Major breakthrough in Kopili disaster; water flow into power plant restricted

Five days after the crisis at the Kopili power plant began, the rescue teams have finally managed to shut the gate of the intake point of the inclined tunnel, the downstream of which got breached at multiple locations. This comes as a major relief to the rescue efforts at the 200 mega watt power plant […]

Assam CM Sarbananda Sonowal asks DCs to constitute task force

Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal has issued strict directives to Deputy Commissioners of all the districts to constitute task forces to look into reducing road accidents. It may be mentioned that the directive comes in the wake of recent road mishaps in the state. The task force will include officials of the police, transport and […]

Narrow escape for Assam CM as chopper makes emergency landing at Lilabari

Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal had a narrow escape when the chopper he was travelling in had to make an emergency landing due to a mid-air crisis. According to reports, the chopper got engulfed in clouds as the pilots lost visibility forcing them to take the chopper to a much higher altitude. The chopper turned […]

Assam government institutes one-man inquiry into Teok lynching incident

The Assam Government has instituted a one man inquiry into the Teok lynching case, where a senior doctor was thrashed to death by an unruly mob. The Government has asked Commissioner and Secretary – Finance, Shyam Jagannathan to conduct an inquiry into the murder of Dr. Deben Dutta. Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal had a […]

North East Linguistic and Ethnic Coordination Committee submits memorandum to Assam CM

A team of the North East Linguistic and Ethnic Coordination Committee Assam met Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal day at the Administrative Staff College in Guwahati in the presence of Silchar MP Rajdeep Roy and MLA Dilip Paul. During the meeting, the NELECC delegation submitted a memorandum to the Chief Minister demanding the government’s intervention to […]

Assam CM Sarbananda Sonowal calls on HM Amit Shah; discusses law and order post NRC publication

Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal called on Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday evening to update him on the ongoing NRC exercise besides seeking central cooperation to ensure that there is no law and order situation at any point of time. While the Supreme Court is firm on publication of the NRC within the […]

Assam floods: Death toll mounts to 19; over 44 lakh hit as Centre release 251.55 crore aid

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has agreed to look at Assam floods as a national disaster. Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said because of Prime Minister Modi’s grave concern about the situation, Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Sekhawat on Tuesday toured the flood-hit areas even as the Centre released a disaster relief assistance of 251.55 […]

Assam: Birendra Prasad Baishya, Kamakhya Prasad Tasa file nominations for RS polls

AGP candidate Birendra Prasad Baishya and BJP candidate Kamakhya Prasad Tasa on Tuesday filed their nominations for the two Rajya Sabha seats in Assam. Former union minister Baishya was among the first to file his nomination in the Assam Assembly. Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, BJP’s top strategist for Northeast and NEDA convenor Himanta Biswa Sarma, Assam […]

Top officials led by Assam CM Sarbananda Sonowal hold crucial security meet with HM Rajnath Singh

An important security meet was held between Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal at the Ministry of Home Affairs in New Delhi on Monday. Security arrangements to be undertaken in the State post the publication of the final draft NRC in July and the recent grenade attack in the State’s Capital […]