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Budget 2024 focuses on rehabilitation and irrigation projects, and financial assistance for Bihar, Assam, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, and Himachal Pradesh. Assam grapples with floods every year due to the Brahmaputra River and its tributaries originating outside India. “We will provide assistance to Assam for flood management and related projects,” Sitharaman said during the budget speech. 

The Assam government responds to public complaints by capping market lease bids, suspending misbehaving police personnel, and warning officials against extravagant spending. This intent is made clear by the fact that Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma himself reacted to the social media posts regarding the ‘lavish’ food served during the cabinet meeting at Nalbari yesterday….

Rohit Sharma adds another record under his belt! He’s now entered the elite 10,000-run club. He’s only the 6th Indian in the 10k run club. Sachin Tendulkar is at the top of this list. Virat Kohli, Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid, MS Dhoni are among 6 Indians in this list. Rohit brought up the landmark in…

Leaders from around the world will be heading to New Delhi for the G20 Summit on September 9-10. Grand arrangements have been made to host the heads of States and their delegations in the national capital. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be welcoming the leaders of all countries individually at the newly-inaugurated Bharat Mandapam at Pragati Maidan where he will also host…

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has successfully landed its Chandrayaan-3 Lander Module on the surface of the Moon. Chandrayaan-3 launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota Range (SDSC SHAR), India, on 14 July 2023 on a mission to demonstrate new technologies and to achieve India’s first soft landing on another celestial body. The spacecraft…

Amid a resurgence of violence in Manipur, the residence of Union Minister R K Ranjan at Kongba in Imphal was torched by a mob on Thursday night. The Union Minister was not at home at the time of the incident. “I am currently in Kerala for official work. Thankfully, nobody got injured last night at my…

The northeastern Indian state of Assam made history and entered the Guinness Book of World Records on Thursday by performing the traditional Bihu dance at a venue. More than 11,000 performers, including drummers and dancers, took part in the state government’s bid to register a world record in the Guinness Book of Records at the…

Vikas Khanna, Ranveer Brar and Garima Arora are the judges on this cooking reality show, airing on Sony Entertainment Television and SonyLIV Santa Sarmah from Assam became the first home cook to make it to the top five in MasterChef India 2023 after acing the last mystery-box challenge on the cooking reality show this week.  Renowned chef…