In Assam, brides to get Rs 30,000 to buy gold

Himanta Biswa Sarma said that the state Cabinet has approved the scheme and it will come into effect from January 1, 2020.

Assam: No government jobs for parents with more than 2 kids

he policy will come into effect from January 1, 2021.

BJP fears ‘losing’ Hindus left out of NRC

The BJP is also not happy as the exclusion of only 19 lakh people has potentially killed the “anti-foreigner” campaign plank of the BJP.

‘No one came to India after 1971,’ says Bangladesh Finance Minister Asaduzzaman Khan

This came as a response to Assam FM Himanta Biswa Sarma said that Bangladesh would be approached to take back its people.

NRC out today, Assam leaders raising red flags

The NRC authorities in the state have, meanwhile, made all arrangements to publish the NRC at 10 am August 31.

Increased expenditure, low tax collection worry Assam

The expenditure utilisation stood at Rs 70,658 crore as against the budget amount of Rs 108,490 crore in 2018-19.

Japanese Encephalitis outbreak claims 49 lives in Assam

Japanese encephalitis is generally spread by mosquitoes, specifically those of the Culex type. Pigs and wild birds serve as a reservoir for the virus.

Ruckus after girls ‘forced to dance nude’ in Assam

Organisers allegedly asked the girls to strip and dance naked, and threatened to attack them with daggers if they didn’t comply.

Assam, other N-E states reject narrative created against Citizenship Bill

The BJP allies — the regional AGP and Bodoland People’s Front — contested on four seats but failed to open their account.

Emergency-like situation in WB: Himanta Sarma on BJP worker Priyanka's arrest

Priyanka Sharma was arrested on Friday for sharing a morphed picture of Mamata Banerjee and sent to 14-day police custody.