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
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.
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.
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...
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...
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...
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'.
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.
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.
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.
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,...
The Dutch Junior International will kick off from March 1 in Haarlem while the German Junior event will begin from March 8 in Berlin.
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...
Speaking to reporters, he said it is the failure of the state government which has been keeping quiet for the past six years.
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...
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...
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...
The evictees, mostly Bengali-speaking Muslims grieved that they could not collect all of their belongings and the administration also destroyed their crops.
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...
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma laid the foundation stone for the construction of a tourist centre, named after Tiwa king Jongal Balahu
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday flagged off 100 new CNG-run buses
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...
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.
The AHRC observed that the eviction drive had involved around 1,000 security personnel. Ten bulldozers and two excavators were used in the exercise.
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...
