IMAGE: Women queue up to vote in the assembly election in Assam, April 4, 2016. Assembly elections in Assam used to be a quiet affair and people outside the state would take little interest in the......
One worker died and three other workers were injured following a clash between a mob of workers and Central Industrial Security Force personnel at Brahmaputra Crackers and Polymers Limited at......
The Prime Minister's Office has become still more powerful by setting up a Delivery Monitoring Unit under it to fast-track effective delivery of the government's flagship programmes and iconic......
Calling the January 5 massacre by the United Liberation Front of Assam as the 'most inhuman and cowardly act', Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi Tuesday claimed that "not a single Hindi-speaking......
IOC has been forced to shut down its Digboi refinery in Assam and is operating Guwahati unit at minimal throughput, while OIL has been forced to shut LPG production and its crude oil production has......
Despite the government’s efforts to fast-track large projects by constituting the Cabinet Committee on Investment, the proportion of mega projects (Rs 1,000 crore or more) facing delays has......
As the government is trying hard to push stalled projects across various sectors, the backlog of work in central sectors is staggering. Almost half the overall projects costing at least Rs 150......
In a strategic move, Oil India Ltd is set to acquire 49 per cent equity in Assam Petrochemicals Ltd, credited to be the first company in India to manufacture petrochemicals using natural gas as......
Budget provision The following changes in the duties have been proposed in the Union budget 2009-10: Excise duty on naphtha to be reduced to 14%. Excise duty on PTA and DMT to be increased from 4%......