have been reeling under acute water crisis and addressing this major issue is going to be the toughest challenge for the candidates in fray from this ward for the June 19Localities around the state capital complex come under the jurisdiction of ward number 26, where the post of ward councillor is reserved for women for the ensuing polls.Due to the limited supply of water provided by government agencies...

Source : Times Of India | 6 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Dispur

Update NRC at one go, Aasu to CM

proposed that the state government update the National Register of Citizens (NRC) of 1951 at "one go" before the 2014The state government had earlier announced that it would update the NRC in three phases after the notification. The first phase included seven districts of upperAasu said that the state government assured to consider the student body's demand. "We were pressing that the NRC update be...

Source : Times Of India | 34 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Dispur

Assam hub of land scams: Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti

developers rampantly using agricultural land for non-agricultural purposes using unscrupulous means.Akhil said that this was evident from a document from the Kamrup DC's office at Amingaon that he had accessed through the RTI Act. "The document provides clear proof that agricultural land in Kamrup is rampantly being used for non-agricultural activities by unfair means. This is a serious violation of...

Source : Times Of India | 48 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Dispur

Electricity staff want power enhancement

Raising concern over the ongoing power crisis in the state, the electricity employees and engineers under the banner of thestate branch of the National Co-ordination Committee of Electricity Employees and Engineers sent a memorandum to chief ministerurging him to take tangible steps to increase electricity production in the state."Besides having a negative impact on the socio-economic development of...

Source : Times Of India | 90 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Dispur

Assam pairs SBI for salary packages

Dispur, Mar 6 : An MoU was signed by the Principal Secretary, Finance Department Himangshu Sekhar Das on behalf of the Government of Assam and the Chief General Manager of NE Circle Rajnish Kumar on behalf of the State Bank of India for payment of salaries to State Government Officers and employees.The MoU was signed in a meeting held under the Chairmanship of the Chief Secretary of Assam Naba Kumar...

Source : Newkerala | 106 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Dispur

Tribal bodies protest Rabha Hasong Autonomous Council violence

Kokrajhar: Various tribal organizations held a meeting to protest the recent violence in theThe meeting strongly criticized the failure of the state government to control the situation in RHAC, where 24 innocent people of thecommunity were deliberately shot dead by police personnel during the panchayat polls. The meeting was organized by AllTribal Sangha. The meeting demanded early holding of council...

Source : Times Of India | 117 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Dispur

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The state election commission and Dispur appear determined to go through the third and final phase of panchayat election tomorrow in the restive Rabha Hasong Autonomous Council area despite reports of arson |The Bodo Sahitya Sabha today hit out at Dispur for the turmoil in the Rabha Hasong Autonomous Council area and urged it |Arch rivals during elections and friends soon after the votes are counted...

Source : Telegraphindia | 128 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Dispur

Most wanted fraudster arrested in Guwahati

Police arrested one of the most wanted fraudster in the state, Nilim Dutta (37), on Saturday night from the city's Juripar area. Dutta, who duped several hotel, automobile and real estate businessmen here, would claim to be a high-ranking official of Union home ministry while carrying out crimes.and a researcher on Bodoland from the Union home ministry. Over the last two years, he stayed in at least...

Source : Times Of India | 136 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Dispur

4 get life sentence for 2002 murder

convicted four men in the killing of one Pankaj Das, a student, in 2002, and pronounced life imprisonment to all four.The lower court also slapped a fine of Rs 22,000 each on the convicts - Manik Roy, Bablu Adhikary, Bharat Roy and Kaser Ali - or asked them to undergo an additional one year of imprisonment.The session court held the four guilty after hearing some 30 witnesses in the case. The police,...

Source : Times Of India | 153 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Dispur

RTA wants city buses to operate at night

(RTA) of Kamrup (metro) district has urged the All Assam Motor Transport Association (AAMTA) to start operating city buses at night in view of the inconvenience faced by commuters.With the temperatures dropping at night in the last few days, buses in the city have stopped plying after 8 pm, causing inconvenience to people, who leave their offices after 9 pm.Ashutosh Agnihotri, chairman of RTA, Kamrup...

Source : Times Of India | 155 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Dispur