“While taunting Kamal Nath, a prominent member of the Indian National Congress, about his Hindu identity, Sarma has directly suggested that 10, Janpath should be burnt,” Saikia, the leader of the opposition in the Assam...
The chief minister and Gogoi have been crossing swords on X, formerly Twitter, since Wednesday over the Congress leader’s allegation.
He said the skilling of the youth should be focussed on sectors that have job potential locally, like tourism and hospitality in the state.
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Rejecting the accusation, Sarma asserted that his wife and the company concerned have not received any subsidy from the central government.
Sarma, who is on a two-day visit to the Barak valley, inaugurated 75 schemes encompassing 18,869 beneficiaries from eight Assembly constituencies in the region.
Addressing the Bharatiya Janata Party's 'Jan Ashirwad Yatra' event in Narsinghpur district, Sarma said Sanatan Dharma has existed over the past 5000 years because of the penance of several crore people.
He claimed that the word ‘India’ and practices associated with the British era are ‘colonial hangovers’ and the country is entering a ‘phase of renaissance’ during which these will be done away with.
He also questioned the grand old party's stance on its leader Karti Chidambaram defending the DMK leader's statements.
He said the new colleges will be turned into hubs of medical education with nursing, dental and other courses being introduced in a phased manner.
Addressing a press conference, Sarma said his government will take a decision on appealing against it only after a thorough study of the verdict.
"We have accepted the delimitation as reality. To take the constituency reorganisation to a logical conclusion, many things are to be done in the near future,"...
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that the Indian Army will not be able to solve anything after Congress MP Rahul Gandhi remarked that Indian Army...
Addressing a press conference here, he said the expert committee, which submitted its report earlier during the day, has unanimously agreed that the state can...
A Lok Sewa Adhikar Aayog will also be established soon with the aim of expediting the speed of public services delivery, he said.
He was reacting to a tweet by academician Ashok Swain, who had shared a photograph of Sarma with his wife and their two children.
''Five police teams from Assam are currently in Tripura and working with the state government to act against the brokers,'' he said.
The police must keep vigil to prevent surrendered militants from going back to the path of violence, he said.
Addressing a press conference here, Sarma claimed that incidents of rape are much higher in some opposition-ruled states like West Bengal, Rajasthan and...
Sarma, a senior BJP leader, made this comment in a tweet after the Congress attacked him over his remarks on the opposition alliance's acronym - 'INDIA'.
Sarma was speaking at a grants-in-aid distribution ceremony here, where 18 organisations and 74 places of worship of different indigenous faiths were given Rs...
“We are one step closer to establishing Assam as a major exporter of petrochemicals. Today, we flagged off the first methanol consignment to Bangladesh from...
The journalist's tweet apparently referred to FIRs being lodged in Assam against opposition leaders over remarks made in different parts of the country.
He also stressed on maintaining uniformity in the academic calendar, syllabus, and grading pattern by the universities in the state.
Monsoon arrived in the northeast, including Assam, on Saturday and the state has been experiencing rainfall over the past couple of days.