GUWAHATI: The Assam government it will soon give financial incentives to school and university students to attend its classes regularly. Announcing this in Sivasagar on Sunday, the state education minister, Himanta Biswa Sarma, said that female students will receive 100 rupees for each day they attend school. He added that …
Read More »BJP gets rid of its ally, joins UPPL and GSP to form the Bodoland Territorial Council
By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: December 13, 2020 8:56:10 pm Assam CM Sarbanada Sonowal announced that UPPL Director Pramod Boro will be the new Executive Director member of BTC. (Express file photo by Vignesh Krishnamoorthy) the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) election results launched a Hanging House …
Read More »Kaziranga opens up to tourists; CM Sonowal hopes it will help reactivate tourism after the closure
Written by Tora Agarwala | Guwahati | Updated: October 21, 2020 5:20:22 pm CM Sonowal said that the reopening of Kaziranga would help revive Assam’s tourism sector (Source: KNTPR) After being closed for nearly eight months, the Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve (KNPTR), famous for its one-horned rhinos, was …
Read More »Assam to close state madrasas and Sanskrit tols
File photo of Himanta Biswa Sarma (Image: PTI / Archive) Assam’s Education and Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said the state government will issue a formal notification in this regard in November. IANS Guwahati Last update: October 10, 2020 8:55 AM M. IST FOLLOW US: Assam government to close all …
Read More »‘There is no quarantine for those who leave the state and return in 96 hours’: Assam’s government
Under a new directive from the Assam government, those who travel out of state but return within 96 hours will not have to self-quarantine for 10 days as previously required. “A person who travels anywhere outside of Assam and returns to the state within 96 hours of departure will not …
Read More »Assam plans to reschedule school calendar due to Covid-19 blockade – education
[ad_1] In view of the blockade and its effect on education, the Assam government is considering changes to the school calendar. The schools session in Assam begins in January and ends in December, but starting this year the government plans to extend it to March as in other parts of …
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