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24 Aug

Anyone can join the saffron Party with a missed call, Assam CM clarifies

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There have been talks about old and new BJP leaders in the party, Assam Chief Minister have called it rubbish. He claims old and new BJP is actually a Congress sponsored game. Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and party president J P Nadda have earlier made it amply clear that anyone can join the saffron party by giving a missed call to achieve 'Congress-mukt' India. Further the Assam CM recalled Union Home Minister Amit Shah's words that the new entrants in the BJP have blend in with the party just like sugar does with tea. Adding…

24 Aug

Assam and Mizoram border disputes report submitted on Feb

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On Wednesday, Mizoram Home Minister Lalchamliana said that his government has already submitted its claim about its territory, villages, and ethnicity of the people within that area to Assam on February 13. The Mizoram state has included a list of villages and its boundaries, the states’ people share’s with Assam. According to the submitted report, three districts of Mizoram- Aizawl, Kolasib, and Mamit share a 164.6-km-long border with Assam. The last border dispute meeting between Assam and Mizoram was held here in Guwahati, November 22. And both the states had decided that Mizoram would furnish the list of villages, their…

23 Aug

Assam schools to host live streaming of Chandrayaan 3

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The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) said that Chandrayaan-3 which was launched on July 14, 2023 for Lunar South Pole of the moon is scheduled to accomplish a historic moon landing on August 23 at around 6:04 pm. According to the sources, the live coverage which will be accessible on various platforms, including the ISRO website, YouTube channel, Facebook, and DD National TV. On Wednesday, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has urged all the Assam schools for live streaming of Chandrayaan-3 moon landing for the students on August 23, 2023 i.e. today from 5:30 to 6:30 pm on the…

23 Aug

Assam BJP leader staged dharna violating the party’s discipline

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Assam BJP leader involved in anti-party activities due to which the leader got suspended by the Assam BJP President Bhabesh Kalita on Tuesday. According to the sources, the suspended BJP leader has been identified as Somendra Nath Deka, the former Deputy Mayor of Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC), he staged a dharna in Guwahati’s Mathgharia. Also, Somendra Deka has been ‘suspended with immediate effect on the basis of the allegations violating party discipline by deliberately showing dharna in public places against fervent leadership of the BJP’.

22 Aug

Assam Govt seeks public views Polygamy

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On Monday, Assam government has sought its people view about what they think about a proposed law to abolish polygamy in the state. Assam Chief Himanta Biswa Sarma shared a photo of the public notice on X, formerly known as Twitter regarding Polygamy. He wrote, "Members of the public are requested to send us their suggestions on the proposed law to ban polygamy in Assam." According to the sources, the notice was issued by Principal Secretary of the Home and Political Department. The department has asked people to send their reviews regarding the law through emails or post till date August…

22 Aug

Bijuli Prasad dies at 89 at Sonitpur

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On Monday, India’s oldest surviving captive elephant dies at 89 years in a sprawling tea estate in Assam. About the aged elephant, earlier forest department reported that he was rescued from the wild in the 1940s, and extensively used in tea garden work, when Britishers owned the Borgang tea estate in Assam’s Sonitpur district. The elephant was named Bijuli Prasad and was in service from the 1950s till 2018. The elephant to Williamson Magor & Co. Limited (Tea Company) in the 1950s since then the family used to come frequently to Assam from UK to take stock of Bijuli. The tea estate officials have…

22 Aug

Assam & Meghalaya again border dispute discussion

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On Monday, Meghalaya Social Welfare Minister Paul Lyngdoh said that Assam and Meghalaya will be holding border talks between the states on August 26, 2023. Lyngdoh said, “Both the committees will be meeting here this August 26 as we prepare to go to ground zero and meet the people in the area.” According to the sources, in the last meeting in Guwahati, the regional committees of the two states had jointly agreed to visit Langpih district of Meghalaya before finalizing the interstate border.

21 Aug

Assam Government employees protest for OPS

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The All Assam Government NPS Employees’ Association (AAGNPSEA) has called for two days strike in demand to restore the ‘Old Pension Scheme’ (OPS). According to the reports, the two days strike will take place in the state on Tuesday and Wednesday, August 22 and 23, 2023 as the National Pension Scheme (NPS) is not benefiting the citizens since it got implemented. The demands are cancellation of the National Pension Scheme (NPS) and restoration of Old Pension Scheme (OPS) in the state, Assam. AAGNPSEA President Achyutananda Hazarika said, “The NPS was implemented in the state in 2005. We have been protesting this…

21 Aug

At Assam government schools, teachers can only wear school provided attire

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Teacher’s casuals wear seems to be unacceptable in some situation. Therefore, Assam’s higher educational institutes have been asked to avoid casual wear such as T-shirts, jeans, and leggings during their duties. According to the sources, the notification was issued by the State Government on August 14, 2023 as such attire does not appear to be fit while discharging their duties. The notification issued by State’s Higher Education Department said, “Some teachers of higher educational institutes are found in the habit of wearing the dress of their choice which sometimes does not appear to be acceptable by the public at large.”…

21 Aug

First in Northeast launched Digi Yatra

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On Sunday, Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport in Guwahati, Assam rolled out Digi Yatra facility for its passengers and this new initiative is launched for the first time in Northeast region. Assam Industries & Commerce Minister Chandra Mohan Patowary has launched the service for the air travel and said that, "Earlier, people needed to wait in long queues at Guwahati airport. This will be a thing of the past from now.” In the presence of Union Civil Aviation Secretary Rajeev Bansal, Patowary launched the service and also informed that the facility is available for Akasa and IndiGo passengers and for…