The Assam government on Monday said that 494 persons out of 8,773 who were charge-sheeted for child marriage and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO) cases in the state, have been convicted since 2017.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has said that people of the three northeastern states where elections were recently held have reiterated their trust in Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Sarma said that his Meghalaya counterpart Conrad Sangma called Union Home Minister Amit Shah seeking support to form a government in the state.
Assam Chief Minister Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday attended the 62nd Annual Conference of the Bodo Sahitya Sabha held at Patgaon in Kokrajhar district.
Chief Minister Sarma exuded confidence the compressed biogas plant at Sonapur would go a long way in aiding the Government of Assam's aim of a gradual transition to cleaner and greener energy. Apart from providing a solution to municipal solid waste management crises, the compressed biogas p
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday hoped that after Congress leader Pawan Khera tendered an "unconditional apology" in the Supreme Court for his remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, no one will use "uncivilized language in political discourse hereafter".
Guwahati (Assam) [india], February 22 (ANI): Assam Chief Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma handed over appointment letters to 210 candidates from the Departments of Fishery, Animal Husbandry and Veterinary, Industries, Commerce and Public Enterprises and Public Health Engineering at a function
Himanta Biswa Sarma, who is the convenor of the North-East Democratic Alliance (NEDA), was in Shillong to oversee BJP's campaigning for the Meghalaya polls, said, "Last time BJP won two seats and this time we are contesting in 60 seats. This time our government will be formed. This time t
Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday said several families had cancelled scheduled weddings of underage people as a fallout of the ongoing drive against child marriage by the Assam government and added that the state aims to eliminate child marriages by 2026.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma lauded the government's effort to clear the encroachment from the Burhachapori wildlife sanctuary and said that the move bore fruit "almost instantaneously" as an elephant visited the evicted areas on Thursday evening.