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The Central Government’s increasing attention towards the North East consolidated with two more initiatives, this time by the Ministry of External Affairs. Foreign Minister S Jaishankar was in Guwahati on May 28...

Guwahati, among one of the fastest growing Tier 2 cities in the country, is also a Gateway to South East Asia. The entrepreneurship ecosystem, long stymied by infrastructure hurdle here, is now...

What a feeling it is to realise that a promise that one had made is well on its course to be fulfilled. The childlike emotions are difficult to describe but can certainly...

When I was requested by the Editor of this newsletter to pen my thoughts on an issue of my choice or a mixture of them, I was all at sea. How and...

Anniversaries are a good time to celebrate and a good time to reflect. As the BJP-led Government of Assam under Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma completes its first year in office, it certainly...

It was January 2. Chief Minister Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma took to his Twitter handle at around 7.55pm and typed his thought that had been occupying his mind for a long time....

One of the most iconic images of the year for the Assam Government is one of two smiling chief ministers, Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma and his Meghalaya counterpart Conrad Sangma posing with...

The falling crime graph in the State in the last one year has been achieved on the back of a relentless spate of active policing, and a proactive Home Department being overseen...

Come May 14, the Government of Assam will take a giant stride towards fulfilling one of its key election promises of providing jobs to at least one lakh youth in the State....