Assam cabinet expansion on June 5, nearly a month after poll verdictThe Assam council of ministers will see an expansion on June 5. This comes nearly a month after the election results were declared. Chief M...
01 Jun, 2026, 12.53 AM IST
Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma meets Jaishankar, discusses Act East Policy and regional trade opportunitiesAssam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma met External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar. They discussed enhancing the Act East Policy and Assa...
31 May, 2026, 04.35 PM IST
Assam cabinet to be expanded on June 5: CM SarmaAssam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced a cabinet expansion for June 5, following the return of Governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya...
31 May, 2026, 10.30 AM IST
Assam passes Uniform Civil Code bill amid Opposition protestsAssam has passed the Uniform Civil Code Bill. This new law establishes a common legal framework for marriage, divorce, succession, and live...
27 May, 2026, 11.56 PM IST
Assam Assembly introduces UCC bill, third state after Uttarakhand, GujaratAssam has introduced its Uniform Civil Code bill in the Assembly. This move follows similar legislation passed in Uttarakhand and Gujarat. ...
25 May, 2026, 10.27 AM IST
Modi pitches ‘ease of living’ roadmap at Council of Ministers’ meetPrime Minister Narendra Modi met with his council of ministers to discuss improving ease of living and doing business. The meeting focused ...
22 May, 2026, 08.47 AM IST
Assam yet to get SIR roadmap as NRC action plan still awaitedAssam's electoral roll revision faces delays. The National Register of Citizens (NRC) remains unresolved, impacting the Special Intensive R...
22 May, 2026, 01.18 AM IST
Calcutta HC gives interim protection to Trinamool Lok Sabha MP Abhishek BanerjeeThe single-judge bench also rejected Banerjee's plea for scrapping the FIR filed against him last week. "The court directs the concerned po...
22 May, 2026, 12.02 AM IST
Violence-hit Manipur poses major hurdle to EC’s voter roll revision drive in NortheastThe Election Commission of India's special intensive revision of electoral rolls faces significant challenges in violence-hit Manipur due t...
18 May, 2026, 12.04 AM IST
High voter turnout marks Assembly elections across states; West Bengal tops with 93.71% participation: ECVoter participation saw an upward trend in the March-May 2026 Assembly elections across five states/UTs, with Assam, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu...
16 May, 2026, 06.33 PM IST
First big move in Assam: Himanta Biswa Sarma govt to table UCC Bill on May 26; enforces 20% fuel cutAssam's new cabinet has approved the Uniform Civil Code bill, set for assembly presentation on May 26. The government is also implementing ...
13 May, 2026, 08.17 PM IST
Himanta 2.0: How Assam’s strongest BJP leader tightened his grip on powerEntering his second term as Chief Minister of Assam, Himanta Biswa Sarma exemplifies a fusion of regional identity and national aspirations...
12 May, 2026, 06.45 PM IST
Assam's 'Mama' returns: Himanta Biswa Sarma takes oath as Chief Minister for second termAssam's new BJP-led NDA government was sworn in on May 12. Himanta Biswa Sarma began his second term as Chief Minister. The NDA secured a s...
12 May, 2026, 12.57 PM IST
Himanta Biswa Sarma to take the oath as the Chief Minister of Assam on May 12Himanta Biswa Sarma will be sworn in as Assam's Chief Minister on May 12. He was elected leader of the BJP Legislature Party and NDA Legisl...
10 May, 2026, 12.21 PM IST
'We have to rebuild Bengal': Minister Dilip Ghosh promises immediate action after BJP forms government in stateSpeaking after the swearing-in ceremony of the new cabinet in Kolkata, Ghosh said, "We have to rebuild Bengal... There is no law and order;...
10 May, 2026, 09.41 AM IST
Assam poll results 'extremely disappointing', will take full responsibility: Gaurav GogoiAssam Congress president Gaurav Gogoi expressed deep disappointment with the recent Assembly poll results, taking full responsibility for t...
10 May, 2026, 08.46 AM IST
Assam Polls: Gaurav Gogoi loses to BJP's Hitendra Nath Goswami in Jorhat by 23,182 votesCongress leader Gaurav Gogoi lost the Jorhat Assembly constituency to BJP’s Hitendra Nath Goswami by a margin of 23,182 votes, with Goswami...
04 May, 2026, 08.20 PM IST