Tag: Sarbananda Sonowal
Over 77 % Turnout In First Phase Of Assam Assembly Polls
Over 77 per cent of Assam's 8,109,815 voters cast their votes on Saturday in the first phase of the state's Assembly polls which were conducted in 47 of the 126 Assembly constituencies, election officials said. ....
Amit Shah Accuses Congress Of Trying To Open Assam To Infiltrators
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday alleged that the Congress and its electoral ally AIUDF in Assam wanted to open the gates for the infiltrators in a bid to increase their "vote bank". ....
Modi Cabinet Shakeup: Mansukh Mandaviya To Head Health Ministry; Scindia Gets Civil Aviation
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has carried out another 'surgical strike' by completely revamping the Union Council of Ministers, inducting new faces and restructuring the portfolios. ....
Sonowal Launches Housing Scheme For Poor
Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Thursday launched the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) to provide a secure house to every rural family.....
Singer Papon Invites Big B To Assam
Assamese singer Papon, who has sung a song on the Brahmaputra river with Amitabh Bachchan, has invited the Bollywood megastar to visit Assam soon. ....
Mukherjee Inaugurates Namami Brahmaputra In Assam
President Pranab Mukherjee on Friday inaugurated the five-day-long Namami Brahmaputra river festival here in Assam. ....
Assam on Friday ushered in celebrations for Rongali Bihu, the state's most colourful festival.....
Assam CM Orders Probe On Youth Carrying Kin's Body On Cycle
Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal has directed the Directorate of Health Services to rush to Majuli and probe the circumstances in which a youth had to carry the dead body of his relative on a bicycle from hospital to his village.....
Rs 200 Crores Grant For Assam's Flood-hit Highways
Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari announced grant of Rs 200 crore as first installment for immediate repair of National Highways damaged due to heavy rains in Assam. ....
