Earlier, the Inter-Ministerial Central Team was divided into two groups and visited the flood-affected districts of Dibrugarh, Majuli, Dhemaji, Lakhimpur, Nagaon, Cachar, Karimganj & Hailakandi.
National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) Chairperson Priyank Kanoongo welcomed the decision of the Assam government to repeal the Assam Muslim Marriages and Divorce Registration Act of 1935 on Friday.
Following the Assam government's decision to repeal the Assam Muslim Marriages and Divorce Registration Act and Rules of 1935 through the Assam Repealing Bill 2024, Lucknow Eidgah Imam Maulana Khalid Rasheed Firangi Mahali said on Friday that no Muslim organization promotes child marriage.
Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma -led Assam government on Thursday decided to repeal the Assam Muslim Marriages and Divorce Registration Act of 1935 to prevent child marriage and ensure parity in marriage and divorce registration.
The Assam government on Thursday decided to repeal the Assam Muslim Marriages and Divorce Registration Act of 1935 to prevent child marriage and ensure parity in marriage and divorce registration.
Assam-government-owned land site in Morigaon, where the Tata Group will set up a mega semiconductor plant, has been formally handed over after a lease agreement, making way for the construction to be commenced soon.
Reacting to Congress leader and Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi's Assam visit, Pabitra Margherita, Union Minister of State for External Affairs and Textiles on Tuesday requested the Congress to not spread "venom of politics" in Assam and North East as the state is in "peace".
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday hit out at the Assam government over the grim flood situation in Assam and said that the situation of the state reflects the "gross and grave mismanagement" by BJP's double-engine government which came to power with the promise of a "flood-free Assam".
The Assam government has appointed Lieutenant General Rana Pratap Kalita (retd) as the Seventh Assam State Finance Commission Chairman. They have also appointed six other members.
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between National Law University and the Judicial Academy, and Assam Survey and Settlement Training Centre during a programme in Guwahati on Monday to impart capacity-building training to revenue officials of the state.
The annual mela is held a day before the 3-day closure of the temple. It is believed that the goddess menstruates for these three days. This event symbolises fertility and womanhood.