Tourism in Assam

The Assam Tourism Development Corporation (ATDC) has planned to launch a global campaign ahead of the upcoming Raas Festival in the state.

Kerala tourism minister Kadakampally Surendran has defended the tweet on the official handle of Kerala Tourism promoting a beef recipe, which triggered sharp reactions from several social media users. The minister asserted that communally inclined people were behind this 'malicious campaign'.

The BMC and other city agencies have been given a month to draw up a tourism-centric plan for the city.

The Board of Secondary Education, Assam (Seba) on Tuesday declared the results of the much anticipated state-level Teachers' Eligibility Test (TET) for elementary level held on November 10.

The Centre’s decision to notify CAA on Friday night has added fuel to fire with anti-CAA protesters intensifying their movement against the Act with renewed vigour.

Candidates, who have applied for the Assam High School TET, will be able to download their admit card from the official website i.e., https://ssa.assam.gov.in from 1:00 pm of January 6, 2020 to 9:30 am of January 19, 2020.

A man poisoned his nine-month-old daughter to death at Bhauraguri village in Assam's Chirang district on Monday as he was angry with his wife for giving birth to too many girls.

Residents of about 75 villages in Dibrugarh district have donated 45,000kg of paddy to the All Assam Students Union (Aasu) to help fund its legal battle against the new citizenship law.

Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Wednesday asserted that Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) will in no way adversely affect the indigenous population as the centre has already framed rules for protection of the Assamese interests.

Sanjay Kishan and Jogen Mohan were on Saturday sworn in as ministers in Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal's ministry. Governor Jagdish Mukhi administered the oath of office and secrecy to the two new ministers at a simple ceremony in the Darbar Hall of the Raj Bhawan here. Both Mohan and Kishan were sworn in as ministers of state with independent charge.

For the first time, there will be live online updates from Assam Class XII board examination centres this year.

In an attempt to pacify anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act protesters, the Centre is likely to put in place some "not-so-soft" rules for non-Muslim illegal Bangladeshi migrants to obtain citizenship under CAA in Assam. It may also back every recommendation by a special panel for providing constitutional, legislative and administrative safeguards to Assamese language and culture.

Assam, along with several other parts of the northeast, is staring at a twoday shutdown with several organisations calling for a bandh in protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill (CAB).

Debt-ridden Rajasthan Tourism Development Corporation will lose nearly Rs 5 crore if the tender for light and show gets cancelled.