Himanta Biswa Sarma
- India
Delhi court seeks Assam CM’s response on plea claiming anti-Muslim hate speech
New Delhi: A Delhi court sought responses from Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and the Delhi Police over activist Harsh Mander’s revision petition that sought a first information report (FIR) against…
- India
Assam becomes first northeastern state, 3rd in country, to pass Uniform Civil Code
Assam: The Assam Assembly, on Wednesday, May 27, passed the contentious Uniform Civil Code (UCC), making it the first northeastern state and the third Indian state, after Uttarakhand and Gujarat, to implement…
- India
Congress first sought UCC, it represents only one community now: Assam CM
Guwahati: Claiming that the Congress was the first to advocate a Uniform Civil Code way back in 1925, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, on Wednesday, May 27, alleged that the opposition…
- Hyderabad
Asaduddin Owaisi calls Assam UCC Bill ‘backdoor imposition of Hindu law on Muslims’
Hyderabad: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen Chief Asaduddin Owaisi made strong comments on the tabling of the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) Bill in the Assam Assembly, calling it “a backdoor imposition of Hindu…
- India
Assam: UCC bill introduced in Assembly to ban polygamy, register live-in relationships
The Assam government on Monday tabled a Bill on the Uniform Civil Code, seeking to ban polygamy and make registration of live-in relationships compulsory. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Atul Bora tabled ‘The Uniform…
- India
Two Muslim men lynched over cow theft suspicion in Assam’s Sonitpur
Assam: Two Muslim men were allegedly lynched, while a third person received grievous injuries after they were attacked by a mob on suspicion of cow theft in Assam’s Sonitpur district. The attack…
- India
Law will take its own course: Himanta on wife’s case against Pawan Khera
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday, May 13, said that the law will take its own course in the case filed by his wife against Congress leader Pawan Khera…
- India
NDA leaders meet Assam Guv at Lok Bhavan, stake claim to form govt
Guwahati: Leaders of the NDA on Sunday, May 10, met Assam Governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya, and staked claim to form the government in the state led by Chief Minister-elect Himanta Biswa Sarma.…
- India
Assam Congress to review poll performance on May 9
Guwahati: The Opposition Congress in Assam has convened a meeting of its district units on May 9 to review its poor performance in the recent assembly elections, according to a party circular.…
- Hate Crime
Assam: BJP-linked political play shows demolition of minority family’s house
Guwahati: A Bharatiya Janata Party-linked local political play during the election campaign in Assam drew criticism for portraying a Muslim family’s house demolition, while the audience laughed at the depiction. A video…
- India
Mandate of 2026 polls: A stronger right, a new south
Historic upsets. Disconcerting and unexpected winners. That’s the 2026 Assembly election results in four states and a Union Territory in a nutshell. Monday, May 4, results mark such a seismic shift in…
- India
Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma hits back at Singhvi amid Khera row
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday, May 1, launched a sharp counterattack on senior Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi amid the continuing controversy surrounding party spokesperson Pawan Khera, asserting…
- India
We literally push ‘illegal’ immigrants back into Bangladesh at night: Assam CM
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has sparked fresh controversy after openly describing how authorities carry out “pushbacks” of alleged illegal immigrants — shoving them across the border into Bangladesh at night,…
- India
SC grants anticipatory bail to Pawan Khera in Assam FIR case
The Supreme Court of India has granted anticipatory bail to Pawan Khera in a case registered by Assam Police over allegations related to Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma’s wife. The development…
- India
SC reserves order on Pawan Khera’s plea for anticipatory bail
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday, April 30, reserved its order on a plea of Congress leader Pawan Khera seeking anticipatory bail in a case registered against him related to allegations…
