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Lok Sabha polls: This big, fat Assam family has nearly 350 voters!
With a family of nearly 1200 members in total, nearly 350 members are to exercise their voting rights in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. There are nearly 300 families from the same ancestor living in the Phuloguri Nepali Paam area in the Sonitpur parliamentary constituency.
Amrit Bharat Station scheme: Here is the list of stations, facilities to be developed under Rs 25,000 crore modernisation project
PM Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone for modernisation and redevlopment of 553 stations. Spanning 27 states and union territories, the projects, costing upwards of Rs 25,000 crore, aim to transform stations into city centers with modern amenities. These endeavors, emphasizing environmental sustainability and accessibility, mark a significant step in Indian Railways' modernization efforts.
43 locations over N. F. Railway have been selected for introducing such coach restaurants
Setting up of two coach restaurants, one each in Darjeeling and Jogbani of Katihar division have been finalised. In Alipurduar division, setting up of seven coach restaurants, one each at New Coochbehar, New Alipurduar, Madarihat, Lataguri, Chalsa, Raja Bhat Khawa and New Mal has been finalised. Setting up of coach restaurants at Rangiya and Rangapara North of Rangiya division; three coach restaurants in Lumding division, two in Guwahati and one in Diphu; and one coach restaurant at New Tinsukia of Tinsukia division has been finalised.
NFR cancels 10 more trains due to Agnipath protests & Assam floods
The trains Dibrugarh-Lalgarh Express, New Jalpaiguri-New Delhi Express, Jorhat Town-Guwahati JanShatabdi Express, New Jalpaiguri-Rajendranagar Capital Express, Katihar-Samastipur, Katihar-Barauni, Purnea-Saharsha passenger trains, Rangiya-Rangapara, Rangiya-Dekargaon, Dekargaon-Rangiya passenger trains will remain cancelled on Saturday, De said.
Assam government to set up Jagannath Sewa Kendra at tea gardens
Sarma said that to use education as a tool to bring about overall development of the people belonging to tea garden areas, State government for the first time set up model high schools in the tea garden areas. These schools will be able to impart qualitative and value-based education to the students to help them to bring laurels to the state.
8 special trains introduced following suspension of flight services at Bagdogra airport
The Bagdogra airport has suspended the flight services from 11th to 25th of this month due to the repairing work of the runway. A total of 28 flights were operated at the airport. As a result, there has been a tremendous rush of the tourists and passengers to get the train tickets.
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Water resources department building 1,000 km of concrete embankment: Himanta Biswa Sarma
Sarma inaugurated a railway overbridge at Rangapara in Sonitpur today. The 804.7-meter-long overbridge built by PWD (Roads) for a total amount of Rs 90.27 crore would greatly facilitate vehicular traffic movement in the area while eliminating the need to wait at the railway crossing.
Zomato IPO fully sold on Day 1 in retail rush
While the retail portion of the offer was subscribed 2.7 times, the institutional part was nearly subscribed fully, the high networth (non-institutional) part 13% and the part reserved for employees 18%, data on BSE showed. Overall the total IPO was subscribed 1.05 times.
North Bank of Brahmaputra set to be key battleground in Assam election
In several seats in this North Bank belt, the Bodos and the tea tribes are the dominant voters and in a couple of consistencies, there is a substantial Gorkha vote share.
Jailed activist Akhil Gogoi to contest Assam polls from Sibsagar
Gogoi was booked under the stringent UAPA during the protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in December 2019 and has been in judicial custody since then.
11 new faces in BJP's list of 70 candidates for Assam polls
The BJP dropped its sitting MLAs of Sonari, Bihpuria, Lahowal, Ratabari, Silchar, Barkhola, Howraghat Diphu and Nalbari from the candidate list that was announced from New Delhi on Friday.
Assam BJP to gauge winnability before distributing tickets for 2021 assembly polls
Already the party has launched a massive feedback generation exercise pertaining to the MLA across the 124 assembly constituencies out of 126 assembly constituencies of the state.
Bypolls: Brisk polling in eastern region
The Assembly by-elections are in progress in five seats of Bihar, four in Assam, three in Sikkim, one each in Arunachal Pradesh, Odisha and Meghalaya respectively.
Congress didn't support BJP on Citizenship Bill: Himanta Biswa Sarma
Speaking at election rallies in Ratabari on Tuesday Himanta Biswa Sarma said, “Let congress now say that it will support the Citizenship amendment bill”.
In 15 year rule of Congress in Assam highest number of minority people died: Assam finance minister
Sarma said, “It is a congress way to frighten the minorities and get votes. It is during the congress rule that communal clashes takes place. Congress creates fear and rules.”
Bypolls a litmus test for BJP-led government in Assam
The four Assembly seats that will go to by-election are Sonari, Rangapara, Ratabari and Jania.
50% of railway track in NFR to be electrified by March 2020
NFR stated it is expected that by March next year, more than 50% of the total 6,242 kilometres of the railway tracks under NFR will be electrified.
Who will be the ‘sir’ of Tezpur? MGVK Bhanu or Pallab Lochan Das
Reacting to Bhanu’s statement, Das said, “He referred to me as ‘sir’ while I was the power minister and later the labour minister.”
BJP nominates Pallab Lochan Das from Tezpur Lok Sabha seat in Assam
Tezpur will be going to polls in the first phase on April 11, when Das will lock horns with Congress candidate MGVK Bhanu, a retired IAS bureaucrat.
No bank defaulter to be spared, will bring back looted money: PM Narendra Modi
"I have tightened the screw on bank defaulters and will ensure that those who looted this money return each and every paise... they have looted," PM said.
Tea tribe leader Kamakhya Tassa to contest against Tarun Gogoi
Lok Sabha MP and tea tribe leader Kamakhya Tassa will contest against Chief Minister, Tarun Gogoi in Titabor assembly constituency.
ECOR to run extra trains to clear winter rush of passengers
With a view to clear additional rush of passengers during winter season, the East Coast Railway has decided to run eight pairs of weekly and bi-weekly special trains to different destinations in the country by creating more than one lakh eighty thousand additional berths.
Militants explode bomb on rail track in Assam
The bomb was exploded on the Rangya-Rangapara rail track near Merabil Garia village in Assam's Udalguri district.
NDFB(S) miliant killed in encounter in Assam
A 'section commander' of the NDFB was killed in an encounter with a joint police and Assam Rifle team in Sonitpur district of Assam along the Arunachal Pradesh border.
Two moderate intensity earthquakes in Assam
Two earthquakes of moderate intensity rocked Assam in the early hours today, according to Regional Seismological Centre, Shillong.
Two moderate intensity earthquakes in Assam
The first, measuring 4.8 magnitude on the Richter scale, occurred at 3.35 AM with its epicentre at 26.8 degrees North and 92.7 degrees East.
Small tea growers attacked by NDFB(S) militants in Assam
Two small tea growers were attacked and assaulted by a group of four armed militants at Mainasiri for not paying extortion money.
Rail Budget 2014: 7 new trains for NE; Rs 5,116 cr for ongoing projects
It's good news for Northeast as govt proposed seven new trains besides earmarking Rs 5,116 cr for various projects in the region.
Railway Budget 2104: Tarun Gogoi places list of demands before Railway Minister
Gogoi appealed to Sadananda Gowda to introduce an alternate railway line from Coochbehar in West Bengal to Abhayapuri in Assam.
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