Assam CM’s vigilance raids DIPR office for third day, seized several files

Apr 12, 2017, at 02:13 am

Guwahati, Apr 11 (IBNS) : The sleuths of Chief Minister’s vigilance on Tuesday had raided at the office of the Directorate of Information and Public Relations (DIPR) in Guwahati for consecutive third day in connection with a multi crore rupees scam.

Assam CM terms Union Budget 2017-18 as pro-poor, pro-farmer, welfare and growth oriented

Feb 02, 2017, at 12:38 am

Guwahati, Feb 1 (IBNS) : Hailing the 2017-2018 Union Budget, Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal described it as “pro-poor, pro-farmer, welfare and growth-oriented” and said it has something for every section of the society.

Assam CM directs DCs to complete embankment repairing within Mar 31

Dec 21, 2016, at 01:35 am

Guwahati, Dec 20 (IBNS): Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal has directed the Deputy Commissioners to ensure completion of repairing works of all the embankments of the State within Mar 31, 2017.

Assam CM directs irrigation department to complete all ongoing projects

Dec 20, 2016, at 11:28 pm

Guwahati, Dec 20 (IBNS) : Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal directed the Irrigation department to complete the construction works of all ongoing irrigation projects in the state at an early date to boost the agricultural production.

Assam CM directs to improve coordination between Forest and Railways for controlling elephant deaths

Dec 19, 2016, at 01:09 am

Guwahati, Dec 18 (IBNS) : Expressing deep concern over high number of elephant deaths due to mowing down by speeding train in recent days in Assam, Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal directed the State Forest Department and NF Railway to improve communication and co-ordination to control such incidents in a meeting held on Sunday at Assam Secretariat.

Spiritual strength must for character building: Assam CM

Oct 23, 2016, at 01:13 am

Guwahati, Oct 22 (IBNS) : Saying that the youth must be spiritually inclined, Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Saturday said that a strong moral character of a person gives him the strength to carry out his duties towards society with dedication and commitment.

Assam CM urges students to strive for becoming good human beings

Oct 02, 2016, at 12:29 am

Guwahati, Oct 1 (IBNS) : Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal urged students of the state to strive for becoming good citizens with human values along with excelling in studies.

Amit Shah highly praises Assam CM Sarbananda Sonowal

Sep 26, 2016, at 01:53 am

Guwahati, Sept 25 (IBNS) : BJP national president Amit Shah on Sunday highly praised Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and the Assam government in front of all representatives assembled for national council meeting at Kozhikode, Kerala.

John Abraham meets Sonowal; discusses issues relating to ISL

Sep 21, 2016, at 10:02 pm

Guwahati, Sept 21 (IBNS): Bollywood actor John Abraham, who is also the owner of North East United Football Club, on Tuesday evening called on Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal at the latter’s office chamber in Assam Secretariat and discussed with him the preparedness of Guwahati as the venue for the opening ceremony of the third edition of the Indian Sports League (ISL).

Education which encourages skill development holds key for solving unemployment: Sonowal

Sep 11, 2016, at 01:51 am

Guwahati, Sept 10 (IBNS) : Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Saturday said that education that addresses skill development holds the key in creating employment avenues and solving unemployment problems to a great extent.

Assam CM pitches for a separate road for South Salmara district

Sep 06, 2016, at 10:53 pm

Guwahati, Sept 6 (IBNS) : Pitching for a separate road for South Salmara-Mankachar district, Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal asked the PWD (Roads) and Water Resources Department to prepare a DPR (Detailed Project Report) for construction of a road to the district via Assam without touching the territory of Meghalaya.

Assam CM vows to seal porous Indo-Bangladesh border

Sep 04, 2016, at 01:49 am

Guwahati, Sept 3 (IBNS): On the last leg of his two-day visit to the Indo-Bangla border at Mankachar sector, Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Saturday visited Dewaner Alga under Hasichar Border Outpost and expressed that a ‘lot needs to be don

Assam CM visits terror attack site in Kokrajhar

Aug 07, 2016, at 10:23 pm

Guwahati, Aug 7 (IBNS) : Assam Cheif Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Sunday visited the Aug 5 attack site in Kokrajhar district and said to take stern action against the culprits who killed 14 innocent civilians.

Assam’s former CM Tarun Gogoi spent Rs 8.97 cr alone in helicopter tour in his last tenure

Jul 19, 2016, at 01:55 am

Guwahati, July 18 (IBNS) : Assam’s former Chief Minister Tarun Googi was spent over Rs 8.97 crore from the state exchequer as his helicopter tour expenditure in his last tenure.

