GUWAHATI: A young singer from Assam‘s Dhubri district was taken into custody Saturday for allegedly inciting hostility against the state’s ethnic communities through his song..The lyrics by Altap Hussain bear resemblance to a Bangladeshi protest song “desh ta tomar baaper naki” (is the country owned by your father?). The viral song has attracted criticism from…
NEW DELHI: The Assam assembly on Friday decided to discontinue the practice of giving “two hours” of Jumma break to Muslim MLAs.Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma hailed the decision by the assembly, saying it has “prioritised productivity” and has shed the “colonial baggage“.“By doing away with the 2 hour Jumma break, Assam assembly has prioritised…
NEW DELHI: A minor was allegedly gang-raped in Assam‘s Nagaon district on August 22 while returning home from a tuition class. The incident occurred in the Dhing area, and local residents found the girl in a semi-conscious state by the roadside, subsequently admitting her to a hospital. Police have detained two people for questioning in…
GUWAHATI: Assam govt introduced a repealing Bill in the assembly on first day of autumn session Thursday, seeking to replace a state ordinance that had nullified the 89-year-old Assam Muslim Marriages and Divorces Registration Act of 1935. It aims to table a new “Muslim Marriage Registration Bill” soon, making it mandatory to register all Muslim…
The Assam cabinet gave its approval Wednesday to a proposed law that aims to make it mandatory for Muslims to register marriages and divorces with the government. This legislation, once implemented, will terminate the role of “qazis” who register Muslim marriages and divorces. The Assam Compulsory Registration of Muslim Marriage and Divorce Bill, 2024, will…
NEW DELHI: The banned ULFA(I) claimed to have planted bombs at 24 locations across Assam on Thursday, prompting security forces to dispatch teams to search for explosives. Despite extensive searches, no bombs have been found so far, according to a senior police officer. ULFA(I) asserted that the bombs failed to detonate due to “technical failure”…
GUWAHATI: BJP-governed Assam is ready with a proposed law mandating life imprisonment for anyone convicted of “love jihad“, CM Himanta Biswa Sarma said Sunday, less than a week after the UP assembly passed a Bill amending the state’s 2021 anti-conversion legislation to increase the punishment for offences linked to marriage or elopement from the current…
NEW DELHI: Minister for petroleum and natural gas, Hardeep Puri, stated that India’s journey towards energy self-sufficiency is gaining momentum. On Sunday morning, the minister noted that the Numaligarh Refinery in Assam is undergoing expansion to increase its refining capacity from 3 million tonnes per year to 9 million tonnes per annum (MMTPA).The minister shared…
NEW DELHI: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday made a fresh claim about the Muslim community, saying it will become majority in the state by 2041.Substantiating his claims, the Assam CM said the Muslim population in the state is growing around 30 per cent every decade, which is nearly double the Hindu population…
Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma GUWAHATI: BJP-governed Assam, which has been cited in an independent nationwide survey as a case study in curbing child marriage, approved Thursday a Bill to repeal a 1935 law that permits underage marriages among the Muslim community if specific conditions are met.With the cabinet endorsing the proposal mooted in Feb,…
