Himanta Biswa Sarma
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27K cases withdrawn in Assam to lower burden on judiciary: CM
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Friday that the state government has withdrawn at least 27,000 cases related to minor crimes with an aim to reduce the burden on…
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Khalistan threat to Himanta being taken seriously, case registered: Assam DGP
Guwahati: Assam’s Director-General of Police (DGP) Gyanendra Pratap Singh on Sunday said threat to Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma by a pro-Khalistan group was being taken very seriously. In a purported audio…
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Rahul Gandhi is a morally corrupt politician: Himanta Biswa Sarma
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday alleged that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is a “morally corrupt politician”, recalling his 2013 opposition to an amendment of a bill that would…
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Himanta Biswa Sarma threatens to lodge defamation suit against Kejriwal
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma dared his Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal to call him corrupt when the latter is on a Guwahati tour on Sunday. Sarma, on Friday, also threatened…
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Himanta writes to Shinde, seeks statement of regret from Maha MLA for ‘stray dog’ comment
Guwahati: Taking exception to Maharashtra MLA Bachchu Kadu’s purported proposal that stray dogs be sent to Assam, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday wrote to his counterpart in the western state, seeking…
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Wrote letter to Maha CM on MLA’s stray dog remark: Himanta Biswa Sarma
Guwahati: Maharashtra MLA Bacchu Kadu’s ‘dog remark’ earlier created a ruckus in Assam with several FIRs filed against the legislator by Congress and other opposition parties. The opposition also attacked Chief Minister…
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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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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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Karnataka: Assam CM Himanta Biswa visits Lingayat Mutt, seeks blessings
Koppal: Chief Minister of Assam, Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday visited the famous Lingayat Mutt in Koppal district. Himanta Biswa, who is in Karnataka to participate in the Vijay Sankalp Rath Yatra…
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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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Nobody in India listens to Rahul Gandhi: Assam CM
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday mockingly praised Rahul Gandhi for giving speeches outside India. Taking a jab at the Congress leader for his recent lecture at the Cambridge…
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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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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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‘No hung Assembly in Tripura, Meghalaya and Nagaland’, claims Assam CM
Guwahati Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma asserted on Tuesday that there won’t be any hung Assembly in Tripura, Nagaland or Meghalaya, contrary to what several exit polls have indicated. Instead, the…
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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…
