PM Modi to take part at India Maritime Week in Mumbai: Union minister Sarbananda SonowalUnion Minister Sarbananda Sonowal announced Prime Minister Modi's attendance at India Maritime Week in Mumbai, highlighting India's growing...
02 Sep, 2025, 09.34 PM IST
Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport Project to be fully operational by 2027: Sarbananda SonowalUnion Minister Sarbananda Sonowal announced the Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport Project, enhancing Northeast India-Myanmar connectivi...
07 Jul, 2025, 06.04 PM IST
Centre to invest additional Rs 1,000 cr in inland waterways projects in Assam, Northeast in 2026: Union MinisterUnion Minister Sarbananda Sonowal assessed Assam and Northeast projects. The goal is to complete Rs 1,000 crore worth of projects by 2026. ...
20 May, 2025, 10.17 PM IST
Centre investing Rs 1,010 crore in Brahmaputra & Barak river projectsThe Central Government is investing Rs 1,010 crores for the development of Brahmaputra and Barak rivers in Assam, including approval of a n...
29 Nov, 2024, 06.58 PM IST
Seaplane lands for first time in AssamA seaplane successfully completed a test flight in Guwahati, Assam, marking the first river landing in Eastern India. This initiative aims ...
15 Nov, 2024, 05.08 PM IST
Assam Floods: 16.50 lakh people affected in 29 districtsAssam floods affect 16.50 lakh in 29 districts, with Brahmaputra, Digaru, Kollong overflowing. CM Sarma to visit. Relief measures discussed...
05 Jul, 2024, 07.08 PM IST
Shipping Ministry approves Rs 645 crores for 10 new waterways projects on Brahmaputra in AssamFrom the construction of slipways at strategic locations such as Maya Ghat in Dhubri district and Majuli district to the establishment of p...
15 Mar, 2024, 07.49 PM IST
Assam CM inaugurates Elevated South Bank Corridor on Guwahati-North Guwahati BridgeChief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma inaugurated and laid foundations for various infrastructure projects worth Rs. 1,208 crore in Kamrup (M)...
04 Mar, 2024, 10.20 PM IST
PM Narendra Modi has mainstreamed Northeast India in letter and spirit: Himanta Biswa SarmaSarma on Friday attended from Pandu ghat in Guwahati the flag off of MV Ganga Vilas, the world's longest river cruise, by Prime Minister Na...
13 Jan, 2023, 08.05 PM IST
PM Modi to flag off 'world's longest river cruise' on FridayMV Ganga Vilas will begin its journey from Varanasi and sail around 3,200 km in 51 days to reach Dibrugarh in Assam via Bangladesh, travers...
11 Jan, 2023, 03.07 PM IST
Sittwe port project developed and ready for operation: Sarbananda SonowalSonowal said that the launch of world’s longest river cruise with MV Ganga Vilas by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi on January 13, 2023 in...
09 Jan, 2023, 09.03 PM IST
Assam CM flags off four steel catamaran vessels at Pandu PortThese vessels are launched under a World Bank funded project to integrate high quality passenger and vehicle ferry services into the state’...
08 Nov, 2021, 06.56 PM IST
Guwahati: Sarbananda Sonowal announces Skill Institute on Marine StudiesThe union minister announced the setting up of a Skill Institute on Marine Studies at Guwahati in Assam under Indian Maritime University, C...
27 Aug, 2021, 09.19 PM IST
Development of an Eastern Grid will work as a catalyst to boost regional integration and tradeSonowal while addressing the Stakeholder Conclave on Waterways as Engine for growth at Guwahati. Sonowal said that Union government is givi...
27 Aug, 2021, 06.17 PM IST
People of Assam had to struggle for basic amenities during Congress rule: CM Sarbananda sonowalSonowal stated that during the present Congress government’s tenure, infrastructure development projects are taken up on war footing withou...
11 Oct, 2020, 08.16 PM IST
Why India is dredging rivers in BangladeshNew Delhi has tied up with Dhaka to dredge two river stretches. It has committed 80 per cent of the total amount required for these two str...
08 Oct, 2017, 01.43 PM IST