Assam CM calls on President Ram Nath Kovind in Delhi

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma called on President Ramnath Kovind at the latter’s official residence in New Delhi on Friday. During the meeting, CM Sarma discussed several issues regarding the development of Assam, and also invited the President to visit the Kaziranga National Park, a UNESCO world heritage site, in the state. Taking to […]

“Leadership of both states trying to resolve issue”: Conrad Sangma on Assam-Meghalaya border dispute

Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma on Monday said that he had an unofficial discussion with his Assam counterpart Himanta Biswa Sarma on the inter-state border row besides other pertinent issues between the two states. Stating that the Centre wants the inter-state border dispute to end at the earliest, Chief Minister Sangma significantly stated that all […]

Meghalaya minister AL Hek meets Assam CM, urges to resume boundary talks

Meghalaya Health Minister AL Hek called on Assam Chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma in Guwahati on Saturday. Hek urged Sarma to restart Chief Minister level talks to resolve the long-pending inter-state boundary dispute between the two states at the earliest. In the meeting, they also discussed on the need to strengthen the health infrastructure in […]

Assam: BJP appoints Rangia MLA Bhabesh Kalita as state party chief

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president JP Nadda has appointed party leader Bhabesh Kalita as the president of the Assam unit of the party on Saturday. “The appointment comes into immediate effect,” an order issued by BJP national general secretary Arun Singh stated. “BJP National President Jagat Prakash Nadda has appointed Bhabesh Kalita, MLA as […]

Assam Chief Minister hands over appointment letter to Borsing Bey as Constable

Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday handed over appointment letter to home guard Borsing Bey as constable in Assam Police. Bey has been awarded for showing example of integrity by refusing huge amount of bribe money and confiscating drugs worth Rs 12 crore. CM Sarma appointed Bey as constable in the police at […]

Central ministries, Assam govt to meet on resuming coal mining: CM

A tripartite meeting among the Union ministries of coal and environment and the Assam government will be held next month to discuss resumption of coal mining in the state, chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Saturday. After a meeting with officials of PSU major Coal India Limited (CIL) at Margherita in Tinsukia district, Sarma […]

Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma appeals to opposition MLAs to join BJP

A day after four-time Congress MLA Rupjyoti Kurmi announced his plans to join the BJP, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday appealed to all opposition legislators to join the ruling party. Sarma was replying to a question on Kurmi, the Congress’ lone legislator from the tea tribe community, who quit the grand old […]

Assam sets target to vaccinate 3 lakh people a day from June 21

The Assam government has set a target of administering COVID-19 vaccination to three lakh people daily from Monday for the next 10 days. The announcement was made by Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday. The Chief Minister asked the district administration to strive to achieve the target of 3 lakh vaccination everyday, from […]

Micro-blogging platform Koo launches Assamese service

Micro-blogging platform Koo launched the app in Assamese with Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday releasing the first message in Koo in the language. The Chief Minister in his message in Assamese said, “I am delighted that Koo App has launched it in Assamese language with me joining the platform. The app is […]