| 'Mukesh Ambani is running the country it seems' |
NEW DELHI, Oct 31: S. Jaipal Reddy was axed as petroleum minister for refusing a Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Ind-ustries’ proposal to hike charges of gas it supplied to State-run power plants, India Against Corruption’s Arvind Kejriwal charged on Wed-nesday, demanding that the Krishna Godavari basin allotted to the company be taken back.
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| Reliance denies IAC allegations |
MUMBAI, Oct 31: Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) on Wednesday denied allegations made by India Against Corruption, terming them as “devoid of any truth or substance whatsoever”, and made at the behest of vested interests. “The deep water exploration project in the KG-D6 basin has deployed the best technical resources and has been recognised by the oil and gas industry as one of ... |
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| Committee formed to audit accounts of local self-governing bodies |
By our Staff Reporter
GUWAHATI, Oct 31: A committee has now been formed to keep a tab on the income and expenditure of local self-government institutions.
The Assam Assembly recently formed the Assembly Committee on Local Fund Accounts to audit and prepare reports on local self-government institutions, autonomous and semi-autonomous bodies. With Congress MLA Sarat Borkotoki as i... |
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| 'Factories and industries must adhere to labour laws' |
By our Staff Reporter
GUWAHATI, Oct 31: The Asomiya Yuba Mancha has expressed resentment over the fact that neither the State Labour and Employment Department nor the Industries and Commerce Department was keeping a tab on the industries and factories in Guwahati, due to which labourers and workers were suffering.
Asomiya Yuba Mancha general secretary Jitul Deka said, “Lab... |
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| Locally acquired dengue cases set alarm bells ringing |
By our Staff Reporter
GUWAHATI, Oct 31: So far all the patients who were undergoing treatment in Assam for dengue had gone outside the State for work where they had contracted the dengue virus. But State Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday said that the Aedes mosquito, which transmits the dengue virus, had started breeding in Assam and was spreading the virus.
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| Power tariff hike by 27 paise |
By our Staff Reporter
GUWAHATI, Oct 31: State Power Minister Pradyut Bordoloi on Tuesday said that the hike in power tariff would come into effect from November 1, 2012 and that contrary to media reports, power tariff would be hiked by 27 paise per unit. Addressing a press conference in Guwahati on Wednesday, Bordoloi said that the Electricity Regulatory Commission had given its nod to the po... |
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| Bus, trekker fares hiked |
By our Staff Reporter
GUWAHATI, Oct 31: People who commute in buses and trekkers have to brace for another hike in fares. From Thursday, the minimum fare of city buses will be Rs 4.50 instead of the existing fare of Rs 3.50. The minimum fare of trekkers will be Rs 7.50 as against the existing fare of Rs 6.00. This decision to hike bus and trekker fares was taken by the State Government and tr... |
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| Auditor sentenced to rigorous imprisonment |
By our Staff Reporter
GUWAHATI, Oct 31: Special judge Md. Mazed Ali on Wednesday delivered the judgement in the special case no. 6/2011. Manoj Kumar Sakia, auditor of local fund, has been sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for three years and six months with fine of Rs 50,000, for demanding Rs 10,000 from each of the five gaon panchayat secretaries under the Gomariguri Development Block when ... |
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| SIDC former director named in CBI chargesheet |
By our Staff Reporter
GUWAHATI, Oct 31: The CBI, which was probing the allegations of irregularities in allocation of coal blocks by the Small Industries Development Corporation Ltd (SIDC), filed a chargesheet (case no. RC 14/2011) in the CBI court on Wednesday against former SIDC director Noor Mohammed and businessman Nabin Gupta.... |
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