NEW DELHI: Main accused in the Assam rape case died after he jumped into a pond while trying to escape the police custody, reported news agency PTI citing an official.“The accused escaped from police custody and jumped into the pond. A search operation was launched immediately and his body was recovered after nearly two hours,”…
NEW DELHI: Former Jharkhand Chief Minister and JMM leader Champai Soren has responded to speculations about his potential switch to the BJP. When asked about the rumours circulating, Soren expressed his lack of knowledge regarding the matter.In his statement, Soren said, “I don’t know what rumours are being spread. I don’t know what news is…
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: Assam government on Thursday decided to repeal the colonial-era Assam Muslim Marriages and Divorce Registration Act and Rules 1935.Sharing the government’s decision on X, chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma called it a “significant step to ensure justice” as it would put “additional safeguard against child marriage“.“We have taken a significant step to ensure…
RANCHI: Jharkhand should treat Assam as a cautionary tale of how demographic change caused by “infiltration from Bangladesh” has become “a matter of life and death” for the state’s indigenous population, CM Himanta Biswa Sarma said Wednesday in Ranchi.“In Assam, Muslim population is 40%. It was 12% in 1951. We lost districts due to infiltration…
GUWAHATI: Assam has had just eight applicants for citizenship under CAA to date and six of them are still to report for interviews, CM Himanta Biswa Sarma said Monday, contradicting projections by some organisations that the state’s population could potentially swell by up to 50 lakh because of this provision.“When I contacted some Hindu Bengali…
NEW DELHI: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday raised several questions regarding Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader VK Pandian‘s role in running Odisha. Sarma questioned whether chief minister Naveen Patnaik physically signs any file or if Pandian uses the CM’s digital signature. The Assam CM’s reaction came after Patnaik, during an interview with…
NEW DELHI: Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik responded to a recent tweet by Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, showing BJD leader VK Pandian grabbing Naveen Patnaik’s trembling hand and trying to hide it from public view.The 77-year-old leader who’s hands have been visibly trembling for at least five years responded to the viral video…
NEW DELHI: Trolled for her remarks in a TV interview that Subhas Chandra Bose was the first PM of India, BJP’s Mandi LS candidate and actor Kangana Ranaut on Friday got support from various quarters, including Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma, who recalled that Netaji had established the Azad Hind govt, which was recognised by…
NEW DELHI: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday said the upcoming Lok Sabha elections were just a formality as people have already made up their minds to bless Prime Minister Modi. “It’s a formality that every 5 years we have to vote, otherwise there was no need of this election because people have…
