ITSSA demands implementation of Clause VI and Clause 10
The Indigenous Tribal SahityaSabha, Assam (ITSSA) has demanded the Government to implement the Clause VI and Clause
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GUWAHATI: The Indigenous Tribal SahityaSabha, Assam (ITSSA) has demanded the Government to implement the Clause VI and Clause 10 of the Assam Accord.
Addressing the media, ITSSA president GobindoTaid highlighted a slew of demands from the Government with addressal of the same.
Taid said that the recommendations submitted by the Biplab Kumar Sharma-led high-level committee for the implementation of Clause VI should be passed in the ongoing session of the Parliament.
The ITSSA president opined that a similarly high-level committee should be formed for the implementation of Clause 10 of the Assam Accord. Along with that, the Harish Shankar Brahma committee report on land policies of Assam should be implemented immediately, said the ITSSA.
LIC felicitates lock down heroes
When the whole world was confined to their homes due to corona, the lock down heroes drove the train and transported the necessary materials from one place to another.
| 6 Feb 2021 11:59 AM GMT
GUWAHATI: The era of the global pandemic brought the whole world to a standstill. But the wheels of Central Railway, Mumbai did not stop. When the whole world was confined to their homes due to corona, the lockdown heroes drove the train and transported the necessary materials from one place to another.
Vipin Anand, Managing Director, Life Insurance Corporation of India at a function held on February 2 at the Heritage Building of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus, presented Certificates of Honour to Motormen, Technical Staff and Security Officers of Central Railway, Mumbai in the presence of Vikas Rao, Zonal Manager, LIC, Western Zone and Rajivan Nair, Executive Director, Corporate Communications and Shalabh Goel, DRM, Central Railway.
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GUWAHATI: Veteran Left leader Hemen Das of the CPI (M) has said that the six-party alliance in the State is aimed at defeating the BJP in the forthcoming Assembly election.
Talking to The Sentinel, the ageing Left leader said, After the BJP coming to power in Assam, an atmosphere of communal hatred has been prevailing in the State. India being a secular country, we should respect all faiths. In the past five years, the
BJP has given a number of false assurances to the people of the State, besides resorting to cheap politics. We ve got into a huddle with the one-point agendum – defeating the BJP.
Railway Budget allocates Rs 8,060 crore for NFR
The General Budget 2021 has been historic for Indian Railways. The NFR (Northeast Fronteir) has received an allocation
| 6 Feb 2021 5:36 AM GMT
GUWAHATI: The General Budget 2021 has been historic for Indian Railways. The NFR (Northeast Fronteir) has received an allocation of Rs 8,060 crore in the recently placed Union Budget. Out of this Rs 4,330 crore has been allocated for New Lines and Doubling works. Rs 3,470 crore has been allocated for Safety and Capacity Enhancement Works. Passenger Amenities received Rs 166 crore.
The Gross Budgetary Allocation for 2021-22 Financial year is 238% more than the average yearly allocation during the period from 2009-14 (Rs 3383 crore per year).
APPOINTMENT TO 29,701 TEACHERS
GUWAHATI: Scripting a precedent in the history of State s education sector, Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal presented appointment letters to 29,701 teachers at a programme at Sarusajai Sports Complex here on Friday. Education Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma was also present at the programme.
In the biggest-ever appointment letter distribution event in a single day, 16484 teachers were given appointment for provincializing their schools and 13, 217 TET teachers also got appointment by virtue of their merits. With this appointment, shortage of teachers in the educational institutions would be addressed to a great extent.
Speaking on the occasion, Sonowal said that the appointment to 29,701 teachers is a testimony of the State government s keen interests to bring about qualitative improvement in the education sector. True to the announcements made in the Independence Day speech regarding appointment of 50,000 teachers, Friday s appointment of thou