The 126-member Assam Assembly will go to elections in three phases and the counting for all phases will take place on May 2.
March 3, 2021Birubala Rabha has been a tireless crusader against the criminal superstition of witch hunting in the villages of Assam and Meghalaya. Here's her story.
August 27, 2018The opposition Congress today staged a walk out from the Assam Assembly protesting against the Speaker disallowing an adjournment motion to discuss the issue of Rohingya refugees. Congress MLA Sherman Ali Ahmed sought an adjournment of the other business of the House to discuss the Rohingya refugees issue in the neighbouring country. When Speaker Hiten …
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September 6, 2017Assam Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday presented a Rs.2,349.79 crore deficit Budget for the state for 2017-18 financial year and merged the Plan and non-Plan heads. Considering the Budgetary estimates of the next fiscal only, the year will result in a projected deficit of Rs.367.19 crore, Sarma said in Assembly while presenting the …
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February 7, 2017Assam Assembly Speaker Hitendra Nath Goswami on Monday suspended AIUDF MLA Aminul Islam for three days for using Facebook Live to telecast his speech from inside the House. "Aminul Islam is suspended till February 8. I request Islam to leave the House immediately," Goswami said in presence of the AIUDF member. "It is a matter …
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February 6, 2017Creating noisy scenes, opposition Congress and AIUDF on Monday disrupted the speech of Assam Governor Banwarilal Purohit in the state Assembly and forced him to end the address within seven minutes. First, AIUDF member Aminul Islam objected to Purohit's statement on ideals of great people of the state in his address to Assam Assembly on the first …
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January 30, 2017Assam Amusements and Betting Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2016 passed
August 13, 2016Assam Assembly uproar for ''''objectionable'''' remark against Cong MLA
August 13, 2016