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Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday dedicated the newly constructed Integrated Office Building of the Deputy Commissioner in Jorhat to the people. Built at Chinamara on over 53 bighas of land, the modern administrative complex has been constructed at a cost of ₹49.62 crore. The project was inaugurated nearly four years after its foundation stone was laid on December 15, 2022. The new facility marks a significant shift from the historic "Ranga Court", the iconic district administrative headquarters built during the British era in 1914. With the inauguration of the new building, the district administration is expected to…

Three books focusing on literature, history and the cultural heritage of Assam and the Northeast were jointly launched at the Williamson Magor Auditorium of the Vivekananda Kendra Institute of Culture at Uzanbazar here on Saturday. The books launched were A Quiet Romance: Rabindranath Tagore and Assam, authored by Prof Usha Ranjan Bhattacharya and translated into English by Haimanti Mitra; The Tale of the Kapili, translated by Joyita Das and R.A. Acharya; and In Search of the Ahom Kingdom, authored and translated by Amitabha Ray and Debashree Mukherjee. Academic and translator Dr Nirmal Kanti Bhattacharjee participated in a conversation with the…

Assam’s sustained conservation efforts have emerged as a major factor behind the remarkable global recovery of the greater one-horned rhinoceros, with the species’ estimated population now reaching 4,075 worldwide. The latest figure marks a dramatic recovery from the early 20th century, when fewer than 100 greater one-horned rhinos were believed to survive in the wild. India accounts for the largest share of the global population, with an estimated 3,323 rhinos, while Nepal is home to around 752. Assam remains the principal stronghold of the species, harbouring nearly 80 per cent of the world’s greater one-horned rhino population. Kaziranga National Park…

Even a year after Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Assam Bioethanol Plant, the bamboo-based facility has not yet been able to commence commercial production. Stabilisation work is currently underway at the plant, said Ranjit Rath, Chairman of Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) and CMD of Oil India Limited. Speaking to reporters after NRL’s 33rd Annual General Meeting in Guwahati on Friday, Rath said that following commissioning of the plant, a stabilisation process needs to be completed before commercial production can begin. The process is currently underway. “After commissioning the plant, a stabilisation process is required before commercial production. We are…

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday paid tribute to Vaishnavite saint and social reformer Srimanta Sankardev on his Tirobhav Tithi, recalling his contribution to India’s cultural unity and the social, religious and literary life of Assam. In a post on X, Sarma described Sankardev as one of the great Vaishnavite saints of Bharat and said his spiritual vision had strengthened the country’s civilisational and cultural unity. “Mahapurush Srimanta Sankardev was one of the great Vaishnavite saints of Bharat, whose spiritual vision strengthened the civilisational and cultural unity of our nation,” Sarma said. The chief minister also highlighted Sankardev’s…

The Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Sarbananda Sonowal, chaired the 2nd Governing Council Meeting of the National Maritime Heritage Complex (NMHC) Society, reviewing the progress of the ambitious project coming up at Lothal, Gujarat, that seeks to revive and showcase India's maritime legacy spanning over five millennia.Calling NMHC one of the most significant cultural and maritime initiatives undertaken by the Government of India, Sonowal said the project aims to establish Lothal as a globally renowned centre of maritime heritage, knowledge, education and tourism."NMHC at Lothal is one of the most significant cultural and maritime initiatives undertaken by the Government…

The 33rd Annual General Meeting of Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) was held at the NRL Centre in Guwahati under the chairmanship of Ranjit Rath, Chairman (NRL) and CMD (OIL). NRL managing director Bhaskar Jyoti Phukan, directors of the NRL Board, shareholders and senior officials of the company attended the meeting. In his address, Rath congratulated the company on its continued growth and highlighted its recent elevation from Miniratna category-I to the prestigious Navratna status, which was conferred on December 3, 2025. Highlighting the company’s robust performance, Rath stated that the standalone net worth of the Company for the Financial Year…

The central election committee of the BJP on Friday approved Devasish Sharma as its candidate for the Nagaon Lok Sabha by-election. The bypoll is scheduled on October 6, 2026. A former IAS officer who had taken voluntary retirement while serving as the Nagaon DC earlier this month, Sharma had joined the BJP on September 8 and was subsequently given a party ticket to contest the by-poll. The announcement comes amid parties in the state gearing up for the by-poll, the results of which will be declared on October 9, 2026. The by-election to Nagaon Lok Sabha constituency was necessitated in…