Women's reservation & delimitation bills tabled: India braces for 850-seat Lok Sabha futureParliament is set to introduce three key bills, including women's reservation from 2029 and delimitation of constituencies. While the oppos...
16 Apr, 2026, 11.29 AM IST
Govt wants to bring bill aimed at winning 2029 polls, Opposition must reject 'political move': Kapil SibalRajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal claims the government aims to alter the women's reservation law for political gain. He suggests a move to manipu...
14 Apr, 2026, 04.30 PM IST
Assam passes Rs 62,294 crore interim budget ahead of pollsAssam's assembly has approved an interim budget of over Rs 62,000 crore for the 2026-27 fiscal year. This move comes just months before the...
19 Feb, 2026, 06.32 PM IST
Assam to launch ASSAMSAT, AI-driven initiatives, and major Budget proposals for 2025-26The Assam government plans to launch its own satellite, ASSAMSAT, to support crucial projects in agriculture, disaster management, and infr...
10 Mar, 2025, 07.05 PM IST
Seven states held assembly sessions stretching for over six months in 2023 with long adjournments: ReportState assemblies in India met for an average of 22 days in 2023, with an average duration of five hours. Seven states continued sessions fo...
28 Apr, 2024, 03.51 PM IST
Next round of border talks between Assam and Meghalaya to be held after end of assembly budget sessionThe budget session will end on March 28. Meghalaya minister and government spokesperson, Paul Lyngdoh said, “As soon as the budget session ...
18 Mar, 2023, 07.22 PM IST
Proposed Cow protection bill: Meghalaya CM to take up the matter with Assam governmentHe said," We have also done our initial communication with states that provide us with cattle like West Bengal, Bihar, Andhra Pradesh, Tela...
10 Jul, 2021, 12.03 AM IST
Assam Cabinet approves cow protection bill; to be introduced in coming House sessionThe Cabinet has declared people from the Tai-Ahom, Moran, Muttock, Sutiya and Gorkha communities as protected classes which will enable the...
09 Jul, 2021, 08.56 AM IST
Opposition in Assam allege BJP govt is making U-turn on the micro finance loan waiver schemeLeader of opposition in Assam assembly Debabrata Saikia in a statement said that during election campaign BJP has promised waiver however n...
13 Jun, 2021, 09.28 AM IST
Doors always open for farmers; opposition should not make this stir into another Shaheen Bagh, says BJP in Rajya SabhaMoving the Motion of Thanks to the President's address in the upper house, BJP member Bhubaneswar Kalita said the government respects farme...
03 Feb, 2021, 12.56 PM IST
- Industry hails Assam budget 2020-21, CM Sonowal terms it as pro people
Sonowal said that the budget will benefit all sections of the people living in all districts. He also said that the budget will stimulate d...
06 Mar, 2020, 11.09 PM IST
Celebrations in Assam as Citizenship Bill is not tabled in Rajya SabhaThe Budget session was the last Parliament session of the present government as the Lok Sabha polls are due this summer.
13 Feb, 2019, 06.55 PM IST
Assam budget to adopt participatory modelAn advertisement has been put in all newspapers of the state by the government urging people to send their suggestions through an email add...
12 Jul, 2016, 06.21 PM IST
United opposition forces Governor forced to cut short speechAs the Governor started by saying the government's "collective efforts would take Assam forward", AIUDF members attacked it over its perfor...
01 Feb, 2016, 12.59 PM IST
Assam House passes resolution on 'Special Category Status'The Assam Assembly today unanimously passed a resolution asking the Centre not to scrap the 'Special Category Status' for the state for lar...
13 Aug, 2015, 10.21 PM IST
Tarun Gogoi concerned over restructuring of Centre's social schemesThe central government is considering the restructuring of the CSS, which after careful examination were redesigned and restructured in Jun...
15 May, 2015, 06.01 PM IST
Assam legislative assembly adjourned sine-dieThe session, which began on Aug 4 last, saw the passing of a deficit budget of Rs 1385.77 cr by CM Gogoi, who also holds the finance portfo...
30 Aug, 2014, 05.02 PM IST