Assam Cabinet makes Assam’s History, Geography compulsory for Classes 6–8The Assam Cabinet has approved significant decisions. History and Geography will be compulsory subjects for Classes VI to VIII. Land has be...
07 Dec, 2025, 10.46 PM IST
Brahmaputra tunnel project may get cabinet nod soonAssam's first underwater tunnel project, connecting Numaligarh and Gohpur at a cost of ₹6,000 crore, has completed its detailed project rep...
03 Oct, 2025, 11.32 PM IST
Festive boost: Cabinet clears 3% DA, DR hike from July 1, 2025The Union cabinet approved a 3% increase in dearness allowance and dearness relief for 12 million central government employees and pensione...
02 Oct, 2025, 12.50 AM IST
Chinese Checkers: India's strategic message to Beijing with a road, port and fest in the eastOn January 1, 2026, Arunachal Pradesh plans to host the Sunrise Festival in Dong village near the India-China-Myanmar border, featuring a m...
25 May, 2025, 05.00 AM IST
Cabinet approves 166 km long greenfield highway between Meghalaya and Assam; capital cost pegged at Rs 22,864 croreThe government has approved a new highway project. This project will connect Meghalaya and Assam. The high-speed corridor aims to improve r...
01 May, 2025, 12.28 AM IST
Union Cabinet approves key reforms: Higher sugarcane FRP, Shillong-Silchar highway project, and caste censusThe Union Cabinet has approved a sugarcane price of Rs 355 per quintal for the 2025 season, ensuring farmers receive Rs 329.05/qtl even wit...
30 Apr, 2025, 04.32 PM IST
Assam CM Himanta Sarma urges finance ministry, RBI to release special coin to mark Dr Bhupen Hazarika 100th birth anniversaryAssam is gearing up for a flurry of development projects. Chief Minister Sarma announced that investments exceeding Rs 1 lakh crore from th...
24 Apr, 2025, 08.42 PM IST
A ₹1,500 crore boost for low-value UPI paymentsThe Union Cabinet approved ₹1,500 crore allocation to promote low-value UPI transactions, offering 0.15% incentives for transactions up to ...
20 Mar, 2025, 12.48 AM IST
India's highways infra to match US by 2024: GadkariIndia's Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari has said that the country's highway infrastructure will match that of the US by ...
26 Mar, 2023, 11.43 AM IST
More than 2.78 lakh EVs registered in India in Jan-March 2023: Nitin GadkariAndhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh are in the process of migrating to Vahan portal and hence their data on EV registration is partially incl...
23 Mar, 2023, 03.49 PM IST
Elevated four-lane NH via Kaziranga set to get okayNational Highway 715, which passes through the Kaziranga National Park and Tiger reserve area in Assam, is likely to be decommissioned soon.
10 Jan, 2023, 12.03 AM IST
Arunachal witnesses infra push along borderThe 2,000-km-long road project, which was objected to by China in the past, will begin from Mago, near Bhutan, and pass through Tawang, Upp...
01 Jan, 2023, 12.58 PM IST
Freight corridor among key infra projects set to be inauguratedWhile PM Modi will inaugurate a portion of the dedicated freight corridor on Tuesday, he will launch six light house construction technolog...
28 Dec, 2020, 10.27 AM IST
Assam Chief Minister, Sarbananda Sonowal suggested NEC should allow incorporating land cost in the DPRSarbananda Sonowal on Friday exhorted on the right mix of human resources with natural resources to bring about optimum level of developmen...
27 May, 2016, 06.21 PM IST
Japan may back 10 Northeast highway projectsIndia is likely to get the backing of the Japanese International Cooperative Agency, from which India has sought a soft loan of Rs 15,000 c...
05 Apr, 2016, 04.26 AM IST
Atlanta bags order from NHAI for highway in Assam on OMT basisChairman and Managing Director Atlanta, Rajhoo Bbarot said: "Atlanta was selected on the basis of past experience and financial capabilitie...
16 Jul, 2014, 05.45 PM IST
- Centre okays 3 greenfield airports in NE
To improve air connectivity, the Centre has approved three greenfield airports in the Northeast region, an official statement said on Satur...
24 Jul, 2010, 06.55 PM IST