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Assam govt cancels Maruti Suzuki dealer’s trade licence for selling old cars by repainting them

8:31 pm December 15, 2020

Guwahati: The Assam Transport Department has cancelled the trade licence issued to a dealer of the country’s largest carmaker, Maruti Suzuki India, for allegedly selling old vehicles by repainting them, officials said on Tuesday. The District Transport Officer (DTO) of Kamrup Metropolitan, Gautam Das, said a person had filed complaints against the dealer at his office and at the Commissionerate […]

IIT-Guwahati students’ start-up develops for farmers to manage crops

7:45 pm December 15, 2020

Guwahati : Students of IIT Guwahati and alumni of NIT Silchar and Dibrugarh Universities in Assam have developed a multi-lingual smartphone application, AgSpeak, for farmers to manage their crops. The agri-tech start-up which is free for small farmers has been developed with the goal of optimising in-farm productivity through Artificial Intelligence (AI), a press release issued by IIT, Guwahati said. This […]

Assam govt to bring new law to control micro finance firms

10:57 pm December 13, 2020

Guwahati: The Assam government on Sunday approved a proposal to bring in a new legislation for controlling the micro finance firms, which charge exorbitant interests from borrowers, as per the RBI guidelines. A meeting of the state cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, decided to reign in the micro finance entities, who mostly give loans […]

Sarbananda Sonowal takes charge as AYUSH minister

Sonowal against reassigning Dibrugarh’s All India Radio, Doordarshan Kendra as only relay centres

11:47 pm December 4, 2020

Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal has written to Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Prakash Javadekar, urging him to retain the present status of All India Radio and Doordarshan Kendra in Dibrugarh, and not reassigning them only as relay centres. Sonowal raised the issue of Prasar Bharati’s directives for reassigning them as just relay centres, curtailing […]

Ex-Assam CM Tarun Gogoi dies at age 84

7:57 pm November 23, 2020

Guwahati: Former Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi died here on Monday while undergoing treatment for post-COVID-19 complications, state Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said. He was 84 and survived by wife Dolly, daughter Chandrima and son Gaurav. Gogoi, a three-time chief minister, breathed his last at the Gauhati Medical College and Hospital at 5.34 pm, […]