Tag: Assam

The Assam govt on Thursday, August 18th announced its initiative of sending 1000 students on a research study tour to one of India’s oldest jails, the Kala Pani officially known as the cellular Jail. Situated in the island territory of Andaman & Nicobar the Cellular Jail was a remarkable witness of India’s 190 years of struggle for freedom and independence.

Lachit Basumatary, an official of the Assam Education Department, was arrested on Wednesday, 17th August allegedly for demanding bribe from a woman for processing her post-transfer-related works.

A Mangaldai-based photographer Gautam Deka recently brought applauses to Assam by winning the ISRO-organized Moon Shot competition. Deka who has specialized himself in Astro Photography participate in the Moon Shot competition that was organized recently on the 20th of last month by the Indian Space research organization on the occasion of the International Moon Day.

The Himanta Biswa Sarma-led Assam government on Wednesday, August 10, after a meeting with the various tea associations of the state and the country and the workers’ union, took the decision to raise the daily wage of the state’s tea gardeners by 27 rupees.