Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Friday that his government has decided to restore the status of Hojai, Biswanath, Tamulpur, and Bajali as full-fledged districts, which were earlier merged with their parent districts owing to the delimitation exercise in the state.
Chief Minister Sarma said the North-eastern States can immensely contribute towards the further spread of practices such as Ayurveda, yoga, naturopathy, Unani, and homeopathy among the residents of the country.
The Assam Environment and Forest Department on August 23, issued a notification, prohibiting the use or manufacture, import, stocking, distribution, sale of plastic water bottles below 1000 ml capacity in the state from October 2 this year.
Former Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa’s son, Udhayveer Singh Randhawa has been booked for allegedly assaulting a law student in Chandigarh, the police said.
The Supreme Court on Friday ordered to transfer trial of criminal cases being probed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in Manipur violence to Guwahati in Assam.
The 100th cabinet meeting of the Himanta Biswa Sarma-led Assam government will be held Today at Brahmaputra State Guest House, Kharghuli in Guwahati, said an official statement from government of Assam.
The Gauhati High Court on Thursday acquitted the convicts in the 2004 Dhemaji bomb blast which had killed 13 persons including 10 children on the spot, while grievously injuring 19 to 20 persons.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Raju Bista has urged West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose to intervene and facilitate a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) inquiry into the distressing incident of attempted sexual assault and murder of a minor child in Matigara.
Assam Rifles under the aegis of HQ IGAR (East) in a joint operation with Ratabari PS, Karimganj District, Assam apprehended one individual alongwith Heroin on Thursday.
The collaboration was made for supplying such products through IWAI's upgraded jetty at Jogighopa in Assam, the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways said.
Acting upon a reliable source input with regards to poachers in Kaziranga an operation team of STF, Assam proceeded from Guwahati to Kaliabor of Nagaon district in order to apprehend the perpetrators.
Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways and Ayush, Sarbananda Sonowal on Wednesday attended a student meeting as the Chief Guest at the Bir Lachit Borphukan College in Assam's Sivasagar and interacted with the teachers, staff and the student community.