BJP to field candidates for Rajya Sabha seats in AssamThe ruling BJP in Assam will field candidates for two Rajya Sabha seats in the upcoming Gambegre bypoll. The seats were vacant following th...
12 Aug, 2024, 09.54 PM IST
Himanta Biswa Sarma says in Meghalaya, Nagaland and Manipur 'a particular religion went against NDA'Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma commented that a specific religion did not support the NDA in Nagaland, Meghalaya, and Manipur. Th...
05 Jun, 2024, 10.27 PM IST
Assam, Meghalaya CMs discuss interstate border disputesAssam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on assuming the Chief Minister's office in May, 2021 had announced that his priority was to resolv...
25 May, 2023, 12.36 AM IST
Assam and Mizoram to initiate border talks next weekA senior officer in Assam who does not want to be named told ET, “The visit will be a two day.Bora will be accompanied by Assam Housing and...
07 Aug, 2022, 12.27 AM IST
Assam govt likely to start dialogue with Mizoram on border dispute, says CM Himanta SarmaIn a move to resolve the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh boundary dispute, both the states on Friday agreed on the principle to restrict the number...
16 Jul, 2022, 05.43 PM IST
MHA calls meeting to finalise Assam-Meghalaya border pact on March 29; CMs asked to be present"We have received a formal communication from the MHA about the meeting on finalising the border agreement on March 29 in New Delhi. The CM...
25 Mar, 2022, 05.48 PM IST
Meghalaya, Assam CMs to focus on less complicated border issues firstIn their meeting in Guwahati, the chief ministers agreed to form three committees to be headed by ministers of both the states to first foc...
07 Aug, 2021, 07.48 AM IST
Home minister Amit Shah to chair meeting of North East CMs on SaturdayIn addition, Shah has some official engagements in Meghalaya during his stay. Officials said Friday that Shah will be chairing a closed-doo...
23 Jul, 2021, 06.47 PM IST
Assam cabinet eases lockdown, allows shops in rural areas to start functioningAssam has earlier kept on hold implementation of Union Ministry of Home Affairs notification allowing in rural areas, all shops, except tho...
28 Apr, 2020, 12.59 PM IST
Citizenship Amendment Bill: Why Assam is protesting?ET explains why it has rekindled the anti-foreigner sentiment of the 1980s. Protesters say CAB will make NRC redundant and bestow citizensh...
17 Dec, 2019, 10.25 AM IST
Centre plans safeguard, ILP extension for smooth Citizenship Amendment Bill rideA constitutional safeguard to protect and preserve the culture of the Assamese people is among the many issues under Centre’s consideration...
04 Dec, 2019, 06.44 AM IST
- Provisions would be included in the Citizenship Amendment bill: Himanta Biswa Sarma
Sarma said that current state laws enacted for protect the cultural, linguistics and other rights of North Eastern region will not diluted ...
10 Sep, 2019, 10.56 AM IST
Rajnath Singh mulls at cut in armed forces in Northeast for ushering normalitySingh, who was accompanied by Kiren Rijiju, was quoted as saying that there had been substantial strengthening of state police forces in th...
13 Jul, 2018, 03.50 PM IST
Assam, Meghalaya CMs discuss border problemsAssam CM Sonowal said he is confident about resolving Assam's decades-old border disputes with Meghalaya, Nagaland & Mizoram through mutual...
01 Apr, 2017, 07.38 PM IST
Amit Shah’s Northeast alliance NEDA to be launched tomorrowFollowing BJP’s spectacular victory in Assam in May, Shah piloted the idea of NEDA with the objective of Congress-mukt Northeast India.
12 Jul, 2016, 02.18 AM IST
BJP readies Mission Northeast, forms Northeast Democratic allianceBJP leader Himanta Biswa Sarma is made convenor of the NEDA. Political analyst view this development as preparing Himanta for a larger role.
25 May, 2016, 07.35 PM IST
Parkash Singh Badal chairs NITI Aayog sub-group meetingThe sub-group was tasked to address issues pertaining to human resources, especially youth, and work on scientific methods.
11 May, 2015, 04.16 PM IST