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  Replace Assam guv who has turned his office into an annex of BJP office: Tarun Gogoi urges President

  Politics | November 28, 2015 22:49 IST

  Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today urged President Pranab Mukherjee for his immediate intervention for replacement of Acting state Governor Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya who has allegedly "converted his office into an annex of BJP

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  Tarun Gogoi hopes Anup Chetia will play important role in peace process

  Politics | November 11, 2015 17:05 IST

  Guwahati:  Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today expressed hope that ULFA General Secretary Anup Chetia, handed over by Bangladesh to India, would play an important role in the peace process and said the militant leader

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  Gogoi slams intolerant government, Jaitley's remark on special status

  Politics | October 31, 2015 8:59 IST

  New Delhi: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Friday slammed what he called an intolerant central government and also came down heavily on union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley for his remark that the era of

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  South Asian Games to held from Feb 6-16 in Guwahati, Shillong

  Other Sports | October 25, 2015 17:37 IST

  Guwahati: The South Asian Games will be held in Guwahati and Shillong from February 6 to 16 next year with eight countries, including hosts India, participating in the regional multi-sporting event, said Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today.“There would be 25

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  Tarun Gogoi accuses MHA of acting in haste to amend Passport rules

  Politics | October 18, 2015 6:57 IST

  Guwahati: Criticizing the Union Ministry of Home Affairs, Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi yesterday said that the amendments in the Passport (Entry into India) Rules, 1950 and Foreigners' Order 1948 are made in haste thus

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  Himanta was an asset, his exit will not affect Congress: Tarun Gogoi

  Politics | August 24, 2015 22:05 IST

  Guwahati: Himanta Biswa Sarma was “one of the assets” while he was a part of the government but the former minister's departure will not affect the ruling Congress in the 2016 Assembly polls, Assam Chief

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  Tarun Gogoi announces five new districts in Assam on I-Day

  Politics | August 15, 2015 21:34 IST

  Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today announced creation of five new districts in the state in order to bring administration closer to the public.  In his Independence Day speech after hoisting the national flag

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  Over 13,000 foreigners identified in five years in Assam

  India | August 10, 2015 14:06 IST

  Guwahati:  Over 13,000 persons were declared as foreigners in Assam by the Foreigners Tribunals in the last five years, Agriculture Minister Rockybul Hussain today informed the state Assembly.A total of 60,011 cases were also disposed

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  Won't cede an inch of land: Assam, Arunachal, Manipur CMs

  Politics | August 07, 2015 21:44 IST

  New Delhi: Trouble seems to be brewing over the Naga accord with Chief Ministers of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur today attacking the Centre for not consulting them over it and declaring that they will

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  Tarun Gogoi danced with tribal women when state was mourning Kalam's death: BJP MP

  Politics | August 01, 2015 4:09 IST

  New Delhi: A BJP member in Lok Sabha on Friday charged Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi of dancing with tribal women when the country was mourning the death of former President APJ Abdul Kalam, saying

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  Assam Chief Minister orders probe into US firm's bribery case

  Politics | July 20, 2015 18:31 IST

  Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Monday ordered a probe into allegation that a US-based construction management company had bribed officials, including a minister, to win contract for a water project in Guwahati.The chief minister

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  Rajnath Singh speaks to Assam CM over killing of Hindi-speaking persons

  Politics | July 17, 2015 11:19 IST

  New Delhi: Home Minister Rajnath Singh today spoke to Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi about the killing of a Hindi-speaking businessman and his daughter by suspected ULFA militants in Tinsukia.During their telephonic conversation, Gogoi apprised

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  Names of all citizens to be included in NRC: Tarun Gogoi

  Politics | July 12, 2015 22:45 IST

  Guwahati:  Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today said the state government will ensure that the names of all citizens, including indigenous people, find place in the updated National Register of Citizens (NRC).  The Registrar General

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  Government will carry on with state welfare schemes: Tarun Gogoi

  Politics | June 13, 2015 20:28 IST

  Guwahati:  Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today said his government is committed to carry on the existing welfare projects and implement all "pro-poor and pro-common men" schemes in spite of the NDA government's new policy

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  Prime Minister Narendra Modi played "partisan politics": Congress

  Politics | June 08, 2015 22:58 IST

  New Delhi: Congress on Monday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of playing “partisan politics” by not taking with him the Chief Ministers of Assam, Tripura and Meghalaya and told him that he does not represent

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  Tarun Gogoi inaugurates Guwahati-Dhaka bus service

  India | June 06, 2015 21:37 IST

  Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today inaugurated the Guwahati-Dhaka bus service from the city.Speaking on the occasion, Gogoi said a new chapter in India-Bangladesh relations has begun with the commencement of the bus service

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  Modi has drastically slashed central allocations: Gogoi

  Politics | May 27, 2015 17:59 IST

  Guwahati: Accusing the Prime Minister of making a U-turn on his ‘acche din' (good days) pre-poll promises to the people of Assam, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today asserted that Narendra Modi has drastically cut Central

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  'New funding pattern cost Assam over Rs.7,000 crore'

  India | May 15, 2015 17:07 IST

  Guwahati:  The central government's delinking of several centrally-sponsored schemes and changing the funding pattern in some of them has cost Assam over Rs.7,000 crore in the 2015-16 fiscal, said Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Friday.Gogoi

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  Tarun Gogoi thanks Narendra Modi for re-inclusion of Assam

  Politics | May 06, 2015 17:46 IST

  Guwahati: Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for re-inclusion of Assam in the protocol signed between the Governments of India and Bangladesh.Gogoi, in a letter to the Prime Minister, said there-inclusion

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  Tarun Gogoi slams PM Modi for excluding Assam from land swap deal

  Politics | May 04, 2015 16:19 IST

  Guwahati: Continuing his tirade against the Centre, Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today charged Prime Minister Narendra Modi of practising “double standards for narrow political gain” by proposing to exclude the state from the purview