National Unity Day is celebrated to commemorate the birth anniversary of the great freedom fighter and first Deputy Prime Minister as well as the first Home Minister of independent India Sardar Ballabhbhai Patel.
Guwahati (Assam) [India], August 31 (ANI): Assam Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment Pijush Hazarika on Wednesday attended a special awareness meeting organized by the State Anti-Drug and Prevention Council on the occasion of International Overdose Awareness Day held in Guwahati.
New Delhi [India], August 2 (ANI): Taking a jibe at Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren, Union Minister Arjun Munda said, "The truth is that governance in Jharkhand is in very poor condition."
Guwahati (Assam) [India], January 29 (ANI): Assam Cabinet Minister Pijush Hazarika on Saturday said that a final decision on the inter-state boundary issues between Assam and Meghalaya will be taken by Parliament.
Guwahati Dec 22 PTI Assam has witnessed nearly 1300 instances of river embankment breaching due to heavy flood and erosion in the last 22 years the Assembly was informed on Wednesday Replying to a query by BJP MLA Terash Gowalla Water Resources Minister Pijush Hazarika said a total of 1283 cases of embankment breaches have been reported since 2000 The minister said the highest number of breaches was recorded in 2004 at 354 while just a single such case was witnessed in 2021 We will construct 250-300 kilometres of embankments this year fiscal This will include both temporary and permanent works depending upon the condition he added To a separate query by Congress MLA Wajed Ali Choudhury Hazarika said funds of Rs 39930 crore for Flood Management Programme FMP under the 11th and 12th Plan are pending from the Centre PTI TR RMS RMS