pending issue of provincialisation of venture educational institutions and their workforce.Unveiling the digital platform at Lok Sewa Bhawan, Sarma said the PMS portal would streamline, monitor and process applications from non-provincialised venture schools and col…