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Assam Set To Provide Scooters To Meritorious Students Who Passed Class 12
The state cabinet also decided that three additional MBBS seats would be reserved for the Royal Government of Bhutan.
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Row Over Assam Chief Minister, Sadhguru's Kaziranga Park Night Safari
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has denied allegations by two activists that he, Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev and Tourism Minister Jayanta Malla Baruah broke wildlife protection law by entering Kaziranga National Park for a night safari.
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Assam Cabinet Approves Tourism Policy, Proposal For Dual Medium Of Instruction In Schools
At a meeting, presided over by Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, the cabinet approved the policy which seeks to create Special Tourism Zones (STZs) by promoting tea garden visits, wellness initiatives, and adventures, along with the existing wildlife and heritage circuit.
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"Assam Now Known For Development, Education, Tourism": Amit Shah
Highlighting the transformation of Assam, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday said the state was earlier known for agitations, weapons and violence, now it is known for development, industrial investment, education and tourism.
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Average Assets Of Re-Elected Assam MLAs Increased By 95 Per Cent: Report
Assam Tourism Minister Chandan Brahma registered the highest growth rate of assets while Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and former chief minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta also figure among the top five re-elected MLAs whose assets increased significantly, according to a report.
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Priyanka Chopra And Nick Jonas Donate To Assam And Bihar Flood Relief
"They need our attention and support," Priyanka Chopra tweeted
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Assam Says It Suffered Rs 1,000-Crore Loss Due To Citizenship Law Protest
Tourism in Assam suffered an estimated loss of Rs 1,000 crore due to violent protests against the amended Citizenship Act, a top official said on Tuesday.
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Centre Forms Panel To Assess How To Reserve Seats In Assam Assembly
The government has set up a high-level committee to assess the appropriate level of reservation of seats in the Assam assembly and local bodies for the Assamese people, besides providing other safeguards. The move came days after the union cabinet took a decision as per the 1985 Assam Accord. The committee will be headed by former union tourism sec...
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Priyanka Chopra Reminds Us Why Assam Should Be On Our Travel Lists This Year
It is almost criminal that more millennials don't put that part of the country on their wander-to-list
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Assam Minister Defends Priyanka Chopra's Tourism Calendar Photo
A day after the opposition Congress legislators in the Assam legislative Assembly demanded removal of actress Priyanka Chopra as the brand ambassador of Assam tourism, State Tourism Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma came to her rescue and said that a section of the Congress legislators are trying to get "cheap publicity out of the issue".
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Reliance To Invest Rs 2,500 Crore In Assam In Next 3 Years, Says Mukesh Ambani
Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani on Saturday announced an investment of Rs 2,500 crore in Assam in various sectors, including retail, petroleum, telecom, tourism and sports, creating jobs for at least 80,000 people over the next three years.
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Priyanka Chopra Named Assam Tourism Brand Ambassador
After being turned down by cricket maestro Sachin Tendulkar, Assam government on Monday said Bollywood star Priyanka Chopra would be the brand ambassador of the state's tourism for two years.
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Flow of Foreign Tourists to North East States on Upward Trend: Tourism Ministry
The flow of foreign tourists to the northeastern states has been on an upward trend since 2011 and the growth rate in 2013 was more than double compared to 2012, according to Tourism Ministry data.
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Battle 2014: High stakes in Tamil Nadu, UP as round 6 of polling begins
Stakes will be high for Congress and BJP and a number of other parties like AIADMK, DMK, NCP and Shiv Sena when 117 constituencies will go to polls today in yet another substantial round of polling in the Lok Sabha elections.
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Assam student writes to PM, seeking clarification on sentence in NCERT book
A government school student in Guwahati has written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh demanding a clarification on a sentence in a NCERT book which says that tourism in the North-East has not been encouraged due to 'strategic reasons'.
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Assam Set To Provide Scooters To Meritorious Students Who Passed Class 12
The state cabinet also decided that three additional MBBS seats would be reserved for the Royal Government of Bhutan.
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Row Over Assam Chief Minister, Sadhguru's Kaziranga Park Night Safari
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has denied allegations by two activists that he, Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev and Tourism Minister Jayanta Malla Baruah broke wildlife protection law by entering Kaziranga National Park for a night safari.
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Assam Cabinet Approves Tourism Policy, Proposal For Dual Medium Of Instruction In Schools
At a meeting, presided over by Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, the cabinet approved the policy which seeks to create Special Tourism Zones (STZs) by promoting tea garden visits, wellness initiatives, and adventures, along with the existing wildlife and heritage circuit.
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"Assam Now Known For Development, Education, Tourism": Amit Shah
Highlighting the transformation of Assam, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday said the state was earlier known for agitations, weapons and violence, now it is known for development, industrial investment, education and tourism.
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Average Assets Of Re-Elected Assam MLAs Increased By 95 Per Cent: Report
Assam Tourism Minister Chandan Brahma registered the highest growth rate of assets while Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and former chief minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta also figure among the top five re-elected MLAs whose assets increased significantly, according to a report.
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Priyanka Chopra And Nick Jonas Donate To Assam And Bihar Flood Relief
"They need our attention and support," Priyanka Chopra tweeted
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Assam Says It Suffered Rs 1,000-Crore Loss Due To Citizenship Law Protest
Tourism in Assam suffered an estimated loss of Rs 1,000 crore due to violent protests against the amended Citizenship Act, a top official said on Tuesday.
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Centre Forms Panel To Assess How To Reserve Seats In Assam Assembly
The government has set up a high-level committee to assess the appropriate level of reservation of seats in the Assam assembly and local bodies for the Assamese people, besides providing other safeguards. The move came days after the union cabinet took a decision as per the 1985 Assam Accord. The committee will be headed by former union tourism sec...
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Priyanka Chopra Reminds Us Why Assam Should Be On Our Travel Lists This Year
It is almost criminal that more millennials don't put that part of the country on their wander-to-list
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Assam Minister Defends Priyanka Chopra's Tourism Calendar Photo
A day after the opposition Congress legislators in the Assam legislative Assembly demanded removal of actress Priyanka Chopra as the brand ambassador of Assam tourism, State Tourism Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma came to her rescue and said that a section of the Congress legislators are trying to get "cheap publicity out of the issue".
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Reliance To Invest Rs 2,500 Crore In Assam In Next 3 Years, Says Mukesh Ambani
Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani on Saturday announced an investment of Rs 2,500 crore in Assam in various sectors, including retail, petroleum, telecom, tourism and sports, creating jobs for at least 80,000 people over the next three years.
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Priyanka Chopra Named Assam Tourism Brand Ambassador
After being turned down by cricket maestro Sachin Tendulkar, Assam government on Monday said Bollywood star Priyanka Chopra would be the brand ambassador of the state's tourism for two years.
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Flow of Foreign Tourists to North East States on Upward Trend: Tourism Ministry
The flow of foreign tourists to the northeastern states has been on an upward trend since 2011 and the growth rate in 2013 was more than double compared to 2012, according to Tourism Ministry data.
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Battle 2014: High stakes in Tamil Nadu, UP as round 6 of polling begins
Stakes will be high for Congress and BJP and a number of other parties like AIADMK, DMK, NCP and Shiv Sena when 117 constituencies will go to polls today in yet another substantial round of polling in the Lok Sabha elections.
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Assam student writes to PM, seeking clarification on sentence in NCERT book
A government school student in Guwahati has written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh demanding a clarification on a sentence in a NCERT book which says that tourism in the North-East has not been encouraged due to 'strategic reasons'.
