NEW DELHI: The eviction drive in Assam turned violent on Thursday as a mob clashed with the police, which to push back the protestors, resorted to lathi charge and opened fire — leading to the death of two people. Assam Police was carrying out the drive to evict alleged encroachers in the Kamrup (Metropolitan) district…
NEW DELHI: Several BJP leaders on Wednesday launched a scathing attack on Congress leader and Lok Sabha leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi, following his meeting with US Congresswoman Ilhan Omar. BJP IT Cell chief Amit Malviya accused Gandhi and the Congress party of aligning with anti-India forces.Malviya took to X, alleging, “India’s leader of opposition…
GUWAHATI: The BJP-led Assam cabinet has accepted 57 of the 67 recommendations by an MHA-constituted commission on implementation of constitutional, legal, and administrative safeguards for “Assamese people”, as envisaged in Clause 6 of the tripartite 1985 Assam Accord.CM Himanta Biswa Sarma termed the Justice (retd) Biplab Sarma Commission’s report, submitted in Feb 2020, “one of…
NEW DELHI: Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren on Thursday hinted at a conspiracy behind the deaths of 12 aspirants during physical tests for excise constable recruitment drive in the state as he claimed “faulty” Covid vaccines were administered to people in the state. “The Covid vaccines administered to people in Jharkhand were faulty. Its impact…
NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) attacked on Saturday the INDIA bloc following remarks made by Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav, who referred to Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma as the “Chinese version of Yogi.” BJP leader Shehzad Poonawalla drew parallels between Tejashwi Yadav’s comment and the racist remarks made by…
NEW DELHI: Janata Dal United (JDU) leader Neeraj Kumar on Saturday criticised the Assam government‘s decision to end the practice of a two-hour adjournment for Jumma prayers in the state assembly. He claimed that the decision, which was unanimously taken by Hindu and Muslim MLAs, undermines religious beliefs and suggests that the Assam chief minister…
NEW DELHI: The opposition has slammed Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma calling him “heinous minority hater” over the decision to remove Jumma break from state assembly. “Every Friday, we used to get an hour or two for prayer. It was since 1936, around 90 years have passed… A lot of governments and CMs came…
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…
GUWAHATI: Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma has linked crimes against women in the state to a broader strategy aimed at displacing families to seize their land. His remarks followed the Aug 22 gang rape of a class 10 student by three men in Nagaon district, which has sparked outrage and massive public protests, particularly targeting…
GUWAHATI: Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma has linked crimes against women in the state to a broader strategy aimed at displacing families to seize their land. His remarks followed the Aug 22 gang rape of a class 10 student by three men in Nagaon district, which has sparked outrage and massive public protests, particularly targeting…
