Published on Mar 21, 2024 11:08 AM IST Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma met industrialist and philanthropist Ratan Tata and thanked him for Tata’s upcoming 27,000 crore semiconductor plant in Assam. …read more / View Photos in a new improved layout Published on Mar 21, 2024 11:08 AM IST Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma …
PM Modi will participate in ‘India’s Techade: Chips for Viksit Bharat’ today (File) New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will participate in ‘India’s Techade: Chips for Viksit Bharat’ and virtually lay the foundation stones of three semiconductor projects worth nearly Rs 1.25 lakh crore today. “It has been the vision of the Prime Minister to …
A day after protests erupted across Assam following the Centre’s notification for the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 (CAA), Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday said he will be the first to resign even if one person, who has not applied for the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in the state, gets citizenship, …
The Guwahati police issued a legal notice to the organisations which have called for a hartal (strike) in Assam to protest against the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA). The 16-party United Opposition Forum, Assam, (UOFA) announced a statewide hartal on Tuesday, besides taking up other agitational programmes in a phased manner. Activists of the All …
The Congress has asked Mr Goswami to state his reasons for leaving. Guwahati: Delivering another jolt to the Congress after the exit of leaders like former Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan and former MP Milind Deora, the party’s Assam working president has quit and is likely to join the BJP. Rana Goswami, a former MLA …
In a “significant step towards prohibiting child marriages” in Assam, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma repealed the age-old Assam Muslim Marriages and Divorces Registration Act on Friday. he said the Act contained provisions allowing marriage registration even if the bride and groom had not reached the legal ages of 18 and 21. The Assam Cabinet …
The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted that very dense fog conditions are likely to continue to prevail over North India during next 4 days. IMD predicted severe cold day conditions likely to continue to prevail over North India during next 2 days and decrease in intensity thereafter. Light rainfall or snowfall is likely to …
The Congress on Friday repeated its ‘corrupt CM’ attack on Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. In a post on social media platform X, the Congress said that the CM had filed an FIR against the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra after he was rattled by Rahul Gandhi exposing his corrupt regime. Assam chief minister Himanta …
The Congress party on Friday sharpened its attack on Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma after the BJP leader threatened to arrest two “bad elements” participating in the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra. Jairam Ramesh, Congress general secretary in charge of communications, said that the chief minister is rattled by the “tremendous response” the party’s outreach …
Rahul Gandhi claimed that the Assam perhaps has the “most corrupt government”. Sivasagar/Jorhat/Guwahati: On the first day of the Assam leg of ‘Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra’ on Thursday, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi claimed that the state perhaps has the “most corrupt government” and the “most corrupt Chief Minister” in the country. Addressing a public gathering …