Assam

According to ASDMA, two persons died in lighting, one in storm and another when a boat capsized.

GUWAHATI: The authorities at the Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport in Guwahati on Sunday evening briefly halted flight operations and diverted six flights after a heavy downpour, which was accompanied by a storm, wreaked…

Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma told journalists he does not find any reason why the Muslims would not vote for the BJP.

Since the escape, the Dalai Lama has been living in Dharamshala.

The committee of the refugees requested the Manipur government to reconsider the deportation plan on socio-political and humanitarian grounds.

Strife-torn Manipur and Tripura, which have two seats each, will go to polls in the first two phases.

The Congress offered one seat to Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP) while no decision has been made on one seat.

The PM’s visit followed protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) by the members of All Assam Students’ Union.

The JCO, identified as Konsam Kheda Singh, a resident of Charangpat Mamang Leikai, was taken to Waikhong police station (near Kakching) in Thoubal district.

“With this agreement, we have honoured history, corrected mistakes in history and accepted the realities of today,” Amit Shah said as he was flanked by Tripura CM Manik Saha and others.

“With this agreement, we have honoured history, corrected mistakes in history and accepted the realities of today,” Amit Shah said as he was flanked by Tripura CM Manik Saha and others.

The opposition says CAA "will nullify" the Assam Accord and has threatened that a state-wide bandh would be called if CAA was implemented in the state.

Goswami, who resigned as the working president of the state Congress recently, is the former MLA of Jorhat.

The bench also comprised Justice Sandeep Nath asked the government to consider the issue with urgency and be given top most priority.

While some threatened to move the court against this decision of the state cabinet, minority-based AIUDF chief Maulana Badruddin Ajmal said it was the first step towards implementing UCC in the state.

The Assam government has repealed the Assam Muslim Marriage and Divorce Registration Act, 1935.

The Congress confirmed the notices of summons were issued to MLA Jakir Hussain Sikdar and Guwahati city Congress general secretary Ramen Kumar Sarma.

CM Sarma instructed the department to install individual prepaid meters in every government quarters, including residences in the ministerial colony.

The AAP’s state leadership was hell bent upon contesting the three seats but the Congress was willing to leave only the Guwahati seat to the Kejriwal-led party.

The Assam Assembly was informed that an expenditure of Rs 58,23,07,104 was incurred as “airlifting/helicopter” charges for Sarma, ministers and other dignitaries.