| Why is the plan fund not released quarterly? |
By our Staff Reporter
GUWAHATI, Sept 5: In the past couple of years, the Planning Commission has been increasing Assam’s annual plan size every fiscal. If in 2011-12 Assam’s annual plan outlay was fixed at Rs 9,000 crore, for the fiscal 2012-13, the annual plan outlay has been increased to Rs 10,500 crore. But despite this increase in the annual plan size over the years, Ass... |
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| US daily calls Manmohan Singh 'tragic figure', government wants apology |
The Time magazine dubbed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as an ‘underachiever’ and The Independent called him ‘Sonia’s poodle’. More criticism comes his way as the US daily The Washington Post tags him as ‘a tragic figure’
WASHINGTON, Sept 5: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has been described as “a dithering, ineffectual bu... |
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| NESO bandh today |
By our Staff Reporter
GUWAHATI, Sept 5: Barring Assam, the North Eastern Students’ Organization (NESO) has called a 12-hour bandh in the northeastern region on Thursday to protest the attacks on people from the Northeast in other parts of the country and the influx from Bangladesh. The organization will take out a rally and hold a meeting in Guwahati to focus on the problems of illegal ... |
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| Get me toughest roles: Priyanka |
MUMBAI, Sept 5: Priyanka Chopra, who plays an autistic girl in Barfi, says she is game for such tough roles. Asked how she chooses such tough roles one after the other, Priyanka said: “Whichever role is the toughest, bring it to me, I’ll do it.” IANS... |
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| Former AXX member slams Terong, Rajbongshi |
By our Staff Reporter
GUWAHATI, Sep 5: It seems there is no let up in the controversy surrounding the role of the Axom Xahitya Xabha (AXX) general secretary Paramananda Rajbongshi.
Addressing reporters here on Wednesday, former executive member of the AXX Ramcharan Pathak alleged that AXX president Rong Bong Terong had been giving support to the anti-Xabha activities done by Ra... |
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| AGP demands implementation of Assam Accord |
By our Staff Reporter
GUWAHATI, Sep 5: The Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) has slammed the State Government for protecting the illegal Bangladeshi nationals for its vote bank politics.
Addressing reporters here on Wednesday, AGP general secretary Durga Das Boro said the State Government should implement the Assam Accord to stop influx of Bangladeshi nationals into the State. “Th... |
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| Venture schools' teachers stage protest |
By our Staff Reporter
GUWAHATI, Sep 5: The members of the All Assam Venture High School Teachers Association staged a protest near the Six Mile flyover here on Wednesday for their various demands. The Association members demanded full-fledged provincialisation of the venture schools in the State. “Though the bill relating to the venture schools in the State was passed in the Assembly in... |
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| Policeman arrested |
By our Staff Reporter
GUWAHATI, Sep 5: A police inspector was arrested on Wednesday on the charge of extortion in Morigaon district. Bhaktiram Kakoti was arrested from his Guwahati residence in the wee hours, the police said. During his tenure in Morigaon district, Kakoti was allegedly involved in several extortion cases at Moirabari and three criminal cases were pending against him.
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| Scepticism over government's commitment to update NRC |
By our Staff Reporter
GUWAHATI, Sept 5: The Assam Public Works (APW) is not too convinced that the State Government would take up the process to update the National Register of Citizens (NRC) on a mission mode, as had been stated by Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi during a press conference on Tuesday.
“Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has been claiming that his government is committe... |
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