Dibrugarh: Floodwaters have severed State Highway-22 at Champara in Lakhimpur district, cutting the vital Ghilamara (Lakhimpur)-Gogamukh (Dhemaji) link for the fifth consecutive day and prompting authorities to temporarily close the road, officials said on Sunday.Heavy rain in Arunachal Pradesh’s hill areas have swollen the Jiadhal, Kumotiya and Nanoi rivers — tributaries of the Brahmaputra —…
Guwahati: CM Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday assigned “guardian districts” to 16 of his cabinet colleagues to speed up development across Assam’s districts.As guardian ministers of the districts, they have been given the responsibility of working closely with the district administrations to ensure smooth implementation of all schemes and programmes.Cabinet minister Atul Bora has been…
Guwahati: CM Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday assigned “guardian districts” to 16 of his cabinet colleagues to speed up development across Assam’s districts.As guardian ministers of the districts, they have been given the responsibility of working closely with the district administrations to ensure smooth implementation of all schemes and programmes.Cabinet minister Atul Bora has been…
Farmers prepare Muga Silk threads in Dhakuakhana Guwahati: The DoNER ministry and Assam govt on Tuesday rolled out a ₹411‑crore project — Mission Muga Silk ‘Senehjori’ — aimed at empowering 2.6 lakh weavers and rearers engaged in the state’s famed golden silk industry.Union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia and chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma virtually launched the…
