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.
22 Mar, 2019, 09.47 PM IST
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.
22 Mar, 2019, 12.49 PM IST
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 ...
18 Mar, 2019, 11.00 PM IST
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...
16 Mar, 2019, 01.04 PM IST
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...
29 Mar, 2017, 08.44 AM IST
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...
28 Mar, 2017, 02.57 PM IST
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...
12 May, 2016, 06.44 PM IST
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...
29 Dec, 2015, 11.32 AM IST
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 ...
28 Sep, 2015, 09.49 PM IST
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.
15 Aug, 2015, 12.02 PM IST
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...
06 Apr, 2015, 11.19 AM IST
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...
05 Apr, 2015, 11.13 AM IST
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...
04 Apr, 2015, 09.54 PM IST
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...
04 Apr, 2015, 08.07 PM IST
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.
03 Apr, 2015, 09.39 PM IST
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...
03 Apr, 2015, 04.02 PM IST
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.
16 May, 2014, 10.18 AM IST