Tarun Gogoi

Tarun Gogoi says Congress will win more seats than last general elections

Tarun Gogoi says Congress will win more seats than last general electionsGuwahati, Apr 23 : Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Thursday said the Congress would win more seats as compared to last time in 2004 due to the development projects undertaken by his government.

Assam Chief Minister Gogoi denies receiving notice from Election Commission

Assam Chief Minister Gogoi denies receiving notice from Election CommissionGuwahati, Mar 28 : Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Saturday said he had not received any notice from the Election Commission (EC) for his reported statement concerning mobilisation of resources from the industry.

"The EC has not given me any notice till now. I don't know if it will come later", Gogoi told reporters here.

It was reported that Gogoi had said that he had gone to the tea gardens to collect money from the tea industry for the upcoming general elections.

Assam CM demands NSG hub in Guwahati to tackle terror

Dispur/Ghaziabad (UP), Dec 5 : Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has demanded a National Security Guards (NSG) hub in Guwahati to efficiently tackle terror.

While addressing a press conference here last evening, Gogoi said that existing laws are not enough. The need of the hour is to have more harsh and stringent laws to tackle terror threats in the country.

"The Prime Minister has gone for hubs of NSG in different places. We want a similar hub in Guwahati and training facilities also. We have to train our people in a similar way," said Tarun.

Meanwhile in Ghaziabad, police personnel have tightened security measures by ascertaining the bona-fide credentials of occupants in hotels and also passengers at railway stations.

Assam Government takes new measures to stop infiltration

Guwahati, Nov 22 : Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogai announced new measures to check illegal immigration from Bangladesh.

Addressing the media here on Friday, Gogai said, "The Centre has approved the setting up of two foreigner detention camps at Mankachar in Dhubri and Mahisasur in Karimganj District. Infiltrators declared as foreigners by the Foreigner Tribunals would be detained in those camps.

"The Centre has sanctioned two more India Reserve Battalions as a second line of defence along the 270 kilometre-long Assam-Bangladesh boundary. Steps are being taken to install floodlights in border areas during the night hours," he added

Free yourself from ISI clutches, Gogoi tells ULFA

Tarun gogali & ULFAGuwahati, June 30 : Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Monday

Gogoi to present Assam’s 2008-09 Budget on Monday

Tarun GogoiAssam, Mar 01 : The Budget Session of Assam Assembly for year 2008-09 will begin on Monday