Himanta Biswa Sarma holds crucial first meet with top NSCN-IM leader Thuingaleng Muivah

Assam Chief Minister and NEDA Convener Himanta Biswa Sarma held a crucial hour long meet with NSCN-IM general secretary Thuingaleng Muivah at the Chumukedima complex in Dimapur on Tuesday. Sarma, who has been assigned by the Centre to engage in talks with the Naga negotiating groups, held his first meeting with the top NSCN-IM leader […]

Home Minister Amit Shah authorises Assam CM to hold preliminary talks with ULFA-I

The Centre has given its go ahead to the Assam government to hold talks with the outlawed ULFA-Independent. This has been informed by Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma who met Union home minister Amit Shah last night at the national capital to deliberate on the matter. As a matter of fact, CM Sarma has been […]

Situation along Mizoram border calm, says Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday said the situation along the Assam-Mizoram border is peaceful now and maintained that there is no fresh encroachment from the other side. Sarma also informed that Assam has got back around 200 hectares of land in the last 3-4 months. Besides, Sarma added that it is important […]

Assam CM on two-day visit to Silchar; reviews construction work of mini secretariat

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma who is on a two-day visit to Barak valley arrived at the bypass of the ring road and took stock of the road construction there on Saturday. Sarma inspected the progress of the road construction while engaging in discussion with local officials. The Chief Minister kickstarted his two-day visit […]

Naga Peace Talks: NEDA Convenor Himanta Biswa Sarma to hold talks with NSCN-IM gen secy Th Muivah

The near dead-locked Naga Peace Process appears to have been raised to a political level with Assam Chief Minister and NEDA Convenor Himanta Biswa Sarma set to hold talks with NSCN-IM general secretary Thuingaleng Muivah in Dimapur on September 21. In another big development, the new Naga Peace Interlocutor Akshaya Kumar Mishra also arrived in […]

Assam aims to pay pension on retirement day: CM Himanta Biswa Sarma

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday said that the state government is working towards putting in place a system in which pension can be disbursed to government employees on the day of retirement itself. Reviewing the functioning of Directorate of Pension and Public Grievances, he issued directions to the officers concerned to integrate […]

Prime accused in forging Assam Chief Minister’s signature arrested

The prime accused behind forging of Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma’s signature was arrested in New Delhi on Sunday. The mastermind, Imran Shah Chaudhary, who has been on the run will be brought to Guwahati on a transit remand. The accused had planned the act to bag a government contract under the Jal Jeevan […]

Assam Accord: CM Himanta Biswa Sarma holds key meet with AASU representatives

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma held a key meet on the Assam Accord with AASU representatives in Guwahati on Tuesday. The meet assumed great significance as this is the first time in 16 years that a Chief Minister-level meet was held on the Assam Accord. During the meet it was decided that a committee […]

Assam: 7 sub-committees to be formed for development of tea tribe community

In a significant move, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday announced that seven sub-committees will be formed for the development of the tea tribe community. This was announced by Chief Minister Sarma in the four-hour long meeting he held with intellectuals and ministers from the tea tribe community. The crucial meeting, titled ‘Hamder […]