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Former BJP MP RP Sarmah joins CongressSarmah along with many others, including senior journalist Zamsher Ali, joined the Congress here on Sunday.
BJP fields new faces in Northeast, relies on old guard for supportThe old leaders have assured that they will support these (new) candidates, says BJP’s Ram Madhav
Denied party ticket, BJP's Tezpur MP to form new partyBJP's sitting MP from Tezpur, Ram Prasad Sharma said he is not a Chowkidar but employee of the people and that there is no place for old ti...
Himanta Biswa Sarma not to contest Lok Sabha pollsBJP is targeting to win 19 to 21 seats in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls in Northeast India.
Himanta not to contest LS polls now, to focus on NE: Amit ShahHimanta Biswa Sarma is needed for coordination between the region and the central party, and the government in New Delhi, Shah said.
Himanta Biswa Sarma's name dropped from list of probable candidates For Lok Sabha polls: Assam BJP PresidentSarma who claims to backing from Gorkha community on Monday said that he might reconsider his decision and will contest if party gives him ...
Assam BJP MP Ram Prasad Sarmah quits partyRam Prasad Sarmah alleged that "old guards" of the party who had toiled for decades and brought the BJP to power were now "most neglected a...
Territorial dispute brewing in North East?While there was no reply from the government's end on the issue, it is to be seen how it deals with the issue that has the potential to tur...
Set up regulator for real estate sector, demands BJP MP Sushil Kumar SinghRaising the issue, BJP MP Sushil Kumar Singh said the time has come for setting up a regulator to fix the rates of construction materials a...
Centre asks states to modernise ration shopsIn order to make PDS system totally transparent, Paswan said that the government is implementing end-to-end computerization of PDS operatio...
Health ministry: A slew of programmes for kids in 2015Health Ministry agreed to bring into force larger pictorial warnings on tobacco products from next year as the issue remained in news for m...
Bigger pictorial warnings on tobacco products from April next: GovernmentA notification to this effect was issued today by the Health Ministry saying that all tobacco products will carry warnings covering 85 per ...
Agriculture department for bigger tobacco warningsThe department of agriculture has said it doesn't support tobacco cultivation and has thus "no objection" to the amendment notification.
No going back on bigger warnings on tobacco packs, says Heath ministry"In our submission to the parliamentary committee,we said the same thing. There is no change in the ministry's stand since then" an officia...
Pro-tobacco MPs Shyam Charan Gupta, Dilip Gandhi and Ram Prasad Sarmah may be axed from panelRam Prasad Sarmah had kicked up a controversy by saying that there was no link between cancer and smoking. He claimed it had "medicinal val...
Government will take measured decision on pictorial warning on tobacco products: FM Arun JaitleyJaitley's comments came amid reports that PM Modi had directed removal of the members with conflicting interests from the Committee on Toba...
VHP demands uniform law to 'rectify' demographic 'imbalance'Jain also made it clear that the Ram temple is very much on the agenda and urged the government to remove obstacles in the way of its const...
Another BJP MP wades into smoking row, government dissociates itself from remarksGupta are members of Parliamentary Committee of Subordinate Legislation looking into the rules regarding tobacco sale in the country.
Smoking row: Another BJP MP says no link of smoking and cancer"Whether cigarette smoking causes cancer or not, there is no full proof till now," Ram Prasad Sarmah, BJP MP from Tezpur, Assam said in Bis...
Elections 2014 Results: BJP leading in nine seats in NE statesIn Assam, Bhartiya Janata Party was set for an impressive show as it was leading in seven seats out of 14 in the state.