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TopicSarbananda Sonowal

Topic: Sarbananda Sonowal

India’s container handling capacity to soar to 40 million TEUs by 2030

Move set to create 2 million jobs across the nation.

Paradip Port Authority sets new cargo handling record

Port handles 41.12 million metric tons, up 4.78% from the previous year.

Training sailors in Arctic waters, boosting Iran’s Chabahar – shipping minister details India’s maritime efforts

Speaking at the Indo Pacific Regional Dialogue, Sarbananda Sonowal says India also plans to expand inland water transportation to give a leg-up to regional partnerships.

Northeast needs more Ayush colleges, Modi govt has increased financial assistance: Sonowal

Under the National Ayush Mission (NAM), the Centre has now given Rs 70 crore to state governments to open Ayush colleges, up from Rs 9 crore, Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said.

Centre, Assam govt committed to building Jorhat-Majuli bridge in 4 years: Sarbananda Sonowal

Former Assam CM Sarbananda Sonowal's statement came two days after a boat headed to Majuli sank in the Brahmaputra river after hitting a ferry in Jorhat district, killing one person.

‘Aaj phoolon ka mala, kal joote ka’ — Minister Sonowal on politicians & political fortunes

Pre-Truth — snappy, witty and significant snippets from the world of politics and government.

AYUSH ministry launches ‘Yoga-Break’ app for professionals to de-stress at workplace

Union Minister of AYUSH Sarbanand Sonowal while launching the mobile application said it has been developed to give solace to employees experiencing physical issues due to their jobs.

5 ministers, including a first from Tripura — how Team Modi revamp boosts BJP’s NE mission

On Wednesday, PM Modi inducted a record five Northeast leaders into his Council of Ministers — two cabinet ministers and three ministers of state.

BJP has now fully embraced the Congress culture. Assam saga is the latest example

BJP took a week to choose between Himanta Sarma and Sarbananda Sonowal, summoning them to Delhi, and then just read out the decision to them. It's a Congress culture.

How Himanta Biswa Sarma shook off Congress ‘snub’ and rose to become Assam CM

When Himanta Biswa Sarma left Congress in 2015, then CM Tarun Gogoi called it 'good riddance'. His comment hasn't aged well.

On Camera

Bank nationalisation will be a blow to India’s mixed economy, lead to totalitarianism: Phiroze Shroff

If banks were to be nationalised, politicians would start interfering with bank officials and put undue pressure on them, Prof Shroff wrote in 1963.

Go Swadeshi—RSS affiliate SJM calls for boycott of US firms Amazon, Walmart after Trump’s tariff hike

New Delhi: The day after the US imposed a 50 percent trade tariff on India, RSS affiliate Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) has made an...

Secret to Pakistan aircraft losses in Op Sindoor could lie in Martin-Baker’s ejection seats records

New Delhi: On 7 May this year, as India and Pakistan entered into what was to be an 88-hour conflict, British firm Martin-Baker, which...

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.