Chetan Kumar Shrivastava, General Manager of the Northeast Frontier Railway, inspected the railway workshop at New Bongaigaon junction in Assam's Bongaigaon on Wednesday.
"If Lalu Prasad says that PM Modi is not a Hindu, this means that Lalu Prasad must have forgotten whatever knowledge he had about Hindu culture. This may be because he has been an anti-Hindu for such a long time. He has forgotten the definition of a Hindu...," Sarma said speaking to reporter
All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) Chief and Lok Sabha MP Badruddin Ajmal on Friday said that, the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) is anti-Quran, anti-Islam and his party will oppose it.
The sleuths of the directorate of vigilance and anti-corruption of Assam police arrested a government employee on Monday while accepting a bribe of Rs 4,000.
"I am sure that we will be able to make Assam Police one of the top 10 police forces of the country by 2026 due to its sustained reforms," CM Sarma said while addressing a press conference held at the Assam Police Convention Centre in Bongaigaon after the SP conference.
Addressing the 2-day Superintendent of Police (SP) conference held in Bongaigaon started on Friday, the Assam Chief Minister directed all Superintendents of Police (SPs) to be ready for an effective measure against child marriage.
Addressing the 4th SP conference being held at Bongaigaon on Friday, the Chief Minister said that in the wake of ‘love-jihad’, the police forces must be empowered with specific operating procedures to deal with the menace.
As Assam is aiming to make the state free from the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday asked state police to examine the mechanism of how Indian Army personnel can be freed up after withdrawal of AFSPA.
The flood waters have damaged several roads and washed away many houses in the area. Many people of Basbari area are facing massive problems include food crisis, drinking water and many of them have become homeless.
Chirang and Bongaigaon districts in Assam were flooded after an increase in the water level of the Brahmaputra river due to incessant rainfall across the state.
The Central Bureau of Investigation has arrested a Manager, Food Corporation of India (FCI) Bongaigaon (Assam) for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 15,000 from the Complainant, an official release said.