One lakh diyas lit in Assam’s Golaghat to welcome PM Modi

One lakh diyas lit in Assam’s Golaghat to welcome PM Modi

Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Assam, the people of Bokakhat in Golaghat district on March 7 evening lighted 1 lakh diyas (earthen lamps) to welcome the Prime Minister. Assam Agriculture Minister and local MLA Atul Bora, State Forest Minister Chandramohan Patowary, and Tourism Minister Jayanta Malla Baruah also attended the programme. Prime … Read more

BJP and allies will win 22 seats out 25 Lok Sabha seats in Northeast India: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma

BJP and allies will win 22 seats out 25 Lok Sabha seats in Northeast India: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma

Guwahati: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has predicted the results for the 25 Lok sabha seats in northeast, Sarma has claimed the party will win at least 22 seats along with allies in Northeast India. He said that Prime minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Assam is not linked to polls and he keeps on … Read more

Assam CM’s security strengthened after threat from Sikh outfit

Assam CM’s security strengthened after threat from Sikh outfit

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. | Photo Credit: PTI GUWAHATI The Assam Police have strengthened the security of Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma following a threat from a banned Khalistani outfit. A caller claiming to be the supporter of pro-Khalistan leader Amritpal Singh, lodged in eastern Assam’s Dibrugarh Central Jail, alleged that the latter … Read more

Healing is not proselytisation: Assam Christian body

Healing is not proselytisation: Assam Christian body

GUWAHATI An umbrella body of church organisations in Assam has criticised Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma for his “misguided and misleading” statement equating magical healing with proselytisation. The Assam Christian Forum (ACF) has also rejected the demands of a radical Hindu group for the removal of Christian symbols from missionary schools across the State. The … Read more

BJP to win all seats covered by Rahul Gandhi during Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra in Assam: CM Himanta Biswa Sarma

BJP to win all seats covered by Rahul Gandhi during  Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra in Assam: CM Himanta Biswa Sarma

Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himatna Biswa Sarma on Thursday claimed that the BJP will win all constituencies covered by Rahul Gandhi during the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra in Assam. He also alleged that the holding of the Yatra in Assam during the Ram Mandir consecration ceremony was a political conspiracy to create communal tension. “The … Read more

Peace accord 'shameful', political settlement not possible when goals, ideals given up: ULFA(I)

Peace accord 'shameful', political settlement not possible when goals, ideals given up: ULFA(I)

Paresh Barua, leader of the anti-talks faction of the United Liberation Front of Asom or ULFA (Independent), has termed the tripartite peace agreement signed with the pro-talks faction of the outfit as “shameful”, asserting that “political settlement is not possible when revolutionaries give up their goals and ideals”. “We are not surprised, concerned or angry … Read more

Assam Cabinet approves creation of 4 new districts, 81 sub-districts

Assam Cabinet approves creation of 4 new districts, 81 sub-districts

The districts to be created are Hojai, Biswanath, Tamulpur and Bajali, CM Himanta Biswa Sarma said. File | Photo Credit: PTI The Assam Cabinet has decided to create four new districts and 81 sub-districts following completion of the delimitation process, to improve administrative efficiency, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on August 25. The districts … Read more

Kejriwal a coward, his heroism confined within Assembly: Himanta

Kejriwal a coward, his heroism confined within Assembly: Himanta

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. File | Photo Credit: ANI Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has slammed his Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal over his comments during a rally in Guwahati, calling the AAP chief a “coward” whose “heroism” is confined within the Assembly. Mr. Sarma criticised Mr. Kejriwal for not making any reference … Read more

Meghalaya CM didn’t act on Mukroh firing fearing ED, CBI action: Trinamool Congress’ Abhishek Banerjee

Meghalaya CM didn’t act on Mukroh firing fearing ED, CBI action: Trinamool Congress’ Abhishek Banerjee

TMC general secretary Abhishek Banerjee. File | Photo Credit: PTI Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma will lose his seat as the ruling National People’s Party (NPP) will draw a blank in the Garo Hills, claimed senior TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee. Addressing an election rally in South Tura on February 15, he dredged up the … Read more

Meghalaya killings not tied to Assam boundary row: Centre

Meghalaya killings not tied to Assam boundary row: Centre

Security personnel stand guard near a forest office, a day after it was vandalised and burnt down by miscreants following violence on the Assam­-Meghalaya boundary. | Photo Credit: PTI A day after five Meghalaya villagers and an Assam forest guard were killed in a firing incident on the Assam-Meghalaya border, a Union Home Ministry official … Read more