Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 29 (ANI): Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe announced, in an official statement on Sunday the 21st amendment to the constitution in order to make the President and cabinet accountable to parliament.
Guwahati (Assam) [India], May 29 (ANI): The Assam government on Sunday approved an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh each to those who sustained serious injuries during the Assam agitation that took place during 1979-85.
New Delhi [India], May 29 (ANI): The Centre has given an extension in service to senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officer and Gujarat Director General of Police Ashish Bhatia for another eight months beyond his date of superannuation at the end of this month.
Cachar (Assam) [India], May 29 (ANI): A total of 26 Rohingyas were detained by Assam's Cachar district police on Sunday morning from Silchar, said police.
Guwahati (Assam) [India], May 29 (ANI): Thirty officials of Assam's Cachar district administration signed a memorandum and submitted it to Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, accusing BJP legislator Kaushik Rai of misbehaving, insulting, and threatening civil servants on duty.
Guwahati (Assam) [India], May 29 (ANI): Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has issued a show-cause notice to his cabinet colleague and Tea Tribes and Employment Minister Sanjay Kishan for apologising to the chief of banned outfit United Liberation Front of Asom (Independent) (ULFA-I) P
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 28 (ANI): The police arrested a cab driver in connection with a case of molestation of a 15-year-old girl near Vile Parle, Mumbai on Saturday, said the police.
Cachar (Assam) [India], May 28: At a time when IAS couple - Sanjeev Khirwar and his wife Rinku Dugga-- are criticised for misusing facilities at Delhi's Thyagraj Stadium, another IAS officer from Assam, Keerthi Jalli, was seen wading through mud to inspect the flood-hit areas of the state.
Kochi (Kerala) [India], May 27 (ANI): Former Defence Minister and senior Congress leader AK Antony on Friday alleged that communalism has flourished in Kerala under the CPI(M)-led Left Democratic Front Government under Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.
Guwahati (Assam) [India], May 27 (ANI): In view of the current flood and landslide situation in the state, the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) along with all the stakeholders expedited the response and recovery services to the severely affected districts.
New Delhi [India], May 27 (ANI): BJP Lok Sabha MP Subhas Sarkar on Thursday lashed out at Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for 'promoting corruption', as the West Bengal cabinet gave its nod to introduce a bill to make Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee as the Chancellor of all State universities.
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 26 (ANI): The West Bengal Cabinet on Thursday gave its nod to introduce a bill to replace the governor with the chief minister as chancellor of all state-run universities, informed education minister Bratya Basu.