Assam Minister Pijush Hazarika Blames Congress Leadership for Defections, Recalls Past Party Discord

Reported By: Ritul Bhagabati Last Updated: March 25, 2024, 20:20 IST Guwahati [Gauhati], India Hazarika officially joined the BJP in November 2015, following the path of Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma. (Photo via X/@Pijush_hazarika) Hazarika, who previously served as president of Assam Youth Congress, recalled the conflict within the party in 2011 when then Assam … Read more

EC transfers district police chiefs in Punjab, Assam

Election Commission New Delhi: The Election Commission on Thursday transferred district police chiefs in Assam and Punjab, who are kin of prominent politicians, and shunted out “non-cadre” district magistrates and superintendents of police in some states. The poll body said the non-cadre district magistrates (DMs) and superintendent of police (SPs) have been shunted out as … Read more

Gadkari approves Rs 421 crore Gauripur bypass project in Assam

New Delhi: Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari on Friday announced an allocation of Rs 421.15 crore has been approved for the construction of a 4-lane Gauripur Bypass along NH-17 spanning from Dumardoha Pt-II to the Baladmara road in Assam’s Dhubri district. Gadkari said the 9.61 km bypass project aims to alleviate … Read more

AAP: Assam: AAP withdraws candidate from Guwahati, demands from Congress to withdraw 2 candidates

The Aam Aadmi Party withdrew its candidate from Assam’s Guwahati Lok Sabha seat and demanded that Congress withdraw their candidates from Sonitpur and Dibrugarh. Earlier, on February 8, AAP MP Sandeep Pathak announced that AAP candidate Manoj Dhanohar will contest from Dibrugarh, Bhaven Chaudhary from Guwahati and Rishi Raj from Sonitpur. The Congress has named … Read more

India was a golden bird, and it will again be a golden bird very soon: Rajnath Singh

Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said that India was a golden bird at one point of time, and it will again be a golden bird very soon. Addressing party workers in Kokrajhar and Barpeta, he exuded confidence that NDA will return to power with 400 seats in the parliamentary polls. He said that there will … Read more

Tata Electronics: Tata Electronics to set up semiconductor assembly and test facility in Assam, says Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday said that the state has joined the semiconductor industry revolution with Tata Electronics to set up the semiconductor assembly and test facility in the State. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday virtually laid the foundation stone for the Tata Group’s Rs 27,000-crore indigenous “Semiconductor Assembly & Test … Read more

Will Resign if One Person Who Has Not Applied for NRC Gets Citizenship: Himanta

Last Updated: March 12, 2024, 13:16 IST Guwahati [Gauhati], India Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. (File pic/PTI) Protests erupted across Assam with opposition parties flaying the BJP government at the Centre for implementing the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 (CAA) on Monday, paving the way for granting citizenship to undocumented non-Muslim migrants from Pakistan, … Read more

PM Modi unveils 125-foot statue of Lachit Borphukan in Assam’s Jorhat

JORHAT: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday unveiled a 125-foot bronze statue of ‘Ahom general’ Lachit Borphukan in Assam’s Jorhat. The ‘Statue of Valour’ was unveiled by the PM at the Lachit Barphukan Maidam Development Project at Hollongapar near Teok. Modi, who reached Jorhat from Arunachal Pradesh by helicopter, was dressed in traditional attire and … Read more

Assam: Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal lays foundation for multiple Ayush Initiatives worth Rs 100 cr

Guwahati: The Union Minister of Ayush, Sarbananda Sonowal laid the foundation stone for the second Ayurvedic College of Assam. Sonowal also laid foundation stones for construction of two 50 bedded Ayush hospitals at Mowamarirjhar in Kokrajhar and at Silbari in Baksa, virtually from here. The new college will be developed with an estimated cost of … Read more

CAA rules will be coming very soon and it will not cause any disturbance…: Assam Deputy Speaker Numal Momin – The Economic Times Video

Guwahati (Assam): While speaking on the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), Assam Assembly Deputy Speaker Numal Momin said that rules (of CAA) will be coming very soon and it will not cause any disturbance or misunderstanding among the people because the act says that December 31, 2014 is the cut-off date. Read original article here Denial … Read more