Recommendations of Justice (Retd) Biplab Sarma Committee on Clause 6 of Assam Accord to be implementedAssam will implement the Justice (Retd) Biplab Sarma Committee's recommendations on Clause 6 of the Assam Accord. This includes constitutio...
25 Sep, 2024, 08.53 PM IST
Clause 6 of Assam Accord: State govt to implement recommendations of Biplab Sarma commission, focus on safeguarding Assamese identityAssam's Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced that the state government will implement 52 recommendations of the Justice Biplab Sarm...
08 Sep, 2024, 11.03 AM IST
Top BSF official reviews operational preparedness along India-Bangladesh borderAdditional Director General Ravi Gandhi of the BSF's Eastern Command conducted a four-day review of the India-Bangladesh border areas under...
19 Aug, 2024, 07.11 PM IST
Assam CM announces survey of char areas under Mission Basundhara 4.0Government is settling land under different stages in a mission mode termed it as Basundhara. He said that the Basundhara 3.0 will be start...
16 Feb, 2024, 09.12 PM IST
Assam govt to carry out socio-economic assessment of state's indigenous Muslim communities through Directorate of Minority AffairsAssam has the highest Muslim population after Jammu and Kashmir. Muslims comprise 34% of the 3.12 crore population of Assam, of which 4% ar...
08 Dec, 2023, 09.51 PM IST
Don't need 'Miya' votes for 10 years: Assam CMAssam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma stated that the BJP does not need the votes of the 'Miya' people in the riverine sandbar areas for...
01 Oct, 2023, 10.05 PM IST
After Gorukhuti, Assam government has begun an eviction drive in Lumding Reserve forestCM Himanta Biswa Sarma said that from 2012 trees falling started in the forest and ginger cultivation started. Yearly around 25 Crore ginge...
08 Nov, 2021, 07.05 PM IST
Assam government to survey land in Char riverine areas: Himanta Biswa SarmaSarma said, “We will initiate a survey in Baghbar, Jonia to assess the land available there. While moving in the area I can see a lot of va...
03 Nov, 2021, 12.06 AM IST
Land 'encroached' in Assam: twice the size of GoaIt was around 49 lakh bighas (or 6,652 sq km) of land across the state in 2017. The encroached land includes 3,172 sq km of forest land and...
27 Sep, 2021, 12.16 PM IST
Assam government will regulate use of pesticide and fertilizers: Agriculture minister, Atul BoraBora, while talking to media said, “during my visit to Mangaldoi people have complained about the use of pesticides in agriculture produce,...
18 Jan, 2021, 07.49 PM IST
Controversy over museum rocks political parties in AssamA controversy over an Assam Assembly proposal to set up a museum for 'Char-Chapori' areas has become the latest political flashpoint in the...
28 Oct, 2020, 07.39 PM IST
Assam finance minister Himanta Biswa Sarma rejects proposal for Miya museumThe proposal for setting up Miya museum was mooted by Congress MLA from Baghbar constituency, Sherman Ali Ahmed, who also belongs to Bengal...
25 Oct, 2020, 01.01 PM IST
Israeli tethered drones to check cross-border crime in Assam's Dhubri district: BSF IGThe BSF has recently procured Israeli tethered drones and thermal imagers to check smuggling and illegal infiltration in Dhubri sector of A...
05 Nov, 2019, 05.49 PM IST
Electronic surveillance of Indo-Bangla border to begin TuesdayThe "smart fencing" will be operationalised in the 61 km riverine section of the international border in Dhubri district of Assam where the...
04 Mar, 2019, 03.07 PM IST
Assam: Law sought to save land of locals from settlersThe report said that if a proper survey is conducted, it would be clear that more than 90% of encroachments in the state have been done by ...
21 Sep, 2017, 01.20 AM IST
Assam government decides to set up 100 Yoga Centres along with trained instructors in the stateOn the occasion of 3rd International Day of Yoga, Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal participated in a mass Yoga demonstration event in Nalb...
22 Jun, 2017, 01.00 AM IST
Assam Governor expresses concern over rhino poachingThe governor said that there was no difference in the approach between him and the government saying "we are in the same wave length".
02 Mar, 2015, 01.42 PM IST