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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.

03 Nov

20 Indian made liquor added in Assam

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The Assam government has decided to allow around 20 new Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) shops in the state. According to sources, Excise Minister Parimal Suklabaidya said there are several areas in Assam where people drink duty-free liquor due to lack of wine shops. He said, “We have decided to set up 20 shops to ensure that people drink alcohol from genuine places and do not harm their health. In the process these people will pay taxes and get quality liquor”. Also, in May 2020 Assam increased the excise duty on Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) by 25 percent.

03 Nov

States DC-SP meet up in Guwahati

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Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sharma chaired a high-level conference with District Magistrates and Superintendents of Police (SPs). “Had a 14-hour-long marathon meeting (from 10:30 am to 1:15 am) with DCs & SPs at AACS where we discussed various ways to bring governance closer to the public with enhanced welfare initiatives and measures required to further reform the law and order mechanism of the state,” Assam CM said in a tweet. Sarma further discussed with the SPs district-wise success in our war against drugs, reduction in crime, improved use of technology, modernization of the police system etc. The meeting was…

02 Nov

Contractors suspended for Morbi Bridge at Gujarat

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The court suspended the contractors repairing the ill-fated bridge at Morbi in Gujarat. The court said the contractors were not competent to do such work. According to reports, while replacing the floor of the bridge, its cable was not replaced and it could not take the weight of the replaced flooring, the prosecution told the magistrate's court, citing a forensic report. 135 people lost their lives when the bridge collapsed on Sunday evening. Chief Judicial Magistrate MJ Khan remanded the four accused, two managers of Oreva Group and two sub-contractors of the bridge repair, to police custody till Saturday. Further…

02 Nov

Narco-terror Crackdown Continues in Assam

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Assam Police on Monday, October 31 intercepted a vehicle and seized 676 grams of Heroin from it. The Karbi Anglong Police in just two days back seized 3.8 kgs of Morphine from Dilai Gate village in the district. Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma tweeted and appreciated the police and said, “@karimganjpolice intercepted a vehicle coming from a neighbouring state and seized 676-gram Heroin packed in 52 soap cases, which were carefully packed inside baby wet wipes and stacked inside the sound box of the vehicle.” Again, in Nagaon, October 30, recovered 3.22 grams of Heroin in 13 plastic vials. Additionally,…

02 Nov

Bharat Jodo Yatra soon to begin in Assam

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Congress' 835-km Bharat Jodo Yatra from Dhubri to Sadia began on Tuesday. The march is against the "tide of hate, lies and economic misery" propagated by the ruling BJP. According to the sources, after a public meeting attended by senior state leaders a few thousand joined the rally launched from Belguri school ground, including Assam PCC president Bhupen Kumar Borah, working PCC president Rana Goswami, CLP leader Debabrata Saikia, Lok Sabha MP Pradyut Bordoloi and AICC general secretary in-charge of Assam Jitendra Singh, who handed over the Tricolour to Borah after flagging the rally. At a massive public meeting in…

01 Nov

Arunachal-Assam border dispute to be end by November

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In a press conference, Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu said the states' age-old border dispute with Assam would soon end by November. Khandu on Monday held a meeting with a high-level delegation from Assam, including Border Security and Development Minister Atul Bora and senior officials. “One more meeting will be held between me and my Assam counterpart Dr. Himanta Biswa Sharma for a final agreement and permanent solution. We are both determined to resolve all our differences by the end of November," he said. Also on 15 July Sarma and Khandu signed an agreement to end border issues between…