Guwahati | In a major development, the long-standing Assam Muslim Marriage and Divorce Registration Act of 1935 was repealed by the state government on Friday. The decision was taken during a state cabinet meeting on Friday night chaired by Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. It comes three weeks after Uttarakhand became the first state to […]
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Chief Minister instructs DGP to register case against Rahul Gandhi
Assam Chief Minister and Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday instructed the Assam Director General of Police (DGP) to register a case against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for “provoking crowd”. Sarma has alleged that Rahul Gandhi “instigated the mob” which led to a massive clash between Congress workers and police in […]
‘Will meet in the court of law’, Assam CM hits back at Rahul
Guwahati | Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday responded sharply to a tweet by Rahul Gandhi linking Assam Chief Minister to industrialist Gautam Adani. A day after NCP chief Sharad Pawar flagged the Opposition’s campaign against Gautam Adani, Rahul Gandhi took to Twitter linking former Congressmen Ghulam Nabi Azad, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Himanta Biswa Sarma, Kiran Reddy and […]
Shah Rukh Khan dials Assam CM, seeks support for ‘Pathaan’ release
Guwahati | Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday said that Shah Rukh Khan called him up late Saturday night. The actor expressed concern over his upcoming film ‘Pathaan’ poster being burnt by some members of Bajrang Dal in Guwahati. Sarma wrote on Twitter, “Bollywood actor Shri @iamsrk called me and we talked today morning […]
Assam CM urges Aamir Khan to postpone his visit to state
Guwahati | Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has urged Bollywood actor Aamir Khan who expressed his willingness to visit the state on the eve of Independence Day to plan the trip after the conclusion of ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ celebrations. “Aamir Khan spoke to me and he intended to come to Assam during the Independence Day […]
Assam CM’s wife files Rs 100 cr defamation suit against Manish Sisodia
Guwahati | Riniki Bhuyan Sarma, the wife of Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, on Tuesday filed a Rs 100 crore defamation suit against AAP leader and Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi, Manish Sisodia, in connection with the PPE kit procurement controversy. Riniki Sarma’s lawyer P. Nayak said that his client submitted the PPE kit as […]
Hyderabad police book Assam CM for remarks against Rahul Gandhi
Hyderabad | Hyderabad police on Wednesday registered a case against Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma for his offensive remarks against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. Acting on a complaint of Telangana Congress leaders lodged two days ago, a First Information Report (FIR) was registered against Sarma at Jubilee Hills police station under sections 504 and 505 […]
Football legend Maradona’s stolen watch recovered in Assam
Guwahati | A heritage Hublot watch of football legend Diego Maradona has been recovered by the Assam Police, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Saturday. The police in Assam’s Sivasagar district during an operation recovered the luxury watch, worth around Rs 20 lakh, from the house of one Wazid Hussain on Saturday. Hussein was arrested […]
Assam: Activist arrested for ‘offensive posts’ against CM
Kolkata | A member of the Assam-based Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS), led by jailed rights activist Akhil Gogoi, has been arrested for “offensive posts” against Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. Nipom Chutia is the third person to be arrested in the state for “maligning the image” of Chief Minister Sarma. He was arrested from Gogamukh […]
Himanta Biswa Sarma to take charge as 15th Assam CM
Guwahati | The BJP’s lead strategist in northeastern states and senior leader Himanta Biswa Sarma, who was on Sunday elected as the leader of the newly elected MLAs of the party, will take charge as the 15th Chief Minister of Assam on Monday. The Bharatiya Janata Party has returned to power in Assam for a second […]