Objections from the ruling BJP and its ally, the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), and protests by the Congress may compel the state election commission to reconsider the dates for the election to the Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) as the polling schedule coincides with the state’s biggest festival, Bihu, in mid-April.
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The census of the one-horned rhinoceros started in Assam’s Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve, said forest officials on Saturday. Ramesh Gogoi, Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) of Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve informed that it was the 14th rhino census at Kaziranga National Park. “The enumerators and observers have
Coal mining operations at North Eastern Coalfields (NEC), a unit of Coal India Limited (CIL), resumed on Saturday soon after Union Minister Pralhad Joshi along with Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma inaugurated the unit at Tikak Colliery of NEC at Margherita in Tinsukia district. The mining operations at NEC
Union Coal Minister Pralhad Joshi on Saturday emphasised that there is no shortage of coal in the country. “There is no coal shortage in the country. Electricity production has not decreased anywhere due to the coal shortage. International coal prices have gone up substantially, but production is taking place in
Lilabari Airport in Assam’s Lakhimpur district is all set to offer commercial pilot training from mid-April. The pilot training was slated to begin on Friday but due to specific reasons, the inauguration of the training has been postponed to April 12. The training of pilots will take place under the