WION Gravitas: PM Modi inaugurates Bogibeel bridge in Assam

PM Modi to inaugurate India's longest railroad bridge in Assam

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said his government has changed the "dilly-dallying" work culture regarding the implementation of development projects. Addressing a rally here after inaugurating the country's longest rail-cum-road bridge, at Bogibeel in Assam, he said completion of projects within a given time frame is no longer confined to paper but has become a reality.

Bogibeel bridge tribute to Vajpayee's vision: PM Modi in Assam

PM Modi inaugurates India's longest rail-road bridge

PM Modi inaugurates India's longest rail-road bridge Bogibeel Bridge

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Bogibeel bridge in Dibrugarh, Assam on Tuesday. Bogibeel is be the country's longest rail-road bridge. The first passenger train passing through Bogibeel was flagged off by PM Modi, PTI reported.

Modi inaugurates Bogibeel bridge in Assam, it will be India's longest

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday inaugurated the Bogibeel bridge in Dibrugarh, Assam. Bogibeel is the country's longest rail-road bridge. The Prime Minister also flagged-off first passenger train passing through Bogibeel.

Fighter jets can land on India's longest rail-road bridge Bogibeel & other facts about it

A unique theatre festival that unites the villages of Assam

Supreme Court on Wednesday extended the deadline for filing claims and objections on the inclusion of names in the draft National Register of Citizen (NRC) for Assam by those who have been left out in the draft NRC from December 15 to December 31, 2018.

NRC coordinator tells SC semi-literate people cannot fill out objection forms

Eleven persons were injured in an explosion in an intercity train in Assam's Udalguri district on Saturday night, railway and police sources said. The explosion occurred in a coach of the Kamakhya-Dekargaon Intercity Express at the Harisinga railway station around 7.

Assam: Blast inside Kamakhya-Dekargaon intercity express in Udalguri, 11 injured

Prohibitory orders were clamped in three police districts of the city and security beefed up in view of the Assam secretariat gherao programme called by several organisations on Friday against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016.

Security beefed up for secretariat gherao programme in Assam

A four-member Trinamool Congress delegation arrived in Assam on Sunday morning and headed to Kheronibari village in Tinsukia district to meet the family members of the five people killed by suspected militants.

Tinsukia killings: Four-member Trinamool delegation arrives in Assam

Two pro-talk ULFA leaders were arrested in Assam Friday for their “provocative remarks” as a massive combing operation was launched to nab those behind the gunning down of five persons in Tinsukia district with Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal blaming “hate speeches” by political parties for the killings.

Assam killings: 2 held for ‘provocative remarks’, ULFA (I) denies role

Three members of a family were among five people shot dead by suspected ULFA (Independent) while two others were injured at Kheroni in Assam's Tinsukia district Thursday night, police said.

5 shot in Assam; strong action against perpetrators, says CM

The government today deported seven Rohingya immigrants, who were staying in Assam illegally, to their country of origin Myanmar, in a first such move. Also Read: Supreme Court refuses to interfere in deportation of 7 Rohingya refugees The illegal immigrants were detained in 2012 and since then they had been lodged in Cachar Central Jail in Assam's Silchar.

Government deports 7 Rohingya immigrants to Myanmar

Centre has decided to cut fuel prices by Rs 2.5 with immediate effect: Jaitley Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday briefed the media over looming concerns of relentlessly tumbling rupee and the unabated rise in fuel prices.

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The groundwater of 24 districts of Assam has been contaminated by arsenic, while that in 13 districts affected by fluoride, the state assembly was informed on Thursday.

Assam: Groundwater of 24 districts arsenic contaminated

The Central government on Wednesday extended the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) in three districts of Arunachal Pradesh and its eight police station areas bordering Assam by another six months, news agency ANI reported.

Centre extends AFSPA in 3 districts of Arunachal Pradesh, 8 police station areas by 6 months

Rima Das, director and producer of 'Village Rockstars' which is India's official entry for the 2019 Oscars in the Best Foreign Language film category, will receive an additional Rs 50 lakh from the Assam government as announced by Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal Friday, a government release said.

Rima Das' 'Village Rockstars' gets additional Rs 50 lakhs from Assam government to campaign at the Oscars 

Assam has witnessed a 10 fold rise in child marriage since 2015-16 with 317 instances recorded during 2017-18, said Social Welfare Minister Pramila Rani Brahma in the Assembly Friday.

317 child marriage instances in Assam during 2017-18: Minister

Star athlete Hima Das, who was among the 20 sportspersons to be conferred the Arjuna Awards from President Ram Nath Kovind on Tuesday, has now been named as the brand ambassador of Assam.

Arjuna awardee Hima Das named state ambassador of Assam 

Police said the letter to Aminul Haque Laskar was sent by the so-far unknown group 'Save Secure and Development Protection Force of Muslim, Barak Valley Zone'

Leave BJP in 15 days: Assam Muslim MLA gets threat letter along with 2 bullets

The protestors, demanding speedy justice against lynching of two youths in Assam's Karbi Anglong district on Friday night, were subjected to lathicharge by the police.

Thousands protest lynching of two college students in Assam

For tomorrow, the Met department has predicted "heavy to very heavy rain" at a few places in coastal Karnataka, Konkan, Goa, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Odisha and Kerala.

Monsoon rain batters west coast, fishermen advised not to venture into high seas

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