Tag: Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal

Assam: Campaigning for 3rd phase comes to an end

BJP’s ally UPPL leader Pramod Boro, Congress leaders Ripun Bora, Gaurav Gogoi, AIUDF chief Badruddin Ajmal, Asom Jatiya Parishad president Lurinjyoti Gogoi also attended public meetings seeking supports for their candidates from the voters.

April 5, 2021

Second phase Assam polling today

Fate of 345 candidates, including 26 women, will be decided by over 73 lakh voters in 39 Assembly constituencies

April 1, 2021

Sonowal opens Kaziranga National Park for tourists

He also stated that the unemployed youths in and around KNP would find employment again through jeep & elephant safari and other tourism activities. The jeep safari at Kohora and Bagori ranges started today while other two ranges would be opening by November.

October 22, 2020

Assam leader demands judicial probe into police firing, custodial killing

Leader of the Opposition in Assam Assembly, Debabrata Saikia, on Wednesday condemned violence over an alleged custodial death in Darrang district that left one person dead and several others injured in police firing. Terming an inquiry ordered by the government as “inadequate”, Saikia demanded a judicial inquiry. The Congress leader said that firing, use of...

January 11, 2018

No need to worry if name not in first NRC draft: Assam CM Sonowal

Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Wednesday said all those excluded in the first National Register of Citizens draft should not worry as no one will be discriminated against on the basis of caste and community and will be given opportunities to prove citizenship. Sonowal also said that a mechanism has to be devised “humanely”...

January 3, 2018

Assam’s by-poll in Dhemaji underway; five candidates in fray

The by-election to Dhemaji legislative constituency in Assam began this morning where a straight contest is on between BJP's Ranoj Pegu and Congress' Babul Sonowal. The by-poll was necessitated to the constituency following the election of earlier BJP MLA Pradan Baruah as MP from Lakhimpur Lok Sabha seat after Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal left...

April 9, 2017