The Tarun Gogoi government has not in any way handled the problem of erosion and the issue of rehabilitation of those rendered homeless by erosion with the required sincerity, despite being in power for three consecutive terms, something not seen earlier in Assam’s political history.
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Mousamjyoti Baishya
GUWAHATI, Dec 6: It was in the 1950s that the problem of erosion, which all this whil...
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today gave away the Sukapha Award to eminent linguist, singer, author, educator and administrator, Dr Tabu Ram Taid, during a function held on the occasion of the Asom Divas celebrations today at Sukapha Bhawan in Borborooah, some 10 km from here. The award consists of a cheque of Rs 2 lakh, a sarai, an eri shawl and an appreciation scroll.
Asom Divas, which earlier was...
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today advocated a Central development package for backward pockets of the State – especially the border areas – on the lines of projects being implemented in Naxalite-affected areas of the country.
Addressing a press conference, Gogoi said that the border areas lacked abysmally in infrastructure and were breeding grounds of insurgency. “Assam shares several inter-State an...
As part of its educational reforms, the State Government is planning to introduce the concept of mixed medium schools in the State. Besides, one regional language from among Assamese, Bodo and Bengali will also be made compulsory in all schools in the State.
Briefing the media today, Education Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that the State Government was serious about bringing in the concept of...
The All Bodo Students' Union (ABSU) on Monday warned the Centre of a Manipur-blockade-like situation in the entire northeast if its demand for the creation of a separate State of Bodoland was not met.
ABSU president Pramod Boro told The Hindu that leaders of the Joint Action Committee of the Telangana Statehood movement would be taking part in a public meeting to be organised by the students on T...