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Child marriages will be eliminated in Assam by 2026: Himanta
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma stated on Monday that his government is determined to eliminating the child marriage menace by 2026 from the state. Samra, while replying to a question…
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Punjab on alert: 34 more Amritpal supporters held, key aides shifted to Assam prison
Chandigarh/Dibrugarh: Police on Sunday conducted flag marches and searches across Punjab in their manhunt for radical preacher Amritpal Singh, arresting 34 more supporters and shifting four men in custody to a jail…
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Amritpal Singh’s four aides brought to Assam’s Dibrugarh
Guwahati: Four aides of absconding Sikh radical preacher Amritpal Singh have been brought to Assam’s Dibrugarh district on Sunday, according to police sources. A top police source said, “Four detained associates of…
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Election Commission team to visit Assam for delimitation discussions
Guwahati: The Election Commission will meet a variety of stakeholders, including political parties and civil society, and hold discussions before the delimitation exercise of constituencies in Assam, an official statement said on…
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Will shut all madrasas in Assam, says Sarma; calls Cong ‘new Mughals’
Belagavi: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, who is visiting Karnataka, said he intended to shut all the madrasas (Muslim religious schools) in his state, as they were not needed in “New…
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Over 1.50 lakh illegal foreigners detected in Assam, 30,067 deported
Guwahati: Over 1.50 lakh illegal immigrants have been identified according to the Assam Accord so far and more than 30,000 of them have been deported from the state, the Assembly was informed…
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Assam’s child marriage conviction rate: 494 out of 8,773 charge-sheeted
Guwahati: A mere 494 persons out of 8,773 people who were charge-sheeted for child marriage and POCSO cases in Assam have been convicted since 2017, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on…
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Assam board exam: General science question paper leaked, test cancelled
Guwahati: The Assam Government on Monday said the general science question paper of the Class 10 state board exam was leaked and the test has been cancelled. A police case was filed…
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Despite HC strictures, Himanta makes bulldozers a part of Assam’s landscape
Guwahati: Assam was not habituated to seeing bulldozing of houses, large-scale evictions, and razing multi-storey buildings to the ground within hours. However, for the last two years, the scenario has changed dramatically…
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BJP to support NPP in Meghalaya: Himanta Biswa Sarma
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Thursday that after the announcement of the result of the Meghalaya assembly election, National People’s Party (NPP) chief Conrad Sangma called up Union…
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Himanta Sarma: Deal-maker for a Saffron sunrise in the northeast
Kolkata: The man who stitched together the various alliances which saw BJP’s sun rising in the Northeast has done it again. BJP’s poster boy from the region, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa…
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No child marriage in Assam in last one month, says CM
Guwahati: Despite heavy criticism on the police crackdown on child marriages in Assam, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Tuesday that not a single instance of a child marriage had occurred…
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Assam Police arrests Army officer in murder case
Rangia: A senior Army officer has been arrested from the 4 Corps headquarter in Tezpur in Assam in a murder case, a police official said on Saturday. The officer of lieutenant colonel-rank…
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Pawan Khera tenders apology in SC, claims Assam CM
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday claimed that Congress leader Pawan Khera has “tendered an unequivocal apology” for his alleged objectionable remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Taking to…
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Anti-CAA stir case: SC protects Assam MLA Akhil Gogoi from arrest
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has granted independent Assam MLA Akhil Gogoi protection from arrest in connection with a case related to anti-CAA protests and suspected Maoist links, and sought response from…
