UPDATE 2-Ethnic riots sweep India's Assam, at least 30 killed

It’s an honour for me to be here today. And I would like to begin by telling you why it’s an honour for me. There is a tendency to look at India as a country. In our everyday life we see India as a national structure. But if you go back slightly more tha

Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today reviewed the development related issues and problems with the MLAs representing Sonitpur, Lakhimpur and Dhemaji districts. Most of the MLAs apprised the Chief Minister about the flood related problems and requested

No project was taken up under Multi-Sectoral Development Programme (MSDP) in the year 2012-13 to create infrastructure in education, health, drinking water or social welfare sectors in Assam. This was informed by state Welfare of Minorities and Developme

The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India today termed unsatisfactory Assam government's compliance with various rules, procedures and directives in financial reporting and asked the state government to ensure financial discipline and prepare re

While attributing the losses incurred by Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) in Assam to various deficiencies in functioning, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India today recommended the state government to quickly wind up the non-working PSUs

Guwahati: With a view to maintaining standard in teaching, Assam government has decided to go for quality parameters under which, off-campus PhD degrees will not be recognised during recruitment and promotion of faculty. Even serving faculties with off-c