In a move that fetches joy for Assam and its people, a top ranked ONGC officer from Assam will head the Oil India Limited.
He is none other than Utpal Borah who is all set to sit in the helm of affairs of the oil public sector unit.
Borah, now Executive Director (Asset Manager) ONGC, who has been finalized for the post of OIL chairman cum managing director is expected to join within this month.
OIL has been running functioning without a full-time CMD since July 1 last year.
Public sector top management personnel recruiter Public Enterprises Selection Board last year conducted two interviews to select its head where Rupshikha Saikia Borah was selected. But the Prime Minister’s Office rejected the selection. The MoPNG search committee shortlisted 15 candidates for the interview. These 15 include three Baruah and Anil Kumar Jain, Pramod Kumar Sharma, Rahul Dasgupta, Utpal Borah, PK Rao, Dr Ashutosh Karnataka, Saumendra Kumar Baruah, Dr Sunil Y Bharati and Bedanta Sarmah, Robin Deka, SB Buragohain.
Four students gangraped a minor girl in Dibrugarh district on Sunday 24 hours after a youth killed a college girl in Nagaon. Sunday’s incident took place in the wee hours when the 15-year-old girl, along with a teenage boy, her next-door neighbour, had gone to Dibrugarh station to board the Brahmaputra Mail. The accused students caught the girl and the boy who accompanied her. The boy was thrashed and the girl was gangraped near the station to be rescued by a police patrol party. She was immediately rushed to the Assam Medical College where the rape was confirmed. Investigation is going on. ///
A prominent Naga organisation warns the authority not to allow the outsiders to disturb the settlements of the Naga people along the Assam- Nagaland interstate border. Known as the United Naga Tribes Association of Border Areas,the organization raised a six-point resolution demanding immediate setting up of border guards in all border villages to protect the people and their land. The organization also demanded that all bilateral and tripartite agreements made between Assam and Nagaland be reviewed and settle the border dispute on the basis of historical facts. /
Some sensational revelations are believed to have come to light in the probe in to the gory incident of Nagaon where a local youth in a remote village killed a college girl on Saturday night. The incident that sends shockwaves and utter anger took place on Saturday at Kawaimari village under Rupahihat police station in the wee hours. The accused is her neighbor who stormed into her house hours before. The the body of the college girl belonging to the economically backward class was found from a jute field. Investigation was on.
The Kamrup Chamber of Commerce demands withdrawal of tax on agricultural farming in the soon to be tabled state budget. The major demand as steps to encourage the organic farming figured in the pre budget meeting with Chief Minister, Tarun Gogoi who is presenting state budget in the assembly on Monday. KCC leaders told Gogoi that the withdrawal of tax on agriculture would will encourage investment in this sector. KCC wish list include cold storage in all the districts. Citing examples in the West Bengal, the KCC leaders said the neighboring statehas over 500 cold storage and in Assam there is just 17 such storage. The meeting stressed potato cultivation on the the river bank of...
Normalcy is back to Dima Hasao district after heavy landslide disrupted many areas in the hills district. People in large numbers who were stranded for several hours have gradually left for their destinations as rail and road communication is restored on Saturday. The worst-hit area include Jatinga, Retzoul, Dittokcherra, Bandarkhal along the Lumding-Badarpur Hills Section. Landslide wreaked havoc following incessant rainfall on Thursday forcing the authorities to deploy Assam Rifles and Territorial Army personnel to clear the debris.
A tiny hamlet in Teok area draws the attention the entire country. The abode of 388 families in Jorhat will receive a rare honour at the Independence Day function at Kachari Maidam in Jorhat for exemplary pledge to end tobacco consumption habits among the villagers. The village now in the limelight is the Jogduar Gayan Gaon which has shown the best examples. The villagers will be honoured with a ‘Certificate of Appreciation’ on Independence Day for their exemplary work. According to the villagers, they pledged to give up tobacco consumption habit after teachers and students of CKB College with the help of the local administration launched the massive campaign in the village....
The Hailakandi district administration has suspended at least 30 school teachers alleging dereliction in their duties. This was followed by serving show cause notice to deputy inspector of schools Nripen Das and block education officer Arun Singh for failing to rein in these teachers. The strict action took place when deputy commissioner Shamsher Singh was on his surprise visit to the Lakhirbond High Madrassa where 15 teachers were found absent. This has come a day after education minister Borodoloi gave hint of stern action against a section school teachers were delegating their work to others for commission.
Asom Gana Parishad will continue to oppose the government’s anti-people policies.The Oppositio party leaders are scheduled to meet governor JB Patnaik on August 13 where they would submit a memorandum seeking his intervention.Further, AGP along with other like minded opposition parties will stage a sit-in demonstration on these issues on August 14.The regional party finalized it at an all-party meeting on Thursday at its headquarters in Guwahati.The meeting was attended by the representatives of the CPI, NCP, Samajwadi Party, UPF, CPI-ML, besides the representatives of the AGP.
An urea-ammonia plant is coming up in the state. Courtesy BVFCL. The public sector fertiliser firm plans to set up the plant with capacity of 8.64 lakh tonnes per annum in partnership with Oil India Ltd (OIL) and state government. The investment amount would be of Rs 4,400 crore. Brahmaputra Valley Fertilizer Corporation Limited and the Assam government will hold 11 per cent equity each in the joint venture. But Oil India Ltd will have 26 per cent stake. The remaining 52 per cent stake in the project will be awarded through bidding process to either public or private parties. All the three parties will be awarded equity in the project on nomination basis and the project will...
Dispur is hopeful. The impasse over the NHPC project at Gerukamukh will be over. This was how, the Assam reiterated its support to the construction of the Lower Subansiri hydropower project through a scientific process. But it would cost nearly Rs 5,000 crore due to delay. Replying to written question by AGP MLA and former Chief Minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta on the floor of the House on Thursday, power minister Pradyut Bordoloi said that the state government wants this project to be completed through a scientific process. Bordoloi also said the Centre allocated Rs 11,000 crore as on December 2010 for construction of the dam. Construction work of the ambitious 2,000 MW Subansiri...
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