Guwahati, Feb 13 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend an air show at Moran in upper Assam’s Dibrugarh district and inaugurate several key infrastructure and education projects across the state, officials said on Friday.According to the schedule, the Prime Minister will depart from New Delhi early Saturday morning and arrive at Chabua airport at around 7.15 a.m.From Chabua, he will proceed to Moran in Upper Assam, where he is scheduled to attend an air show showcasing advanced aerial m…
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Guwahati, Feb 9 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday underlined the importance of self-confidence, health and discipline while interacting with students during Pariksha Pe Charcha 2026, held onboard the historic Charideo vessel on the Brahmaputra River.Addressing students across the state, the Prime Minister said self-belief is the key to success and cited the example of Swami Vivekananda’s iconic address at the World Parliament of Religions in Chicago.PM Modi recalled that Vivekanand…
Guwahati, Feb 3 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday said that the proposed Kamakhya Ropeway project will significantly boost religious tourism in the state, while easing travel for lakhs of devotees visiting the revered Kamakhya Temple, one of the most important Shakti Peeths in the country.In a post on X, Sarma said the ₹213-crore ropeway project has already been sanctioned and work on it will begin soon.The project will provide a seamless and alternative mode of transp…
New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) State-owned Engineers India Limited on Saturday announced that it has completed the world’s longest horizontal directional drilling crossing across Brahmaputra of over 4 kilometres for a 26‑inch pipeline.The project is beneath the Brahmaputra as part of the Paradip–Numaligarh Crude Oil Pipeline project, the company said.”EIL achieved the most remarkable milestone with pullback of the Brahmaputra HDD crossing of 4,058 meters—the longest ever Horizontal Directional…
Guwahati, Jan 8 (IANS) Members of the Gauhati High Court Bar Association (GHCBA) on Thursday began a three-day hunger strike to protest the Assam government’s decision to shift the Gauhati High Court to North Guwahati, intensifying opposition to the proposed judicial township at Rangmahal.The protest, scheduled to be held for six hours each day, commenced at 10 a.m. in front of the old High Court building at Uzan Bazar.The agitation follows a resolution adopted at an emergent extraordinary gener…
New Delhi, Jan 5 (IANS) Mega infrastructure projects such as the Dhubri-Phulbari River bridge and the Bogibeel bridge over the Brahmaputra River are fast transforming Assam’s logistics landscape, significantly improving connectivity, reducing travel time and opening up new economic opportunities across the Northeast.The 19.3-km Dhubri-Phulbari bridge, once completed, will become India’s longest river bridge, linking Dhubri in western Assam with Phulbari in Meghalaya. The project is being see…
Guwahati, Jan 1 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday said the state has witnessed unprecedented progress in infrastructure development over the last five years and announced a host of upcoming projects aimed at strengthening connectivity, healthcare facilities and urban infrastructure.Briefing the media, CM Sarma said that four new bridges over the Brahmaputra River are presently under various stages of construction. He added that the much-awaited bridge connecting Guwahat…