Month: February 2021

Assam govt to increase minimum wage of tea workers soon

Assam govt to increase minimum wage of tea workers soon

Guwahati: Assam Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday said the government will issue a notification in the next 10 days to increase the minimum wage of tea garden workers in the state. Addressing a public rally here in the presence of Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Chief Minister

PM Modi to visit Assam on Feb 7

PM Modi to visit Assam on Feb 7

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be visiting Assam and West Bengal on February 7. According to the Prime Minister Office, during his visit to Assam, he will launch ‘Asom Mala’ in Sonitpur at around 11:45 am and will lay the foundation stone of two medical colleges and hospitals

71,000 teachers recruited in Assam in last 5 years

71,000 teachers recruited in Assam in last 5 years

Guwahati: As many as 71,000 teachers have been recruited in the last five years in Assam, almost filling up the vacancies that existed in the education department, said Himanta Biswa Sarma, Assam Education Minister. “Today (Friday) we have recruited almost 30,000 teachers. We have almost filled up the vacancies that

Poacher killed in Assam, another arrested

Poacher killed in Assam, another arrested

Tezpur: A poacher was killed and another arrested from two different places in Assam on Friday, forest department officials said. In the first incident, a poacher was killed by forest guards in Nameri National Park in Sonitpur, they said. The poachers, in a bid to escape, opened fire at the