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Assam assembly passes bill to prohibit polygamy; strict penalties, jail fo
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Assam Legislative Assembly passed 'Assam Prohibition of Polygamy Bill, 2025' on Thursday with strict punishment such as jail-term upto 10 years on second marriage.
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Assam Cabinet approves report on proposal to grant ST status to 6 communit
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Announcing the cabinet decisions, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that the state cabinet has approved the GoM report on the proposal to grant ST status to six major communities of the state, namely Tai Ahom, Chutia, Moran, Motok, Koch-Rajbongshi, and Tea Tribes (Adivasis). Read More
Assam CM calls Zubeen Garg's death a "murder"; Gaurav Gogoi questions prob
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, during the Winter Session of the Legislative Assembly, emphasised that renowned singer Zubeen Garg's death was a case of murder.
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Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma tables Bill proposing up to 10-year jail term
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The Assam Prohibition of Polygamy Bill, 2025, is aimed at prohibiting and eliminating practices of polygamy and polygamous marriage in the state of Assam and matters connected therewith and incidental thereto.
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"It is a plain and simple murder:" Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma on Zubeen
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, in the Winter Assembly state session, said that they never opposed the adjournment motion on the Zubeen Garg death case and emphasised that, according to preliminary investigation, Garg's death was not a case of culpable homicide, but a plain and
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Assam state cabinet approves MRO Policy 2025, education reforms
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The Assam state cabinet has taken key decisions, including approval of the Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul (MRO) Policy of Assam, 2025, aimed at positioning Assam as the leading aviation MRO hub of Northeast India by 2030 and strengthening Assam's education framework.
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Assam CM distributes seed capital under MMUA to 24,827 beneficiaries of Ra
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, on Sunday, as a part of the State government's sustained efforts for women empowerment, distributed Rs 10,000 seed capital to each of the 24,827 beneficiaries of Rangapara Legislative Assembly Constituency at a programme held at Rangapara in Sonit
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"No plan to bring them to Delhi": Assam CM on surrender of ULFA-I heavywei
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
"There is no plan to bring them to Delhi. They may come to Guwahati to meet the DGP," Sarma said.
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'Tipu-Ipu ko maro ekdum... samundar mein phek do': Assam CM backs NCERT mo
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
m Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday strongly endorsed the National Council of Educational Research and Training's (NCERT) reported decision to remove the honorific "Great" from Mughal emperor Akbar and Mysore ruler Tipu Sultan in school history textbooks, saying he welcomed t
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2026 will witness decisive mandate between indigenous people and Miya-Musl
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Assam State BJP on Saturday said that the forthcoming 2026 Assembly elections in the state will fundamentally be a decisive contest between the indigenous Assamese populace and the Miya Muslim community of East Bengal origin.
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"Drug mafia got Bollywood-style beating": Assam CM Sarma after police seiz
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
"Try. Fail. Repeat. In 3 back-to-back ops, the drug mafia got a Bollywood-style beating: 255.641 kg Ganja (₹1.2 Cr) 1.985 kg Morphine (~₹1.9 Cr) + 9.44 kg Opium (₹47.5 L) + 1 arrested," CM Sarma's X post read.
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Assam CM presents appointment letters to 377 teachers from Tea Tribe and A
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
With this, Assam's tally of government recruitments since 2021 has reached 1,35,376 through a fully transparent, merit-based process. With this, Assam's tally of government recruitments since 2021 has reached 1,35,376 through a fully transparent, merit-based process.
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