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Last Updated: October 09, 2024, 6:55 PM IST Guwahati [Gauhati]India CM Sarma said with these new appointments, a total of 125,030 people have been given government jobs since he took office in May 2021. (PTI/File) The Chief Minister noted that the process to fill around 35,000 additional posts is ongoing and that by May 2025,…
The BJP will contest the upcoming assembly polls in Jharkhand in alliance with NDA partners AJSU Party and Janata Dal (United), Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced on Saturday. Sarma, who is the BJP’s Jharkhand election co-charge, said that the seat-sharing agreement with the allies is in the final stage. “The BJP will contest…
After years of struggle and protests, the Assam government on Wednesday held a crucial meeting with leaders of the All Assam Students Union (AASU) to move forward with the implementation of Clause 6 of the Assam Accord — a provision that seeks to provide constitutional safeguards for the state’s indigenous communities. Despite being an integral…
After facing criticism over the state assembly’s decision to scrap the practice of 2-hour adjournment for Jumma prayers in Assam, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Saturday that Hindu and Muslim MLAs together sat and unanimously took the decision that they will work during this period also. Source link [ad_3]
A Controversial Facebook Post By Former AIUDF Leader Siddiqur Rahman Has Sparked Outrage | News18A controversial Facebook post by former AIUDF leader Siddiqur Rahman has sparked outrage. In his post, Rahman warned Assamese women working in minority-dominated areas that leaders of organizations accused of persecuting Miya people in Upper Assam would be held responsible for…
Himanta Biswa Sarma and Tejashwi Yadav exchanged barbs over scrapping jumma break New Delhi: A war of words between Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav has escalated over the Assam government’s move to scrap the practice of two-hour assembly session adjournment for jumma prayers. While Mr Sarma…
In another major decision, the Assam Government has decided to end the two-hour Jumma (Friday) break in the assembly. Once the proposal was approved by the assembly, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma termed it another ‘vestige of colonial baggage’ and thanked the Speaker and MLAs for the support. “By doing away with the 2-hour Jumma…
In a significant political development, Champai Soren, a prominent Adivasi leader and former Chief Minister of Jharkhand, is set to join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on August 30. This news was confirmed by Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, who took to social media to announce Soren’s upcoming induction into the party. The assembly…
The Assam government said that the existing law had scope to allow marriages of minors. Guwahati: The Assam government on Thursday introduced a bill to repeal a law to register marriages and divorces of Muslims, stating that it had scope to allow marriages of minors from the community. Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Jogen Mohan…
The Assam government is all set to introduce the “Assam Compulsory Registration of Muslim Marriages and Divorces Bill, 2024” in the upcoming state assembly session starting August 22. The bill, approved by the state cabinet, makes it mandatory for Muslim marriages and divorces to be registered with the government, rather than with Kazis (Muslim clerics)….