Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma launches book titled ‘Oil India – The Pipeline Saga’

Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma launched a corporate book of Oil India Limited titled ‘Oil India – The Pipeline Saga’ at Janata Bhawan in Guwahati yesterday. Also Read: Mizoram lifts ban on import of pigs & pig products The book was released in the presence of OIL’s senior management as well as noted author and […]

Assam: TLA, UGPO lay down arms, joins mainstream in presence of CM Sarma

Two more Assam based rebel groups have joined the mainstream. Two little known groups, the Tiwa Liberation Army(TLA) and the United Gorkha Peoples Organisation (UGPO) had established contacts with security agencies and conveyed their decision to come to the negotiating table. Leaders of the rebel groups laid down their arms in presence of Chief Minister […]

Assam CM welcomes ULFA-I’s decision to refrain from issuing bandh on Republic Day

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has welcomed the United Liberation Front of Assam or ULFA-Independent (ULFA-I)’s decision to abstain from boycotting the Republic Day celebrations. Taking to Twitter, CM Sarma wrote, “I welcome ULFA’s decision not to call a bandh and desist from any resistance during Republic Day. I take this opportunity to once […]

Assam-Meghalaya border talks: Both CMs to meet HM Shah today

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and his Meghalaya counterpart, Conrad Sangma, are all set to leave for New Delhi today to submit the respective reports on the inter-state border issue to Union Home Minister Amit Shah. As per sources, the meeting is scheduled to take place at 6 pm today. The state Cabinets of […]

Assam Meghalaya Border dispute- CM Sarma holds all party meet, apprises student organisations

In a step to solve the long-pending Assam Meghalaya border dispute, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma held meetings with all the political parties of the state followed by a sitting with the different student organizations of Assam at the Koinadhara State Guest house in Guwahati.  The all-party meet chaired by Chief Minister Sarma saw […]

Covid alert in Assam: Nearly 7000 new cases, 11 deaths in 24 hours

Assam has witnessed a massive spike in Covid -19 cases. A total of 6,982 new cases have been detected in the last 24 hours pushing the tally to 65,3,717. As compared to Sunday’s figures of 2,709 cases, Assam reported an increase of 4,273 new cases, which is more than double. Meanwhile, the positivity rate has […]

Assam MLA continues his anti-cop tirade, CM Sarma issues fresh counsel

Even as Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma warned Bihpuria MLA Amiya Kumar Bhuyan’s for his threatening remarks on Bihpuria police station OC Puspakamal Borah, the MLA has yet again made a sensational statement saying that the cop should not face dire consequences during his tenure as an Officer in-charge. Notably, this fresh statement by the […]

Drugs worth approx Rs 10 crore seized in Assam’s Bokajan,2 held

The war on drugs continues unabated in Assam. In a massive crackdown on the drug trade in the state, Assam Police seized a huge drug haul and also apprehended two drug peddlers from Karbi Anglong district. As per sources, Police recovered the contraband heroin weighing 1.6 kg from Khot-khoti in Bokajan under Karbi Anglong district. […]

Covid-19: Assam ramps up restrictions for unvaccinated

Assam has clamped down restrictions on people who are yet to take both doses of the Covid-19 vaccine. From today onwards, movement of people who are yet to take both doses would be restricted. Such people would not be allowed to enter offices or restaurants and shopping malls. Any commercial establishment that fails to abide […]