Assam Government
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Assam govt pitches for Bharat Ratna on Bhupen Hazarika
National | Nov 06, 2014, 07:00 AM ISTGuwahati: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has said his government would take up the matter with the Centre again to confer the Bharat Ratna award posthumously to cultural icon Bhupen Hazarika.The state government has already
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Rajnath announces Rs 286 crore additional central assistance to flood-hit Assam
National | Oct 02, 2014, 07:00 AM ISTGuwahati: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday announced Rs 286 crore central assistance to flood-hit Assam, which will be in addition to Rs 386 crore already released to the state.After conducting an aerial survey
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Assam government withdraws Assamese as official language
India | Sep 10, 2014, 12:43 PM ISTGuwahati: The Assam government has withdrawn a controversial circular regarding use of Assamese as official language in Barak valley with immediate effect."The Government of Assam has withdrawn the circular PLC 14/2011/39 dated 30th November 2013
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Tarun Gogoi presents Rs 1385 crore deficit budget for Assam
India | Aug 11, 2014, 12:17 PM ISTGuwahati: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Monday presented a Rs 1,385.77 crore deficit budget for the state for 2014-15 financial year."The Budget estimates of 2014-15 show a receipt of Rs 57,311.39 crore under the
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Assam government steps up measures to combat encephalitis
India | Jul 26, 2014, 08:46 PM ISTGuwahati: Assam health department has stepped up measures to combat the outbreak of Japanese Encephalitis (JE) and Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) which has so far claimed 252 lives in the state.A spokesman of the health
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Assam government not to allow victory processions in 11 districts
India | May 15, 2014, 08:14 PM ISTGuwahati: Assam government will not allow victory processions in eleven sensitive districts of the state and announced strict enforcement of prohibitory orders. A decision to this effect was taken at the State Level Crisis Management
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Discrepancy in passengers missing in the boat tragedy due to non-registration
India | May 06, 2012, 09:46 PM ISTGuwahati / Dhubri, May 6: The Assam government today said discrepancy in the number of passengers missing in the boat tragedy in Dhubri was because their relatives had not registered their names.“Until relatives of passengers