Assam Chief Minister, Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma presented the President with a portrait of Lachit Borphukan which, the President announced, would be installed in the museum of Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi with due honour.
Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal Monday directed the railway authorities to complete the repairing work of the old Saraighat bridge over river Brahmaputra in Guwahati within June 20.
In an unexpected superstitious move, Assam government on Friday announced to postpone inauguration of the second bridge over the Brahmaputra in Guwahati to avoid the "inauspicious month of Puh".