Union Minister of Panchayati Raj and Agriculture, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, on Saturday, lauded the efforts of rural women entrepreneurs in Assam and said the National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM) is a silent revolution in the state.
Sarma’s objection came shortly after Congress General Secretary (Communications) Jairam Ramesh announced the names of four Congress MPs chosen for the mission: Anand Sharma, Syed Naseer Hussain, Amrinder Singh Raja Warring, and Gaurav Gogoi.
Abhishek Banerjee, national general secretary of Trinamul Congress has congratulated six candidates of the party who have won in the recently concluded Anchalik Panchayat election.
Assam Legislative Assembly Leader of Opposition and Congress leader Debabrata Saikia on Wednesday raised questions about the central government's handling of the ceasefire situation with Pakistan.
In a major governance reform, the Assam government has announced that ten newly-created co-districts, along with their respective administrative headquarters, will become functional by August 15, 2025.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday said that the foreign policy decision taken in 1971 after the Liberation War to create another country resulted in ignoring the issue of Chicken's Neck, which left North East region vulnerable.
Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma made the announcement on Saturday while marking the completion of four years of his government at a press conference in Guwahati.
In light of the escalating tensions between India and Pakistan, the Assam government has taken certain measures to ensure the safety and well-being of its students studying across the country.
A damaging power struggle has erupted within the Assam unit of the All India Trinamool Congress (AITC), with top state leaders trading serious allegations of fund misuse, political sabotage, and criminal intimidation, casting a long shadow over the party’s ambitions for the 2026 Assembly elections in Assam.
Five Bangladeshi nationals were apprehended and subsequently pushed back across the border by security forces on Tuesday in Assam's South Salmara district for illegally crossing into Indian territory.
