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SSB DG Dr Sujoy Lal Thaosen & Assam CM Biswa Sarma meet, hold talks

GUWAHATI: Director General of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) Dr Sujoy Lal Thaosen, who hails from Haflong in Assam, called on Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday and discussed the present situation. He also me the chief secretary of Assam.

The Times of India

Assam: Ulfa-I and NSCN (K-YA) give Independence Day boycott call

GUWAHATI: After a restraining itself last year, Ulfa (I) on Saturday issued a boycott call of Independence Day and also called for a bandh on the day in a joint statement with NSCN (K-YA). Amid CM Himanta Biswa Sarma's ongoing efforts to bring Ulfa (I) to the discussion table and…

The Times of India

Include Lachit Borphukan’s valour in textbooks: Assam CM

The request is among a series of initiatives by the Assam government related to the year-long celebration of the 17th-century Ahom general’s 400th birth anniversary

The Hindu

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Hi-tech radicals turning Assam into Islamist hub: CM Himanta Biswa Sarma

Six Bangladeshi nationals belonging to terror outfit Ansarul Islam had entered Assam and one of them was arrested at Barpeta in March this year, said the CM

The Hindu

Madrasa run by mufti with Ansarul Islam link demolished

The madrasa in Assam’s Morigaon district, from where its head mufti was arrested for his alleged links with Bangladesh terror outfit Ansarul Islam, was demolished

The Hindu

Take steps to curb road accidents, Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma tells deputy commissioners

Guwahati: Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday directed the deputy commissioners of the districts, which have recorded over 100 fatalities in road accidents in the last one year, to take urgent steps to cut down such road mishaps.

The Times of India

Assam CM Himanta slams Jharkhand MLA’s ‘fake’ FIR

Information and Public Relations Minister Pijush Hazarika said Himanta Biswa Sarma took Kumar Jaimangal to the residence of Coal Minister Prahlad Joshi for a trade union-related matter

The Hindu

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New Assam policy to allow each tribal family to own up to 50 bighas of land

GUWAHATI: Assam will roll out a tribal land policy to allow each tribal family of the state to hold up to 50 bighas of land while the upper ceiling of 8 bighas under Assam Land Policy, 2019, will continue for the rest of the population.

The Times of India

Orunodoi scheme to aid Assam’s Tricolour plans

Beneficiaries to get ₹18 extra to buy flag

The Hindu

Gauhati High Court asks Assam to file updated probe report encounter cases since May 2021

Altogether 161 encounters took place within 13 months of Himanta Biswa Sarma becoming the Chief Minister

The Hindu

Assam CM Himanta hits out at Chowdhury over ‘rashtrapatni’ remark

Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury had referred to President Murmu as ‘rashtrapatni’ while speaking to media during a protest programme at New Delhi

The Hindu

How Mamata Banerjee changed her tune over support to Droupadi Murmu in the midst of presidential election

NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee-headed Trinamool Congress (TMC) breaking ranks with the opposition in the vice-presidential election remains a mystery but the party had, in fact, started parting ways with the Congress-led UPA in the presidential poll itself.

The Times of India

PM Modi, Amit Shah congratulate Droupadi Murmu on historic victory

Leaders across political parties share felicitations on Twitter

The Hindu

Gauhati HC grants bail to 19-year-old student, two months after arrest for poem backing ULFA (I)

The judge directed that she be released on bail against one surety of ₹25,000.

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Bangladesh invites Assam CM to boost ties on development

Himanta Biswa Sarma praises Sheikh Hasina for crackdown on ULFA

The Hindu

Opposition MLAs allege discrimination in allotment of govt. schemes in Assam

Submitting a memorandum to Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, the Opposition members stated that they have been facing "deliberate discrimination".

The Hindu

Assam experienced worst flood in terms of fatalities: CM

Around 200 people died, while 90 lakh residents were affected in all

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Assam student jailed for ‘backing ULFA’ in FB post allowed to take exams

“Another step towards the sun of freedom, once again I will commit treason.”

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How local reporters, state government thwarted Delhi media’s efforts to peddle #FloodJihad

Imagine you’re a stringer for a major news organisation in Delhi. You’re based in Assam, which has seen over 190 flood-related deaths this year. You receive a phone call from your bosses instructing you to investigate a new, sinister claim – that of “flood jihad”.

The Hindu

PM Modi’s ‘minority move’ aimed at delinking them from ‘elite’ concerns

Big takeaway from PM at BJP’s national meet is to expand among communities that consider the party untouchable

The Hindu

Assam floods: President calls CM Himanta, enquires about flood situation

The Chief Minister said that he was honoured to receive a call from the President who enquired about Assam’s flood scenario and the ongoing relief and rescue operations

The Hindu

Supreme Court verdict on PM Modi clean chit historic: Amit Shah

The Home Minister claimed that the Congress has become a party of family, with many of its members fighting for democracy within the party

The Hindu

Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina gifts ‘Amrapali’ mangoes to Assam CM Himanta

‘This gift will make the relationship between the countries more sweeter,’ says envoy.

The Hindu

Six identified for bund breach leading to Silchar flooding, says Assam Biswa Sarma

Water Resources Department had registered a police complaint against unknown miscreants for cutting through the embankment at Bethukandi, about 3 km from the centre of the town, to let the rain-accumulated water of a wetland drain into the Barak river

The Hindu

Toll in Manipur landslide rises to 21

50 bodies still remain buried, says officials

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