In a bid to fulfil the BJP-led Assam government’s poll promise to provide 1 lakh jobs to the youths of the state, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday handed over appointment letters to 22,958 new recruits in 11 state government departments. During a programme held at Khanapara field, Guwahati,
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Minister for Water Resources, Government of Assam, Pijush Hazarika met Union Minister for Jal Shakti, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat here on Friday and thanked him for releasing Rs.125 crore from the Flood Control Fund to the state for the current fiscal. Minister Hazarika met Union Minister Shekhawat at his office to express
Five alleged cattle smugglers were arrested and 45 cattle heads seized in Assam’s Nagaon district on Friday, police said. Two trucks and two other vehicles were also seized in the operation, they said. Acting on a tip-off, police intercepted two trucks in the Rupahihat police station area. A total of
Police rescued six Tokay gecko lizards in Assam’s Sonitpur district, an officer said on Friday. He said police rescued the lizards when a man was trying to sell them to some persons who deal in illegal trade in Manshiri area under Borghat police station on Thursday night. The estimated market
The Assam forest department has faced a new challenge to protect one-horned rhinoceros in the state after a case of poachers using tranquillizers to remove rhino horn has come to light in Assam’s Orang National Park. According to the reports, poachers chopped off the horn without killing a sub-adult rhino