BCCI Secretary and Advocate General of Assam, Devajit Saikia has been appointed as the chair of the International Cricket Council’s newly formed Governance Review Committee, one of two key panels created during the ICC Annual Conference in Edinburgh.
When Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma tells audiences that his state faces an “existential” demographic threat, he is not reaching for hyperbole in a vacuum.
For decades, Assam's assembly ran on three languages, and now a fourth joins the mix. Starting July 6, Hindi will be used in the state assembly for the first time, alongside Assamese, English and Bodo.
As the states of Assam, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh prepare for enactment of a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) following Uttarakhand which became the first in the country to do so, the discourse around UCC pertaining to individual rights is under much discussion.
The NIA has filed a chargesheet against 11 accused in an alleged terror conspiracy linked to a JMB offshoot. The agency claims the network targeted vulnerable youth and sought to expand its activities across West Bengal, Assam and Tripura.
Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday announced the launch of a dedicated portal through which eligible indigenous citizens residing in “sensitive areas” can apply for arms licences.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has dismissed the reported demand for a separate “Miyaland”, following the state’s latest eviction drive in Uriamghat that reclaimed more than 10,000 bighas of land.
In a renewed crackdown on cross-border infiltration, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday confirmed that seven Bangladeshi nationals were apprehended and “pushed back” across the international border by security forces in the early hours from Sribhumi, a border village in South Salmara-Mankachar district.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the national capital and apprised him of the progress the northeastern state has made in socio-economic development and the implementation of major welfare schemes.
A 75-year-old resident of Mathabhanga II block in Cooch Behar, Nishikanta Das, has sought the intervention of chief minister Mamata Banerjee after receiving a notice from the Foreigners Tribunal in Kamrup, Assam, in connection with the National Register of Citizens (NRC).
