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ULFA attack: Assam minister announces compensation for deceased's kin
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Tinsukia (Assam) [India], Nov 2 (ANI): Assam's Water Resource Minister Keshab Mahanta on Friday announced compensation of Rs 5 lakhs to the family of the people killed by the United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) terrorists.
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Assam NRC list: Home Minister assures those left out, "No coercive action"
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 30 (ANI): Minutes after the final draft of Assam's National Register of Citizens (NRC) was released, Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday assured that no coercive action would be taken against those whose names are not mentioned in the final draft.
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Assam Minister threatens to send Tripura CM to Bangladesh
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Kathalia (Tripura)[India], Dec 29(ANI): Assam Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has threatened to send Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar to Bangladesh after the state assembly elections, if he failed to stop political attacks on Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers.
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Rijiju made BJP's Nagaland poll in-charge, Himanta for Tripura
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 23 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah on Saturday appointed Union Minister Kiren Rijiju as the election in-charge for Nagaland and Assam Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma for Tripura, ahead of the assembly elections in the states to be held next year.
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Two held for offering to kill Assam minister Himanta Sarma
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Assam [India], December 09 (ANI): Two persons have been arrested in connection with circulating a text message, offering to kill Assam Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, said state police on Friday.
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History will judge Rahul Gandhi as 'failed dynast', says Himanta
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], December 5 (ANI): Soon after Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi filed nomination papers for the party's top post on Monday, Assam minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said history would judge him as a failed dynast.
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Himanta Biswa offers unconditional apology for his cancer remark
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], November 23 (ANI): Clarifying his remark on people suffering from cancer, Assam Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday said he was quoted out of context in a bid to sensationalise his speech and offered an unconditional apology.
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Cancer 'divine justice' for our sins, says Assam minister
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], November 23 (ANI): Assam Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma sparked controversy on Tuesday by saying that Cancer and accidents suffered by people are "divine justice" served for their past sins.
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Assam Minister asks Centre to verify reports of China's tunnel constructio
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Agartala (Assam) [India], November 3 (ANI): Assam Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has requested the Centre to use satellite imaging to verify reports about China's plan to construct a 1,000-km tunnel for diverting water from the Brahmaputra river.
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Assam Minister mocks Rahul Gandhi, asks 'if people can become mature at 50
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Agartala (Tripura) [India] November 1 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Assam Education Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma taking a jibe at Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi said it is unbelievable that at the age of 50 people can attain maturity.
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Assam Minister mocks tweets by Rahul Gandhi's 'dog'
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 29: Assam Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma took a jibe at Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi over the latter's tongue in cheek response to allegations against his Twitter handle being managed by someone else.
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BJP in progressive mode in Manipur: Himanta Biswa Sarma
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Imphal (Manipur) [India], Mar. 12 (ANI): With the Manipur Assembly polls throwing up a fractured mandate, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Assam Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma today said that his party is in progressive mode and would put forth its position regarding government formatio
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