Efforts on to sabotage govt’s war on drugs: Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday silenced the critiques of the state government who raised questions against the action of the state police force. Sarma said the police have been given a free hand to act within the framework of law as part of his government’s zero tolerance policy towards crime. Giving details […]

Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma tables cow protection bill in Assembly

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday tabled the much debated Cow Protection Bill in the Assembly on the first day of the budget session of the Assam Assembly. The Assam Cattle Preservation Bill, 2021 aims to ban interstate transport of cows through the state in order to control their smuggling to Bangladesh. The […]

Assam CM bats for systematic reforms in govt mechanism

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday stressed the need to eliminate red-tapism and bring about procedural simplification in government mechanism to take the government closer to people. He also called for doing away with the old file management system and ensure speedy disposal of files. The chief minister was speaking as the chief […]

No political interference in transfer of OCs in Assam: CM Himanta Biswa Sarma

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday made it clear that there will be zero political interference in the state police department. Addressing a conference with Officers-in-charge of all police stations in the state, Sarma laid the base for redefining policing standards in Assam. All OCs will now be posted in a particular police […]

Minority leaders in Assam pitch for Assamese-first identity

Representatives from the Assamese Muslim community has sent out a clear message that they would like to be first regarded as an Assamese rather than identified only as a religious minority group stating that they are an integral part of the Assamese society. The response came during a meeting on Sunday convened by Chief Minister […]

Assam CM hopeful of finding middle path to start peace talks with banned ULFA

Assam Chief Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday said he is hopeful of finding a middle path to start peace talks with the banned ULFA as the insurgent group has been demanding that negotiations should be centred around ‘sovereignty’ whereas he took oath to protect India’s ‘sovereignty’. Sarma said if the ULFA and the […]

Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma calls for amicable solution to boundary dispute

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday said that he has been in touch with his counterparts in all neighboring states with which Assam has a long-standing border dispute, adding that he has urged the chief ministers to maintain status quo. In fact, CM Sarma has reached out to his Mizoram counterpart Zoramthanga through […]

Assam CM calls on President Ram Nath Kovind in Delhi

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma called on President Ramnath Kovind at the latter’s official residence in New Delhi on Friday. During the meeting, CM Sarma discussed several issues regarding the development of Assam, and also invited the President to visit the Kaziranga National Park, a UNESCO world heritage site, in the state. Taking to […]

“Leadership of both states trying to resolve issue”: Conrad Sangma on Assam-Meghalaya border dispute

Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma on Monday said that he had an unofficial discussion with his Assam counterpart Himanta Biswa Sarma on the inter-state border row besides other pertinent issues between the two states. Stating that the Centre wants the inter-state border dispute to end at the earliest, Chief Minister Sangma significantly stated that all […]