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Move comes after a discharged patient was allegedly raped while walking back to her residence during curfew on the evening of May 27

State Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Thursday that apart from relief in kind, the oil sector in the State provided Rs 12 crore to the State Government for the COVID-19 vaccination drive.

How Can a Sick Person Attend Assembly: Assam CMs Dig at Akhil Gogois Mental Health Draws Flak Following criticism of the CMs comments, four members of Gogoi’s organisation and affiliated bodies were detained. The latter believe this was because the government feared protests. Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma. Photo: Twitter/@himantabiswa Rights1 hour ago Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has come in the face of criticism after asking in the assembly as to how a “sick person�...

ONGC Employee Released A Month After Kidnapping In Assam ONGC Employee Released A Month After Kidnapping In Assam ULFA-I released ONGC employee Ritul Saikia a week after its chief Paresh Baruah announced a unilateral ceasefire keeping in view the Covid pandemic. Jorhat resident Ritul Saikia was kidnapped from ONGCs Sivasagar site in April. Guwahati: A week after its chief Paresh Baruah announced a unilateral ceasefire, banned Assam outfit United Liberation Front of Asom - Independent (ULF...

Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi on Thursday moved the ministry of external affairs to ensure the safe return of a PhD scholar from Assam “stuck” in Israel because of the ongoing hostilities with Hamas-run Gaza. In a letter to foreign secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla, the two-time MP informed about Naziha Tarannam who is “stuck in Negev in Israel due to Israel-Palestine conflict”. Naziha is a fourth-year PhD scholar of chemistry at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, one of Israel’s leadi...

Chances Of Peace Dawning In Assam Brighten With ULFA(I)’s Peace Overtures To Himanta Biswa Sarma by Jaideep Mazumdar - May 21, 2021 11:47 AM Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. (Twitter) Snapshot This is the proscribed outfit’s third ceasefire offer. The first was in 1991 close on the heels of ‘Operation Bajrang’ launched by the army. The second was in 2006 when the Union government under prime minister Manmohan Singh extended an invitation to ULFA chairman Arabinda R...

Grenade blast in Assam kills two Updated May 15, 2021, 10:25 am IST The incident comes days after Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma’s appeal to Ulfa-I commander-in-chief to shun the path of violence  Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma expressed concern over the grenade blast and asked DGP Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta to deal with the incident sternly and nab the miscreants at the earliest. — PTI Guwahati: In what is suspected to be an extortion related incident, two motorcycle-b...

The proscribed Ulfa (Independent) on Saturday declared a unilateral ceasefire for three months because of the prevailing Covid-19 situation in the state. This is the second time since 2006 that the outfit, formed in 1979 in pursuit of a sovereign Assam, has announced cessation of hostilities. The outfit had then responded to the Centre’s decision to temporarily suspend all counter-insurgency operations to pave the way for talks. Arabinda Rajkhowa, whose faction has been engaged in peace talks...

Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma visited Majuli --  his first trip outside Guwahati after assuming charge on Monday. He promised the people of the Upper Assam constituency to “carry forward” all development work initiated by his predecessor Sarbananda Sonowal. The visit to take stock of the Covid situation in Majuli district assumes significance because the constituency is represented by Sonowal whom Sarma replaced after a “silent” power tussle where the BJP leadership favoured...

Two killed in grenade attack near Digboi town in Upper Assam This is the first attack carried out by unidentified assailants since Himanta Biswa Sarma took over as the chief minister Two persons died in a grenade attack carried out at Tingrai Bazar near Digboi town in Upper Assam’s Tinsukia district around 1 pm on Friday, the first attack carried out by unidentified assailants since Himanta Biswa ...