Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has categorically dismissed claims surrounding an alleged imaginary map created by certain individuals in Bangladesh, purportedly showing Assam as part of their territory.
According to Bedabrata Bora, chairman of the APCC media cell, Bhupen Kumar Borah is currently being held at the 10th Assam Police Battalion in Kahilipara.
With panchayat elections in Assam approaching fast, political parties are ramping up their preparations, spurred by the recent publication of draft electoral rolls.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that the state has become a model of development in India, attributing this success to the government’s focus on transparent and efficient governance.
In a harrowing incident that has shocked Assam, a woman was allegedly gang-raped by nine men in the Boragaon area of Guwahati and filmed the assault before circulating it through a video on social media.
Assam Minister Sanjay Kishan on Saturday alleged that Congress party leaders were irked after BJP fielded a son of a tea labourer coming from a humble background in the Behali Assembly seat for the upcoming by-elections.
The National Green Tribunal has raised an alarm over the establishment of brick kilns and resorts within the proposed eco-sensitive zone of Assam’s Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary, home to a high density of endangered one-horned rhinos.
The Registrar (Judicial) has been instructed to ensure timely communication of the order to the Chief Secretaries.
Unnoticed in the rest of the country, the structures and processes of civil administration have been undergoing such drastic changes in Assam, which now has 35 districts and 184 revenue circles, and to a lesser extent in other states of the north-east that it is necessary to examine these developments from a larger perspective.
Accompanied by Chief of Army Staff General Upendra Dwivedi and other senior military officials, Singh commended the courage and resilience of soldiers who safeguard India’s borders under challenging conditions.
