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  Gogoi for improving quality of education in Assam

  Politics | January 22, 2015 13:52 IST

  Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has directed district and block education officials to improve the standard and quality of education in the state.  While inaugurating a two-day state conference on ‘Educational Planning and Administration

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  Assam Govt preparing separate Land Acquisition Bill: Tarun Gogoi

  Politics | January 21, 2015 17:01 IST

  Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today said his government is drafting a new Land Acquisition Bill for the state as he would not implement the Central Act that was recently amended through an Ordinance.“We

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  Youth fest would help remove wrong notion about northeast: Tarun Gogoi

  Politics | January 13, 2015 10:54 IST

  Guwahati: The National Youth Festival - that concluded here Monday - would go a long way in removing people's misconceptions about the northeastern states, Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said.The five-day cultural jamboree that began

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  Niti Ayog a think tank based on RSS ideology: Tarun Gogoi

  Politics | January 06, 2015 14:04 IST

  Guwahati: Niti Ayog is going to be a think tank based on the ideology of RSS, Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi alleged today."The Niti Ayog has been filled with ministers and pro-BJP individuals. It is

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  Situation in four districts improving fast: Gogoi

  Politics | January 03, 2015 21:09 IST

  Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today said overall situation in Kokrajhar, Sonitpur, Chirang and Udalguri districts is improving fast following serial attacks and thousands of inmates are returning to their homes from relief camps.“The

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  Changing Planning Commission's name just a gimmick: Gogoi

  Politics | January 02, 2015 18:55 IST

  Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today said changing the name of the Planning Commission was a cheap gimmick.“Renaming the Planning Commission is an attempt to belittle the contribution of Jawaharlal Nehru, the architect of

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  Congress to get majority in Assembly polls: Tarun Gogoi

  Politics | January 01, 2015 21:33 IST

  Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today claimed that Congress would get majority in the state if Assembly elections are held this year.“We'll get majority if Assembly elections are held this year as people can

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  Army can act on its own during counter-insurgency: Gogoi

  Politics | January 01, 2015 16:55 IST

  Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today said that the army can act on its own in counter-insurgency operations and the state government does not need to call for its services.“In a law and order

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  NDFB(S) carnage "joint failure" of Centre and state: Gogoi

  Politics | December 30, 2014 21:15 IST

  Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today said it was the “joint failure” of both the state and central governments to prevent the recent carnage of tribals by Bodo miltant group NDFB (Songbijit) in the

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  Tarun Gogoi blames Centre for Assam violence

  Politics | December 30, 2014 19:36 IST

  Guwahati: The central government was to blame for the recent violence in Assam that left 79 people dead and rendered over two lakh people homeless, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said Tuesday, alleging a nexus between

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  Assam attacks: Rajnath discusses relief ops with Gogoi

  Politics | December 29, 2014 7:43 IST

  New Delhi: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh tonight spoke to Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi and discussed with him the ongoing relief operations in the violence-hit areas of the state.During the telephonic conversation, the Home

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  Assam peaceful, Gogoi reviews situation

  India | December 28, 2014 17:51 IST

  Guwahati: Assam remained peaceful today with no fresh incidents reported as Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi reviewed the situation calling for intensifying confidence-building measures in the wake of death of 81 people in NDFB(S) militant attack,

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  NIA to probe NDFB(S) mass killing in Assam: Rajnath Singh

  Politics | December 25, 2014 19:06 IST

  Guwahati:  Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today announced that the National Investigation Agency would probe the brutal NDFS(S) attacks on adivasis and its violent aftermath in Assam, which left 78 “poor and innocent” people dead.

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  Continue foodgrain supply to tea gardens, Gogoi urges Modi

  Politics | December 21, 2014 23:33 IST

  Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to continue the system of allocating bulk foodgrain to the tea gardens in the state till the implementation of the National Food

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  Gogoi made 18 official foreign visits since 2001

  Politics | December 15, 2014 13:06 IST

  Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has officially made 18 foreign trips since coming to power in 2001, the state Assembly was informed today.  Replying to a query during the Question Hour on the first

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  Ministry reshuffle in January, some will be dropped: Gogoi

  Politics | December 13, 2014 21:09 IST

  Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today said the much-awaited reshuffle of his ministry will be done in January with dropping of “some” existing ministers.“I have postponed it due to Assembly session beginning this Monday.

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  Anjan Dutta is the new chief of Congress's Assam unit

  Politics | December 13, 2014 19:02 IST

  New Delhi: Congress today appointed former minister Anjan Dutta, who was quizzed by CBI in Saradha scam probe, as Assam PCC chief, replacing Bhubaneswar Kalita whose tenure would have ended in March after holding the

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  Tarun Gogoi opposes move to scrap Plan panel

  Politics | December 07, 2014 18:58 IST

  New Delhi:  Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, a Congress veteran, today opposed the move to scrap the Planning Commission, saying replacing it without carefully devising a new structure was likely to do more harm than

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  Sonia has to continue mentoring Rahul for Congress's revival:Tarun Gogoi

  Politics | December 07, 2014 15:47 IST

  New Delhi:  As Congress grapples to regain lost ground, three-time Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has said a combination of Rahul Gandhi's initiatives and Sonia Gandhi's maturity and experience will help the party shore up

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  Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi condoles Antulay's death

  Politics | December 03, 2014 14:57 IST

  Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today condoled the death of former Maharashtra Chief Minister A R Antulay.Antulay was a Congress stalwart who worked relentlessly for the interest of the poor and common man, the