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Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma

Assam Tea Gardens Get Rs 63 Crore Govt Assistance To Tackle Pandemic Losses

To mark the 200th anniversary of tea production in Assam, an additional subsidy of Rs 2 per kg for orthodox tea has been fixed for the financial year 2023-24

31 March 2023

Meghalaya CM Conrad Sangma

JP Nadda Asked Meghalaya BJP To Support Conrad Sangma's National People's Party: Himanta Biswa Sarma

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma also said Meghalaya CM Conrad Sangma reached out to senior BJP leader and Union Home Minister Amit Shah regarding government formation in Meghalaya.

02 March 2023

Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma

Himanta Biswa Sarma Says No Child Marriage Occurred In Assam After Crackdown

Assam government on February 3 started an intense drive against child marriages across the state, registering over 4,000 cases. Till Tuesday, 3,145 people have been apprehended.

28 February 2023

Assam Child Marriages

Focus Needed On Better Healthcare, Education: Mary E John On Assam Child Marriage Action

Last month, Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma launched a massive crackdown on child marriages in the state with his anti-child marriage drive and vowed to end the ‘menace’ by 2026. The move has drawn outrage from...

22 March 2023

Meghalaya CM Conrad Sangma (right) with Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma (left)

Midnight Meeting: Conrad Sangma Meets Himanta Biswa Sarma In Guwahati Amid 'Hung Assembly' Speculation

The meeting comes amid exit polls predicting a hung assembly in Meghalaya with Sangma's NPP emerging as the single largest party in the assembly elections, the polling for which was held on Monday while the votes will be...

02 March 2023

Four MLAs from Meghalaya join BJP

As Nagaland, Tripura Gear For Elections, Politics Of Coalition Deepens In Northeast

As election dates near, political waves in the three states seem to be intensifying. Home Minister Amit Shah’s visit to Nagaland on January 6 has reignited political debates in the state which has been an Opposition-less...

10 February 2023

Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma

'Future Is Safe And Glorious...': Assam CM Himanta Biswa Hails BJP's Victory In Northeast Polls

Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma termed the BJP’s poll result in Meghalaya, where the party could win only two seats though it will remain a part of the next government, a 'humbling experience'.

03 March 2023

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Assam CM Invites DiCaprio To Kaziranga After Latter Praises Govt For Rhino Conservation Efforts

Caprio, in an Instagram post, wrote that the efforts of the Assam government had started in 2021 met success the next year when no rhinos were poached in Kaziranga National Park.

10 February 2023

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10 February 2023
235 More Held In Assam As Crackdown On Child Marriage Continues

235 More Held In Assam As Crackdown On Child Marriage Continues

A total of 2,763 people have been arrested so far against 4,135 FIRs registered across the state, the Assam Police said in a statement.


08 February 2023
Temporary Jails Coming Up In Assam As Crackdown On Child Marriage Continues

Temporary Jails Coming Up In Assam As Crackdown On Child Marriage Continues

While accused from different districts have already been moved to the facility in Goalpara, another such temporary jail is coming up in Cachar as well.


08 February 2023
Day Of Rallies, Roadshows And Accusations In 'Politically Hot' Tripura

Day Of Rallies, Roadshows And Accusations In 'Politically Hot' Tripura

While the ruling BJP's northeastern poster boy, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, promised to defend the tiny state's territorial integrity on Tuesday,...


06 February 2023
Manraj Singh And Rakshitha Sree S To Spearhead Indian Contingent At Dutch, German Junior Tournament

Manraj Singh And Rakshitha Sree S To Spearhead Indian Contingent At Dutch, German Junior Tournament

The Dutch Junior International will kick off from March 1 in Haarlem while the German Junior event will begin from March 8 in Berlin.


06 February 2023
Child Marriage: Total Arrests Rise To 2,441 As Crackdown Continues In Assam; Oppositions Call It 'Publicity Stunt'

Child Marriage: Total Arrests Rise To 2,441 As Crackdown Continues In Assam; Oppositions Call It 'Publicity Stunt'

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswas Sarma had on Saturday asserted that the drive to end the social menace would go on till the next assembly polls. According...


