Tarun Gogoi
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PM Modi happy with Gogoi in Clean India campaign
National | Oct 06, 2014, 04:22 PM ISTGuwahati: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today expressed happiness over Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi inspiring its people to work towards a clean India. “Glad to see Assam CM Tarun Gogoiji inspiring the people of Assam
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Gogoi kicks off 'Clean Assam Campaign'
India | Oct 05, 2014, 06:34 PM ISTGuwahati: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today formally launched ‘Clean Assam Campaign' here. As part of the campaign, Gogoi visited the Latashil puja ground and broomed the compound along with the office bearers of the
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Gogoi regrets PM didn't visit flood-hit Assam
National | Sep 30, 2014, 08:27 PM ISTGuwahati: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today regretted that Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not visit the state during the flood devastations. “The Prime Minister not only visited Jammu and Kashmir but announced a special
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Tarun Gogoi seeks Rs.1,000 crore central package for flood-hit Assam
India | Sep 26, 2014, 07:26 PM ISTGuwahati: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi Friday sought a special package of Rs.1,000 crore from the Centre to begin rehabilitation work in the flood-hit districts, where 36 people have died and over one lakh others
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Tarun Gogoi criticises Gujarat government
India | Sep 23, 2014, 09:56 PM ISTGuwahati: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today criticised the Gujarat government for signing Memorandums of Understanding with China that have maps showing Arunachal Pradesh and some parts of Jammu and Kashmir as disputed territories.“Showing Arunachal
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Rains cripple life in Guwahati
India | Sep 22, 2014, 02:39 PM ISTGuwahati: Incessant rains since morning have thrown life out of gear here as most part of the city was water-logged prompting the administration to order closure of all educational institutions.The rain-fed Bharalu river flowing through
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Al-Qaeda trying to enter Assam: Tarun Gogoi
National | Sep 20, 2014, 05:25 PM ISTGuwahati: Days after al-Qaeda issued a video threatening to carry out its campaign in India, Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today said the terror group is trying to set up base in the state and
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Gogoi urges Modi to take up Brahmaputra dam issue with Xi
India | Sep 18, 2014, 06:08 PM ISTGuwahati: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take up the issue of construction of dams on the Brahmaputra river by China with visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping.Gogoi, in a
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Assam set up panel to probe tea garden work conditions
India | Sep 12, 2014, 12:25 PM ISTGuwahati: The Assam government Thursday set up a judicial inquiry commission to study the working conditions in the tea gardens of the state.The commission to be headed by a retired judge will study the implementation
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CM dares AGP, BJP, KMSS to prove his involvement in scam
India | Aug 30, 2014, 09:54 PM ISTGuwahati: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today dared the Opposition AGP and BJP as well as KMSS leader Akhil Gogoi to furnish proofs about his alleged involvement in the chit-fund scam in the state.In a
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Gogoi charges BJP of taking recourse to falsehood
India | Aug 24, 2014, 11:54 PM ISTGuwahati: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today charged state BJP of taking recourse to falsehood by making “weird statement that the state government did not give the go-ahead to the Union Home Minister to visit
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Tarun Gogoi for CBI to probe into Assam-Nagaland border violence
India | Aug 23, 2014, 07:28 AM ISTGuwahati: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Friday said the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) would be asked to probe the violence near the state's border with Nagaland in the wake of kidnapping of two
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Gogoi blames union home minister for border problem
India | Aug 20, 2014, 04:34 PM ISTGuwahati: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today accused Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh of failing to provide security along the state's border with Nagaland and accused the Centre of not taking the recent violence thereseriously.Addressing
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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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Drought-like situation in 14 Assam districts
India | Aug 06, 2014, 08:15 PM ISTGuwahati: A total 14 districts in Assam are facing drought-like situation due to lack of rains this year, state Agriculture Minister Nilamani Sen Deka told the assembly today. "At present, 12 districts have witnessed normal
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24x7 control room at Assam CM office
India | Aug 05, 2014, 06:38 AM ISTGuwahati: A control room at Assam Chief Minister's Office has been set up to function round-the-clock to attend to distress calls at times of exigency. The control room set up at the direction of Chief
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Gogoi directs officials to fill up posts in medical colleges
India | Aug 04, 2014, 09:46 PM ISTGuwahati: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today directed Health and Family Welfare Principal Secretary to take immediate steps to fill up the posts in Tezpur Medical College, Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed Medical College (FAAMC) Barpeta and
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Over 14,000 police posts vacant in Assam
India | Aug 04, 2014, 06:14 PM ISTGuwahati: Nearly 20 per cent posts of the 75,559-strong Assam Police are lying vacant at present, the state Assembly was informed today.Despite this, the state could not utilise more than 80 per cent of the
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305 encephalitis deaths in Assam; CM asks to check the disease
India | Jul 30, 2014, 09:56 PM ISTGuwahati/Tezpur: Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today directed the Health department to take all possible measures to check the spread of Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) and Japanese Encephalitis (JE), which have jointly claimed 305 lives in
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Congress in crisis: Leadership challenged
National | Jul 27, 2014, 02:16 PM ISTNew Delhi: It has not been an easy time for the Congress since it went down to its lowest tally in the Lok Sabha elections two months back. While the party is witnessing internecine battles