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17 Feb

Assam operates crackdown on illegal money lenders

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Darrang Police operated illegal money lending crack down various locations of the districts, under Dalgaon and Kharupetia police stations. According to the reports, Police arrested 14 individuals involved in the exploitative practice of illegal money lending. The accused took advantage of the public by imposing exorbitant interest rates, causing financial distress to the borrowers. Also police seized Rs 8.70 lakh from the accused possession. Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Dalgaon police station, Rajiv Baruah said, "The seized documents, including ATM cards, bank passbooks, legal papers with signatures, and blank cheques, serve as evidence of the illicit operations conducted by the apprehended money…

17 Feb

Candidates to go through OMR sheets for HSLC examination, Assam

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Assam's one of the biggest High School Leaving Certificate (HSLC) examinations has began from 16 February and the examination is set to conclude on March 16, 2024. According to the sources, the Board of Secondary Education, Assam (SEBA) announced the introduction of the OMR sheet for the first time in four subjects - general mathematics, general science, social science, and English subjects. The marks for the examination will be divided into 90 marks in each of these four subjects, which will consist of 45 objective-type questions and remaining 45 questions, will be of descriptive type, a separate answer sheet will…

14 Feb

Congress President resigns from the post to join BJP, Assam

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Ahead of the upcoming Lok sabha elections, many Congress leaders have resigned from the party in earlier days. Now, the working president and three-time MLA, Kamalakhya Dey Purkayastha, has announced his resignation from the party. About Purkayastha, he started his political career with the National Students' Union of India (NSUI) and eventually becoming an MLA from Karimganj district in 2011. According to the sources, the former leader of Congress party, will soon be joining Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

13 Feb

Initiatives for flood water in both urban and rural areas, Assam Budget 2024

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One of the major issues of the state which Assam people mostly face during the monsoon seasons is artificial flood in both rural and urban areas. To mitigate the problem, the Assam government has tabled Rs. 200 crore in the 2024-25 budget planning in the wetlands and the flood waters of the Brahmaputra River, Assam. Assam Finance Minister Ajanta Neog said, "In the initial phase, a few large wetlands are identified for rejuvenation and restoration creating additional storage capacity of 220 lakh cubic meter for water storage. NESAC has further carried out a hydrological analysis of the flood-causing rivers and…

13 Feb

Assam government tables Rs 2.9 lakh crore budget

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Assam Finance Minister Ajanta Neog presented Assam's 2024-25 financial year budget of 2.9 crore with a deficit of Rs 774.47 crore, on Monday. According to the reports, no additional tax will be imposed on the people of Assam and also Neog said, GSDP is estimated to touch Rs 6.43 lakh crore during the next financial year as against Rs 5.7 lakh crore in 2023-24. Neog said, "The Budget Estimates of 2024-25 show a receipt of Rs 1,43,605.56 crore under the Consolidated Fund of the state. After adding the receipt of Rs 1,44,550.08 crore under Public Account and Rs 2,000 crore…

12 Feb

Modi’s OBC certificate fake, alleges Rahul Gandhi

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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi commented some offensive statement against Prime Minister Narendra Modi's caste. According to the sources, the Congress leader stated that Modi donot belong to OBC by birth, it's his fake certificate of being OBC caste. Following the incident, Cachar district BJP OBC Morcha, President Bimalendu Roy, Assam BJP in-charge Biswarup Bhattacharjee of Cachar district and other leaders of the party have staged protest against the allegation and demanded an apology from the Congress leader.

12 Feb

5 lakhs health services delivered to Assam, successful

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Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has officially updated about 'Ayushman Cards' in the state, Assam. Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri-Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY) scheme which provides assistance of 5 lakhs to families for health services. Sarma wrote on 'X', "Assam achieves a new milestone. Assam has taken sustained efforts to realise Hon'ble Prime Minister Shri @narendramodi ji's goal of Universal Health Coverage. We have become the 1st State to deliver more than one crore Ayushman cards to our people through efforts such as 'Viksit Bharat Yatra' and 'Ayushman Apke Dwar Abhiyan."

10 Feb

Highest number of tourists visited Assam 2023-24

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Assam's Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve both national parks of Assam has witnessed highest number of tourist for 2023-24 seasons. According to the reports, during the month of October 2023, 17,662 people visited the park, November 2023, 40,242 tourists, December 2023, 65,000 people and January 2024, 52,000 tourists visited the national park. However, the parks collected Rs. 4.58 crore revenue due to the tourists visit.

10 Feb

Musk plans to disconnect phone calls

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Tech billionaire, Elon Musk has recently announced about his plans to discontinue his phone number and instead use social media for communications. However, Elon Musk earlier promoted 'X' new feature availability, its capabilities of making video calls and audio. "In a few months, I will discontinue my phone number and only use X for texts and audio/video calls," Musk wrote on X.

09 Feb

Mauris Noronha kills Shiv Sena leader

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Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Abhishek Ghosalkar was shot during a Facebook live session by Mauris Noronha, a business man on Thursday. As per the live video, after opening fire on Ghosalkar, Mauris shoot himself to death. Later, Ghosalkar was taken to nearby hospital. Following the incident, it is assumed that this comes after the Thane shooting incident, where BJP MLA Ganpat Gaikwad opened fire at Shiv Sena Eknath Shinde group functionary Mahesh Gaikwad inside a police station in Ulhasnagar.