Guwahati, March 18 (IANS) Reacting to senior leader Pradyut Bordoloi’s decision to join the BJP, Lok Sabha MP and Assam Congress president Gaurav Gogoi on Wednesday termed the move a “personal choice” and asserted that the upcoming Assembly elections are not about individuals but about “freeing the state from fear and mafiaraj”. Speaking to reporters, Gogoi said that Bordoloi had been given significant opportunities by the Congress in recent years. “Two years ago, he was given the ch…
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Guwahati, March 17 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Tuesday that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would accord “due respect” to Congress leader Pradyut Bordoloi if he chooses to join the party, amid growing political churn ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections. Speaking after attending a meeting of the BJP’s election committee in New Delhi, Chief Minister Sarma said the party is open to leaders who wish to contribute to its organisational strength in Assam. “If Pradyut …
Guwahati, Feb 15 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday said that many of the ambitious infrastructure projects announced by his government were initially ridiculed by the Congress, but are now turning into reality, underscoring what he described as a decisive shift in the state’s development trajectory. Speaking to reporters in Nagaon, Sarma recalled how the opposition had mocked him when he spoke about major connectivity projects, including the Kaziranga elevated corridor,…
Guwahati, Feb 15 (IANS) A forest guard was killed and another seriously injured after a rhinoceros attacked them while on duty inside Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve (KNPTR) in Assam on Sunday, officials said.According to a KNPTR official, the incident occurred at Bordoloni Camp under the Kohora Range around noon when 52-year-old Sahabuddin, a Home Guard, along with another forest staff member, Ramen Borah, was carrying out routine patrolling duties inside the protected area.Sahabuddin…
Guwahati, Feb 7 (IANS) Nearly less than a month after the recovery of two tiger carcasses, another dead tiger was found in Assam’s Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve (KNPTR) on Saturday, officials said. A senior KNPTR official said that one carcass of male tiger, aged nearly 12 to 13 years, was recovered from western side of Mandir Baneshwar Anti-Poaching Camp (APC) area of Burapahar Range Ghorakati. The official said that a committee was constituted by KNPTR Director Sonali Ghosh for car…
Guwahati, Jan 18 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday launched a strong political offensive against Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi, declaring that the people of Assam would no longer submit to what he termed “Pakistani agents”, while addressing reporters here following the inauguration of the Kaziranga Elevated Corridor project in Nagaon district.The Chief Minister said Assam has undergone a decisive transformation and asserted that the state’s residents would not bow before “un…
Guwahati, Jan 18 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday continued his attack on the Congress party and said that the people of India have rejected the opposition party and its politics.While taking part in the foundation stone laying ceremony of an ambitious elevated corridor in Assam’s Kaziranga to protect the wildlife, PM Modi said, “Congress has been uprooted from Maharashtra in the recent municipal elections, and the opposition party has suffered a huge defeat. The Congress once r…
Guwahati, Jan 18 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will perform the foundation laying ceremony for the Kaziranga Elevated Corridor Project, an ambitious infrastructure initiative worth over Rs 6,950 crore, in Assam’s Kaliabor on Sunday.Locals expressed their enthusiasm and hailed the Prime Minister and Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma for their development initiatives that they say are “driving growth” in the Northeast.The 86-km-long elevated corridor project, officially the four-laning of t…