Himanta Biswa Sarma says Muslim population in Assam to touch 50% by 2041Assam's Chief Minister, Himanta Biswa Sarma, projects that the state's Muslim minority population will approach 50% in the coming years, ba...
23 Jul, 2025, 06.28 PM IST
Assam's hair-trigger plan to be 'America'Assam's cabinet has approved a scheme to provide arms licenses to indigenous people in vulnerable areas, raising concerns about potential s...
29 May, 2025, 10.46 PM IST
Assam’s arms license policy excludes inter-state border areas, says CM Himanta Biswa SarmaAssam government will not apply the arms license policy in inter-state border areas. Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma clarified this deci...
29 May, 2025, 08.55 PM IST
Assam government to give arms licences to indigenous people living in "vulnerable and remote" areasThe Assam government will grant arms licenses to indigenous people in vulnerable and remote areas, aiming to protect their interests and ad...
28 May, 2025, 08.18 PM IST
Naga political groups demand Nagaland CM to withdraw MOU with Assam on boundary areas and mineral explorationThe Working Committee (WC), Naga National Political Groups (NNPGs) is constrained to demand the Nagaland state Chief Minister to withdraw a...
23 Apr, 2023, 10.14 PM IST
Adani Total Gas wins 14 city gas licenses, IOC 8Hyderabad-based Megha Engineering and Infrastructure Ltd (MEIL) won 13 GAs, while state-owned Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) was adjudged win...
28 Jan, 2022, 08.59 PM IST
Indian Oil Corporation, Adani Total Gas top bidders for city gas licensesAdani group had originally ventured into city gas business in a joint venture with IOC but it later tied up with Total. Adani and IOC did n...
23 Dec, 2021, 10.24 AM IST
Chorus grows for repeal of AFSPA in Northeast after Nagaland killingsThe AFSPA is in force in Assam, Nagaland, Manipur (excluding Imphal Municipal Council Area), Changlang, Longding and Tirap districts of Aru...
05 Dec, 2021, 09.58 PM IST
Oil & gas fields auction this month to be on simpler terms: SourcesOil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan will on May 25 launch the Discovered Small Fields Bid Round, official sources said.
10 May, 2016, 04.55 PM IST
Rs 2.95 crore seized across Assam since announcement of pollsSingh further said the Income Tax Department has formed six Air Intelligence Units at airports across Assam to check any inflow of illegal ...
20 Mar, 2016, 10.43 PM IST
Government to auction 28 oil, gas blocks off Mumbai; 14 in KG basinAs many as 28 oil and gas fields out of the 69 small and marginal fields of state-owned firms that the government plans to auction to priva...
14 Dec, 2015, 07.46 PM IST
We are in the process of amending Arms Act, Centre informs HCThe MHA also submitted that by way of a 2012 notification it has made it mandatory that UIN be issued for every fresh arms licence.
11 Mar, 2015, 04.13 PM IST
Delhi High Court seeks government's reply on arms licences from outside DelhiDelhi HC today sought Centre's and city government's responses on the law under which the people of Delhi can keep arms issued on licence f...
08 Jan, 2015, 05.07 PM IST
Restriction on movement of civilians in Arunachal-Assam borderThe DCs and SPs have been asked to take preventive steps to avoid any mishap due to fire, a common phenomena in the state, as per the commu...
29 Dec, 2014, 02.15 PM IST
Arms licences issued in north-eastern states under Delhi High Court radarThe NGO has sought directions to the government "to immediately implement a mechanism to stop the illegal trade of fake arms licence".
17 Dec, 2014, 06.54 PM IST
Assam government completely failed: BJPBJP warned that any move to issue firearms to violence affected people in Bodoland Territorial Area Districts would lead to civil war.
05 May, 2014, 10.06 PM IST
Assam govt mulls arming Muslims in Bodo areasThe Assam govt was thinking of arming Bengali-speaking Muslims in Bodo areas with licensed guns and asked for applications from villagers.
05 May, 2014, 04.52 AM IST