Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Monday launched two schemes to provide monetary assistance to college students and literary bodies of the state. Under Pragyan Bharati scheme, 3,26,046 college students were given Rs 1,500 each for purchasing text books, while a total of Rs 161 crore was reimbursed for
Year: 2021
GUWAHATI: With people urinating, littering, and spitting in public, civic sense holds no meaning to some. Just a few hours after the foot over bridge’s inauguration at GS Road in Guwahati, spit stains were observed at the newly constructed foot over bridge. Authorities have requested Guwahatians to think before doing
Guwahati: Arms and ammunition, including one AK-47 rifle, were recovered by police from the banks of Mora Pagladia river in Assam on Monday. Acting on specific information, the security personnel launched search operations at Barimakha in Baksa district and found the weapons and ammunition buried under the soil near the
Pensioners above 75 years of age will not be required to file income tax returns, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said today as she presented the Union Budget 2021 in parliament. “Few months before the pandemic, the government slashed the corporate tax rate to make it the lowest in the world.
New Delhi: India proposed doubling healthcare spending in an annual budget unveiled on Monday and lifted caps on foreigners investing in its vast insurance market to help revive an economy that suffered its deepest recorded slump as a result of the pandemic. Delivering her budget statement to parliament, Finance Minister Nirmala