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  Assam CM Gogoi accepts Congress defeat, to resign

  Politics | May 16, 2014 14:31 IST

  Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi Friday said he would tender his resignation to Congress president Sonia Gandhi, saying he takes "full responsibility" for the party's electoral defeat in the state.With counting trends of votes

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  Gogoi dismisses dissidence within Congress in Assam

  India | May 13, 2014 18:42 IST

  Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister today rubbished rumours of dissidence within Congress legislators saying that nobody was unhappy with him.  “There is no dissidence. Not a single MLA is saying that Tarun Gogoi should be removed,”

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  Special force for protection of people in vulnerable areas: Gogoi

  India | May 08, 2014 22:37 IST

  Guwahati: A special force will be raised for protection of people in the vulnerable violence-hit areas of BTAD districts, while 34 additional companies of security forces were sought from the Centre, Assam Chief Minister Tarun

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  Security to be stepped up in BTAD areas: Tarun Gogoi

  India | May 06, 2014 6:35 IST

  Guwahati: Security will be stepped up in the vulnerable areas of violence-hit Bodoland Territorial Area Districts (BTAD) of Assam and the state police chief has been asked to prepare a comprehensive action plan in this

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  Locals refuse to bury dead till Gogoi visits them

  Politics | May 04, 2014 13:47 IST

  Salbari (Assam): Demanding that Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi visit their area, people of Salbari in Assam's violence-hit Baksa district today refused to bury their kin killed in attacks by NDFB-S militants.  Angry protestors in Nankekhadrabari

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  Gogoi seeks NIA probe into Assam violence

  India | May 03, 2014 17:37 IST

  Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today asked for a probe by NIA into the violence by Bodo militant group NDFB(S) in the state and vowed to apprehend those responsible for the killings.“We have decided

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  Not Modi but Gogoi magic will click: Gogoi

  Politics | April 07, 2014 12:04 IST

  Guwahati: "Modi magic will not work here. It is Tarun Gogoi's magic that will work here," Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said Monday.He made the comment after expressing confidence that the Congress will win all

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  Gogoi terms BJP manifesto for Assam hollow

  India | April 05, 2014 6:55 IST

  Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Friday hit out at the BJP for making 'tall and hollow promises' in its election manifesto for Assam, which he termed 'a repetition of promises made in the

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  Corporates will run India if Modi becomes PM: Gogoi

  Politics | April 04, 2014 11:25 IST

  Guwahati: Launching a fresh attack against Narendra Modi, Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi Thursday said big corporate houses will run the government if the BJP leader becomes prime minister.Gogoi told newsmen that if the Bharatiya

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  Congress to raise EVM tampering by BJP at national level: Gogoi

  Politics | April 03, 2014 16:56 IST

  Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today alleged that an EVM had been tampered by the BJP and said the Congress would take it up with the Election Commission.“It's a very serious issue. We have

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  Employment generation stopped during NDA rule: Gogoi

  Politics | March 24, 2014 22:33 IST

  Tezpur (Assam): Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today said employment generation stopped in the country during NDA government at the Centre.  Addressing an election rally at Ghoramari in Sonitpur district, Gogoi said, “During the BJP

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  Why does Modi need a safe seat to contest, asks Tarun Gogoi

  Politics | March 17, 2014 23:41 IST

  Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today questioned why BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi needed a “safe seat” to contest the Lok Sabha elections.“If Modi is so sure about his win and there is

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  Assam lost over Rs 91k cr due to NDA's industrial policy: Gogoi

  India | March 17, 2014 20:41 IST

  Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today said the state lost huge investment opportunities to the tune of about Rs 91,565 crore due to dilution of North East Industrial Policy 1997 by the then BJP-led

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  Gogoi says, NaMo Tea is an insult to Assam Tea

  India | March 13, 2014 8:19 IST

  Guwahati: Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi has said the NaMo Tea was an insult to the world famous Assam Tea. "We don't neet NaMo tea. We have our own world famous brand - Assam Tea",

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  Assam tea world famous, not NaMo Chai: Gogoi

  India | March 12, 2014 17:12 IST

  Guwahati: Taking a dig at ‘NaMo Chai', Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today said branding tea in the name of BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi was an insult to world famous Assam tea and the

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  Govt to give land ownership to over 62,000 people in Guwahati

  India | February 18, 2014 19:54 IST

  Tezpur (Assam): Over 62,000 people will be given land ownership in Guwahati city before the Lok Sabha elections, Assam Revenue Minister Prithibi Majhi said today.“Altogether, 62,000 landless people in Guwahati will be given land patta

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  Assam to bring new Lokayukta Bill in next Assembly session

  India | February 13, 2014 19:12 IST

  Guwahati: The Assam government today said it will introduce a new Lokayukta Bill in line with the central legislation during the next Assembly session.Presenting Assam's interim Budget for 2014-15, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said, “I

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  Tarun Gogoi calls Modi an irresponsible leader

  India | February 10, 2014 18:05 IST

  Guwahati:  Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today took on Narendra Modi today saying that the BJP Prime Ministerial candidate was ‘irresponsible' and had made ‘wrong statements' at his rally two days ago.“Today I got a

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  BJP, AIUDF in Unholy Alliance for RS Polls: Gogoi

  Politics | February 05, 2014 20:53 IST

  Guwahati: The Congress today slammed opposition BJP and AIUDF "of forming an unholy alliance" to defeat a ruling party candidate in the upcoming Rajya Sabha election this week.The party also claimed that the "result" of

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  Eco blockade continues for 7th day, Gogoi appeals to withdraw

  India | February 05, 2014 20:04 IST

  Guwahati: With the economic blockade against Arunachal Pradesh continuing for the seventh day today, Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today called for an end to the agitation and demanded a CBI probe into the Behali