Guwahati: Assam Cabinet meeting under the chairmanship of State chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, which was organized at Dhemaji in eastern part of the State on Thursday, took several major decisions regarding reliefs to nearly 11 lakh micro-finance borrowers, relief packages for Nagaon & Cachar papermill employees, various projects for Dhemaji and other adjacent localities,…
Guwahati: Sar Karyavah of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Dattatreya Hosabale on Thursday (September 30) said in Guwahati that preserving the rich heritage of ‘Bhartiya Sanskriti’ and its age-old traditions in literature is the need of the hour. Addressing the representative of 108 tea communities of Assam Sar Karyavah Hosabale asked them to upkeep the great values…
Guwahati: Assam Cabinet meeting under the chairmanship of State chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma begins at Dhemaji this morning. It is for the first time that Sarma led saffron government has organized its cabinet meeting outside the Dispur secretariat in the city. The district magistrate office, circuit houses with other government accommodations at Dhemaji town…
Guwahati. Attack on police and the district administration team at the Dhalpur eviction site by thousands of migrant Muslims was pre-planned by PFI, said BJP MP Dilip Saikia. Thousands of Muslims gathered at the eviction site in Dhalpur under Sipajhar constituency in Darrang district, attacked the police and officials to resist the eviction in the government land on…
Guwahati: The by-polls for ten assembly constituencies in the north-eastern States of Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Nagaland are scheduled for 30 October. According to the Election Commission of India, the last date for filing nomination papers for by-elections is fixed on 8 October. The counting of votes will take place on 2 November and results…
Guwahati: As Durga Puja (also known as Durgotsav or Sharodotsav) is set to begin next month (11-15 October 2021), a northeast India-based forum of nationalist citizens reiterates its demand to revitalize the Hinglaj Mata Mandir, a Shakti Peeth located in Baluchistan, which has mythological connections with Kamrup Kamakhya legends. Patriotic People’s Front Assam (PPFA) in a…
Guwahati: Union minister Sarbananda Sonowal is declared a winner to Rajya Sabha from Assam unopposed as none filed nomination papers for the seat. The immediate past chief minister collected the winner’s certificate on Monday from the State assembly secretariat at Dispur. State chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, Assam BJP president Bhabesh Kalita, State minister Pijush…
Guwahati: Concluding a two-day visit to Assam on Friday, the Union minister of State for railways Darshana Jardosh met State chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma in the city, where they discussed on some important railway projects being implemented in the State. In view of repeated wild elephant deaths primarily caused by railway accidents in Deepor…
Guwahati: Assam government has ordered a probe into the incident that led to the death of three persons and injury to several others including police personnel at Gorukhuti area of Sipjhar locality in central Assam on Thursday while carrying out an eviction drive against the encroachers. The enquiry is understood to be conducted by a…
Guwahati: Assam observed World Rhino Day on 22 September with a difference. The BJP led State government in Dispur destroyed 2479 horns to bust the myth relating to the organs about having special medicinal value. Following the State cabinet meeting deciding to burn the horns as a strong message to poachers and smugglers, the…
