Tarun Gogoi
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Gogoi urges Gadkari to strengthen road and inland transport
National | May 02, 2015, 04:35 PM ISTGuwahati: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today urged Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways and Shipping Nitin Gadkari to improve and strengthen road transport and inland water connectivity in the state.In a memorandum submitted
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Fresh tremors felt in Assam
India | Apr 26, 2015, 02:44 PM ISTGuwahati: Two fresh tremors shook Assam today, though there was no immediate report of any casualty or damage to property.The first tremor, which lasted for a second, was felt around 1242 hrs and the second
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Gogoi urges Sangma to hand over labourers death case to CBI
National | Apr 11, 2015, 05:18 PM ISTGuwahati: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today wrote a letter to his Meghalaya counterpart Mukul Sangma urging him to hand over the case of the death of 14 labourers in the neighbouring state to the
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Gogoi urges Power Ministry for allocation from Bhutan projects
National | Apr 09, 2015, 06:52 PM ISTGuwahati: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today urged the Union Ministry of Power to take appropriate action for allocation of 500 MW of power from three projects in Bhutan.The Assam government had applied for power
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Assam CM Tarun Gogoi asks for special package from Centre to secure 'justice for all'
National | Apr 05, 2015, 09:50 PM ISTNew Delhi: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today asked for a special package from the Centre for Assam and other north eastern states for overall development of justice delivery system in the region to ensure
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Tarun Gogoi threatens to bar Subramanian Swamy from entering Assam
National | Mar 16, 2015, 07:33 AM ISTGuwahati: BJP leader Subramanian Swamy has stoked a controversy with his reported remark that mosques and churches are mere buildings and can be demolished following which a First Information Report or FIR was lodged against
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Gogoi expresses solidarity with former PM Manmohan Singh
National | Mar 13, 2015, 11:42 PM ISTGuwahati: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has termed the summons issued to former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in a coal block allocation case as “political vendetta” and said that justice would prevail. A government press release
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BJP encouraging anti-national activities: Gogoi
National | Mar 10, 2015, 11:22 PM ISTGuwahati: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today alleged that the BJP-led government at the Centre was encouraging "anti-national activities" by continuing support to the PDP government in Jammu and Kashmir."By continuing support to the PDP
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Assam takes up with Centre issue of people's safety in Nagaland
National | Mar 07, 2015, 08:43 PM ISTGuwahati: Assam has taken up with the Central and Nagaland governments the issue of safety of the people of Assam residing in Nagaland following the recent lynching of a rape accused in Dimapur.In a statement
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Central security forces failed to stop lynching: Gogoi
India | Mar 07, 2015, 04:53 PM ISTGuwahati: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today said that the security at Dimapur Central Jail, from where a rape accused was dragged out and lynched by a mob, was under central security forces who failed
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Gogoi terms Dimapur lynching 'barbaric', AIUDF seeks CBI probe
India | Mar 06, 2015, 08:50 PM ISTGuwahati: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today condemned the lynching of an Assamese youth in Nagaland for allegedly raping a girl and termed the incident as “barbaric, heinous and inhuman”.The opposition All India United Democratic
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Gogoi to present Assam Budget on March 10
National | Mar 01, 2015, 10:31 PM ISTGuwahati: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi will present his last full Budget on March 10 during the Budget Session of the Assam Legislative Assembly, beginning from tomorrow.During the month-long session, the government will introduce a
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Gogoi writes to Jaitley for release of pending CST
Feb 22, 2015, 08:48 PM ISTGuwahati: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has written to Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley for release of pending Central Sales Tax (CST) to the tune of Rs 1,429.16 crore for the period between 2010 and
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BJP emerges victorious in Assam civic polls
National | Feb 13, 2015, 11:46 AM ISTGuwahati: After the recent debacle in the Delhi Assembly polls, the results of civic bodies polls in Assam has come as a big relief for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The party won 340 of
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Gogoi urges Government to constitute Brahmaputra Valley Authority
National | Feb 11, 2015, 05:03 PM ISTGuwahati: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has urged Union Minister for Water Resources Uma Bharti to expedite the constitution of the Brahmaputra River Valley Authority and delegate more powers to it for tackling the twin
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Market economy will benefit Gujarat but harm Assam: Tarun Gogoi
National | Feb 08, 2015, 07:53 PM ISTNew Delhi: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today rued that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's stress on shifting from plan to market economy will benefit big industrial states like Gujarat but harm small and backward states
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Tarun Gogoi's move to reject Land Acquisition Act 'political': Gowda
National | Feb 03, 2015, 09:06 PM ISTGuwahati: Law Minister D V Sadananda Gowda today criticised Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi over his decision not to implement the recently amended central Land Acquisition Act and termed it as a “political” move. “The
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SFI demands probe in denial of entry to North East students to Taj Mahal
India | Feb 02, 2015, 07:58 PM ISTGuwahati: The Students Federation of India today demanded an inquiry into the alleged denial of entry to the Taj Mahal to a group of girl students from the state. In a letter to Assam Chief Minister
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Will contest the 2016 Assembly polls from Titabar seat: Gogoi
National | Jan 30, 2015, 05:14 PM ISTJorhat: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today said he will contest in the 2016 Assembly elections from the Titabar constituency in Jorhat district. “I will of course contest in the 2016 elections.From today I will
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Congress aims big in Assam civic polls
National | Jan 28, 2015, 06:25 PM ISTGuwahati: Ruling Congress today promised of doubling the allocation to Rs 1,000 crore in the next five years to 74 municipal boards and town committees across Assam if it wins the forthcoming elections of these.Aiming