The Assam government said that 47,928 illegal immigrants were detected in the state during the period between 1971 and 2014 and out of them 43 per cent are Hindus.
As part of efforts to check drug trafficking, Assam Police seized 7,206 kg heroin and 445 kg of brown sugar from April 2016 to July 2024, state Chief Minister Himanta Sarma informed the Assembly on Thursday.
The Assam government is to introduce a significant bill in the upcoming state assembly session starting from August 22, which will make compulsory government registration of marriage and divorce among Muslim community people in the state. The decision was taken during the state cabinet me
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Wednesday that his government would introduce a new law that will require compulsory security clearance for the opening of universities in the state.
During a four-day visit to the BSF Guwahati Frontier, Ravi Gandhi, Additional Director General BSF Eastern Command, Kolkata, conducted a comprehensive review of the operational preparedness along the Indo-Bangladesh international border.
Assam Police pushed back an infiltrator from Bangladesh on Monday. The infiltrator identified as Lipi Akhtar from Dhaka Division was handed back to Bangladeshi Authorities.
Amid protests over the rape and murder of a Kolkata doctor, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday criticized West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, stating that justice would have been immediate if the Kolkata rape-murder had occurred in Assam.
Assam Chief Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma visited the Sonapur Government Old Age Home on Monday and presented Aadhaar, Ration, Ayushman, and Orunodoi cards to the residents.
"In Assam, we have begun a new process of issuing birth certificates and Aadhar cards to newborns at our Medical Colleges on the occasion of 78th Independence Day," the Assam Chief Minister wrote on X on Friday.
Recently Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that, out of five seats where the bye-election will be held, BJP will contest in three seats while its ally parties AGP will contest in Bongaigaon seats while UPPL will contest in Sidli seat.
Assam Chief Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma attended a ceremony at DC office premises in Amingaon in Kamrup district on Thursday and distributed land pattas to the residents of four villages in Barbangshar Mouza, located within the North Guwahati Revenue Circle of Kamrup district.