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11 Nov

Luxury cruise to get started from Assam to different states of India

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World’s largest river cruise to start its service from Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh to Dibrugarh in Assam via Bangladesh. As per Government, it is to get started by next month.The service will be launched to enhance the development of inland waterways in India. According to sources, the cruise, which will begin on January 10, will cover a 4,000-km stretch and will take 50 days to complete the journey from Varanasi. It will pass through Kolkata and Dhaka before reaching Bagibil in Dibrugarh district in the eastern Indian state of Assam on March 1. Ports, Shipping and Waterways Minister Sarbananda Sonowal…

11 Nov

Nitish Kumar likely to visit Assam by next month

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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar may visit Assam next month. Nitish is campaigning for an anti-BJP alliance ahead Lok Sabha election of 2024. A senior Congress leader and All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) president Badruddin Ajmal said separately that Janata Dal-United chief Nitish Kumar is expected to meet various senior leaders of non-BJP parties in Guwahati. He made this statement to the media on Thursday. "The Congress and the Trinamool Congress will be part of the anti-BJP alliance led by Nitish Kumar," said Ajmal, a member of the Lok Sabha. Ajmal had earlier said that he has no problem…

11 Nov

Nitin Gadkari holds meeting with Assam Governor

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Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari visits Assam to discus about the infrastructure that is undertaken across the state. On Thrusday, the meeting was held between Nitin Gadkari and Assam Governor Prof. Jagdish Mukhi at Raj Bhawan in Guwahati. During the meeting, the minister apprised the governor about his ministry's plans to transport the Brahmaputra and promote business and trade activities and harness the huge power generation potential of the river. Besides, some other decisions are to be implemented in the state. For example, state-of-the-art driving training centers, simulation training for drivers, development of border infrastructure, etc.…

10 Nov

Fake student’s enrollment in Assam Primary Schools

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Minister Ranoj Pegu said many government schools have uploaded inflated enrollment figures on the Unified District Information System for Education portal. Assam Education Minister Ranoj Pegu said, “Many schools have uploaded inflated lists on the UDISE portal to avoid mergers or closures due to low enrolment. But with data sanitization, we hope the situation will stabilize soon." Ranoj Pegu also said that fake students were also shown in school enrollment registers to get benefits like inflated mid-day meal allocation and more money for free school uniforms and textbooks. On the other hand, secondary school dropout rate in Assam has come…

10 Nov

BJP wins 12 seats over 22 seats

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In Deori Autonomous Council, the ruling BJP won 12 seats out of 22 seats. Voting was held on Tuesday. According to sources, the ruling party BJP has won the vote. Also, Congress won 2 seats and Independents won 8 seats. Sarma tweeted, ”The resounding victory of @BJP4Assam & allies in Deori Autonomous Council election revalidates popular trust in our Govt guided by vision of Adarniya PM Shri @narendramodi ji. My deep gratitude to the voters of the Council area for giving us this huge mandate. I thank each party worker.” Voting was held in 93 polling stations spread across six…

10 Nov

Assam DGP holds meeting with Madrasa

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At Thrusadi, Assam Director General of Police (DGP) Bhaskar Jyoti Mahant held a meeting with State Director of Secondary Education Mamata Hojai along with representatives of five organizations including All Assam Tanjim Madaris Qawmia, All Assam Talimi Taraqi Board, Madrasa Education Board Al Hafiz and others. Adra Madaris Islamia. Private madrasa boards said the meeting was held to provide information about their institutions to the state government by December 1. According to sources, Bhaskar Jyoti Mahant (DGP) said that action against the radicalization of madrasas has been initiated and private madrasa boards will have to fill a ceremony and provide…

09 Nov

Cold storage capacity installed in Assam

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Assam got a 5,000-tonne capacity cold storage unit. On Tuesday, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma inaugurated the project. The area is situated in Chaygaon area along with a fruit-processing centre at the food-processing park at Satabari under Kamrup district. Both the projects were inaugurated by the Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. According to sources, the 5,000-metric-tonne cold-storage facility has been constructed by the Assam State Agricultural Marketing Board at a cost of Rs 24.75 crore. Also, the fruit-processing unit has been built at a cost of Rs 2.89 crore.

09 Nov

13-years old girl gets raped by six boys

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A 13-year-old girl was raped by six minor boys in the Karimganj district of Assam. Police said that all the boys had been arrested so far. According to sources, the boys were 13-15 years old. As the girl was alone at home, they allegedly forced their way into the house and raped her. Later, the boys took video of the incident and assaulted her. The girl was scared to tell her family about the incident. She informed and complaint filed was registered in the Police station. Further the boys are arrested and for more information investigation is on.

09 Nov

Assam to abolish 8000 vacant posts of teachers

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A large number of contractual faculty members are already working through Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA). So Assam government will vacate 8000 posts of teachers till contract teachers retire. According to sources, Education Minister Ranoj Pegu said the state government has offered tenure to 11,206 contractual teachers from the age of 60 in 2020. In a post, he said, "To maintain rationality against this near regularization, the Govt. has decided to keep 8000 sanctioned posts of regular teachers vacant to avoid duplication and financial neutrality." It also added that the state government can create posts as and when required due to…

03 Nov

PM Modi asks officials to act without fear against corruption

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi said officials acting against the corrupt and corruption need not fear or be defensive while doing their work. On Thrusday, in an event Modi addressing the officials and agencies said, at Vigyan Bhawan. Modi also added that, the corrupt should not escape "at any cost" and they should not get political or social protection. "Corruption is an evil we must stay away from, we have been trying to change the system made by 'abhaav' (lack) and 'dabaav' (pressure) in the last 8 years," he said.