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Guwahati, February 16 The brother of Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, and Barpeta SSP Sushanta Biswa Sarma, has been transferred in a major reshuffle within the state police department ahead of the assembly elections, officials said on Friday.Sarma has been appointed as the senior...

Guwahati, February 13 Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma launched projects worth over Rs 300 crore in districts under the Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR) on Friday.The CM laid the foundation stone for the Rs 150-crore BTC mini-secretariat in Udalguri, which will be constructed on a...

New Delhi, February 13 Trinamool Congress leader Derek O'Brien pointed out on Friday that no minority groups were mentioned in Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's budget speech, stating that the word "minority shareholders" was only used once during her 85-minute-long speech.Accusing the...

Assam Chief Minister Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma met with senior officials of the Indian Air Force in Moran on Thursday.The meeting focused on preparations for the Emergency Landing Facility, which will be inaugurated on February 14, arrangements for aircraft landings, an air show, and the...

Guwahati, February 13 Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma reviewed the Emergency Landing Facility (ELF), scheduled to be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on February 14, at Moran in Dibrugarh district.Sarma reviewed a section of National Highway-37, a part of the ELF, and...

Guwahati, February 12 Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma inaugurated and laid the foundation stone for several projects worth Rs 2,218 crore on Thursday, along with presenting cheques to 31,952 women entrepreneurs in the Majuli district of Assam.The chief minister said that the district...

Guwahati, February 12 A court in Guwahati has restrained Congress leaders Gaurav Gogoi, Bhupesh Baghel, and Jitendra Singh from making "defamatory statements" against Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, who has filed a defamation case worth Rs 500 crore.After hearing the petitioner's...

Guwahati, February 12 A court in Guwahati has restrained Congress leaders Gaurav Gogoi, Bhupesh Baghel, and Jitendra Singh from making "defamatory statements" against Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, who has filed a defamation case against them worth Rs 500 crore, until they appear in...

Guwahati, February 12 The Assam BJP has removed a co-convenor of its social media team for posting a video featuring Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma that sparked a major controversy, a senior leader said on Thursday.The video purportedly showed Sarma aiming a rifle and firing at two people...

Guwahati, February 11 Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma stated on Wednesday that 16 illegal immigrants from Bangladesh have been expelled from the state.He affirmed that the state government will continue to take swift action against infiltrators."Critics make noise, but for Assam...

Guwahati, February 11 Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Wednesday that the police have registered a case based on a complaint by Congress leaders regarding a controversial video featuring him, which was uploaded and later deleted by the state BJP.Sarma said that a BJP worker has...

Guwahati, February 11 Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday claimed that the names of lakhs of "doubtful voters" were deleted during the Special Revision (SR) of electoral rolls in the state.He said that many of the deletions were based on complaints filed by BJP workers.His...

Guwahati, February 11 Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Wednesday that the state's tea industry has experienced a "turnaround" this production season, with a sharp increase in exports, and urged garden management to pass on the benefits to workers by increasing their daily wages...

New Delhi, February 11 The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to consider listing another plea filed by four individuals seeking directions against Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma over a series of alleged hate speeches targeting Muslims in the state.On Tuesday, a bench headed by Chief...

Guwahati, February 11 Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday described the Supreme Court's judgment allowing the state to carry out evictions in reserved forest areas after clearance by a specially constituted committee as "landmark", saying it will streamline anti-encroachment...

In Guwahati, on February 11, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced that the Special Investigation Team (SIT) report on alleged “Pakistani links” of Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) President Gaurav Gogoi would be amended to include the disclosures made by Gogoi during a...

Guwahati, February 11 Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday claimed that lakhs of "doubtful voters" were removed during the special revision of the electoral roll in the state.The removals were based on complaints filed by BJP workers during the revision exercise.His...

Guwahati, February 10 The Assam Congress staged protests across the state on Tuesday against the alleged encroachment of over 3,900 acres of land by Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and his family.All district Congress committees in the state organized the protest program at their respective...

Guwahati, February 10 Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma claimed on Tuesday that Congress president Gaurav Gogoi's admission of visiting Rawalpindi without a visa during his 2013 trip to Pakistan proves that he was a "state guest" in the neighboring country.Sarma claimed on Sunday that...

Guwahati, February 10 Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma accused the Congress party on Tuesday of planning to incite violence involving party leaders to gain public sympathy ahead of the state assembly elections.He stated that one person, allegedly involved in the planning, was arrested...