Assam CM seeks Rs 793.89 crore from centre for NRC exercise

Jul 09, 2016, at 03:02 am

Guwahati, July 8 (IBNS) : Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Friday called on Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and drew his attention on a wide spectrum of areas which included NRC, on-going peace talks and counter-insurgency operations .

Assam CM seeks proposal for trifurcating Social Welfare Department into Directorates

Jun 11, 2016, at 01:27 am

Guwahati, June 10 (IBNS): To infuse a lease of life and ensure proper development through timely intervention, Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal mooted the idea of trifurcating the Social Welfare Department into three Directorates.

Assam CM asks BSF to ensure sealing of Indo-Bangladesh border on a war footing

Jun 05, 2016, at 12:56 am

Guwahati, June 4 (IBNS): In sync with his promise of sealing the Indo-Bangladesh border, Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal asked the Border Security Force (BSF) to ensure sealing of border on a war footing.

Gogoi asks Assam CS to ensure ongoing development work not to slow down

Mar 10, 2016, at 01:24 am

Guwahati, Mar 9 (IBNS) : Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Wednesday asked Chief Secretary VK Pipersenia to instruct all the departmental heads not to slow down the development process under the garb of Model Code of Conduct.

Assam CM appears in Guwahati court in connection with defamation case

Jan 18, 2016, at 08:46 pm

Guwahati, Jan 18 (IBNS): Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Monday appeared in the Civil Judge No 1 Court in Guwahati in connection with a Rs 100-crore defamation case filed against him by BJP leader Himanta Biswa Sharma.

Assam's financial condition is quite stable : Tarun Gogoi

Oct 20, 2015, at 02:03 am

Guwahati, Oct 19 (IBNS) : Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Monday said the financial condition of the state is quite stable and not grim as 'painted' by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Assam CM asked all tea companies to pay 20 per cent puja bonus to workers

Oct 04, 2015, at 03:51 am

Guwahati, Oct 3 (IBNS) : Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Saturday asked all the tea companies to pay 20 per cent puja bonus to the tea workers.

Assam CM urges PM for hike in PMGSY Fund

Sep 22, 2015, at 03:09 am

Guwahati, Sept 21 (IBNS) : Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to increase the fund allocation to Assam for PMGSY for the financial year 2015-16 and also for release of adequate funds in time.

Assam CM demands Centre's special treatment for North East region

Sep 17, 2015, at 01:31 am

Guwahati, Sept 16 (IBNS) : Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi attributed Centre’s retrogressive policies for the sluggish development in the North East Region.

Assam CM appointed 13 MLAs as Parliamentary Secretaries

Sep 15, 2015, at 01:47 am

Guwahati, Sept 14 (IBNS) : Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Monday appointed 13 MLAs as Parliamentary Secretaries of the state government.

Ban on meat a retrogressive step: Assam CM

Sep 14, 2015, at 02:32 am

Guwahati, Sept 13 (IBNS): Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Sunday said that the ban on sale of meat by some States is a retrogressive step as it violates the rights of the people to eat whatever food they like.

Assam CM directs to reach out to the flood victims with relief and rehabilitation measure

Sep 08, 2015, at 04:06 am

Guwahati, Sept 7 (IBNS) : Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Monday directed all the Deputy Commissioners (DC’s) to ensure that there is no shortfall of food, medicines and other essentials for the flood victims areas and asked the respective departmental heads of the district to report to the administration of any shortfall for the administration to act hurriedly.

Assam CM urges Centre to fully implement OROP to the satisfaction of the war heroes

Sep 08, 2015, at 02:22 am

Guwahati, Sept 7 (IBNS) : Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Monday urged the Centre to fully concede to the demands of the war heroes of the armed forces in implementing One Rank One Pension.

Assam CM Tarun Gogoi ordered an inquiry into the Gurdwara incident

Aug 25, 2015, at 02:38 am

Guwahati, Aug 24 (IBNS) : Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Monday had ordered an inquiry into the Gurdwara incident in Guwahati.

Assam CM faces protest in tense Assam-Nagaland border

Aug 18, 2014, at 07:08 pm

Guwahati, Aug 18 (IBNS): Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Monday faced protest from displaced people of various organisations during his visit to tense Assam-Nagalnd border where at least 16 people were killed by alleged Naga miscreants.

Assam CM Tarun Gogoi to resign today

May 22, 2014, at 05:43 pm

Guwahati, May 22 (IBNS) Taking full responsibility for the Congress' poor performance in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi will resign from his political chair on Thursday.