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05 February 2023
Who Will Look After Girls When Husbands Go To Jail, Owaisi Asks Assam CM On Child Marriages Crackdown

Who Will Look After Girls When Husbands Go To Jail, Owaisi Asks Assam CM On Child Marriages Crackdown

Speaking to reporters, he said it is the failure of the state government which has been keeping quiet for the past six years.


04 February 2023
Child Marriage Crackdown: Over 2,000 People Arrested In Assam Including Hindu, Muslim Priests

Child Marriage Crackdown: Over 2,000 People Arrested In Assam Including Hindu, Muslim Priests

As the police said they have a list of 8,000 accused and the drive will continue, women protested against the move in various districts saying they will face...


03 February 2023
Assam Government Resolves To End Child Marriages In State

Assam Government Resolves To End Child Marriages In State

As per the NFHS data, the state has a high maternal and infant mortality rate, with child marriage being the primary cause as an average of 31 per cent of...


21 January 2023
No Statehood Talks Held With KLO Chief, A Guest Of Assam Govt: Himanta Biswa Sarma

No Statehood Talks Held With KLO Chief, A Guest Of Assam Govt: Himanta Biswa Sarma

The KLO is demanding a separate state comprising parts of Cooch Behar, Malda, Uttar Dinajpur and Jalpaiguri districts of West Bengal and those of Goalpara and...


11 January 2023
Eviction Drive Continues In Assam's Lakhimpur Rendering 299 Families Homeless

Eviction Drive Continues In Assam's Lakhimpur Rendering 299 Families Homeless

The evictees, mostly Bengali-speaking Muslims grieved that they could not collect all of their belongings and the administration also destroyed their crops.


10 January 2023
Another Eviction Drive Starts In Assam's Lakhimpur, Over 500 Families Face Displacement

Another Eviction Drive Starts In Assam's Lakhimpur, Over 500 Families Face Displacement

The Himanta Biswa Sarma government has been carrying out evictions in different parts of the state since it assumed power in May 2021. The drive in Nagaon's...


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04 January 2023
Assam CM Lays Foundation Stone For Rs 50-cr Jongal Balahu Tourist Centre In Nagaon

Assam CM Lays Foundation Stone For Rs 50-cr Jongal Balahu Tourist Centre In Nagaon

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma laid the foundation stone for the construction of a tourist centre, named after Tiwa king Jongal Balahu


02 January 2023
Assam CM Flags Off 100 CNG Buses, Inaugurates Guwahati's First 'Green' Fuel Station

Assam CM Flags Off 100 CNG Buses, Inaugurates Guwahati's First 'Green' Fuel Station

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday flagged off 100 new CNG-run buses


02 January 2023
Assam On Growth Trajectory, People Must Put Moral Pressure On ULFA(I) Chief : Himanta

Assam On Growth Trajectory, People Must Put Moral Pressure On ULFA(I) Chief : Himanta

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma Sunday claimed that the state is on growth trajectory and asked the people of Assam to exert "moral pressure" on...


23 December 2022
Assam CM Holds Meeting With Stakeholders, Discusses Ways To Revamp Tea Gardens

Assam CM Holds Meeting With Stakeholders, Discusses Ways To Revamp Tea Gardens

It was decided in the meeting that ATC may lease out some of its tea gardens in the wake of difficulties in managing such assets, an official release said.


21 December 2022
AHRC Asks Nagaon DC To Submit Report On Eviction Drive

AHRC Asks Nagaon DC To Submit Report On Eviction Drive

The AHRC observed that the eviction drive had involved around 1,000 security personnel. Ten bulldozers and two excavators were used in the exercise. 


05 December 2022
Mother's Womb Cannot Be Viewed As 'Farm Land' : Himanta Biswa Sarma On Ajmal's Comments

Mother's Womb Cannot Be Viewed As 'Farm Land' : Himanta Biswa Sarma On Ajmal's Comments

Himanta Biswa Sarma urged Muslim women not to be "swayed" by statements of "people like Ajmal" who ask them to bear more children and asked them to limit their...


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