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Guwahati, Jul 10 (PTI) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday said writing Bengali as the mother tongue in census documents will quantify the number of foreigners living in the state. His comments came in reaction to a statement by All BTC Minority Students' Union (ABMSU) leader Mainuddin Ali, who threatened that all Bengali-speaking Muslims would stop writing Assamese as their mother tongue in the census, thereby making the people speaking the state language as minority. Also Re ...Read More >
Guwahati, Jul 10 (PTI) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday said writing Bengali as the mother tongue in census documents will quantify the number of foreigners living in the state. His comments came in reaction to a statement by All BTC Minority Students' Union (ABMSU) leader Mainuddin Ali, who threatened that all Bengali-speaking Muslims would stop writing Assamese as their mother tongue in the census, thereby making the people speaking the state language as minority. "Langua ...Read More >
Dhubri (Assam), Jul 10 (PTI) Opposition AIUDF on Thursday staged a protest in Assam's Dhubri district, where a massive eviction drive two days ago turned violent with police using force to control the alleged encroachers. Several AIUDF MLAs, including Aminul Islam and Karim Uddin Barbhuyan, marched in Chapor revenue circle of Bilasipara along with scores of evicted people protesting against the drive. "The eviction drive carried out by the BJP government was inhuman and unjustified. Thousands ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 10 (ANI): Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel announced a compensation of Rs 4 lakh for the families of those who died in the bridge collapse in Vadodara. He also announced Rs 50,000 for the injured. At least nine people were killed after a portion of the Gambhira bridge collapsed in the Padra area of Gujarat Vadodara district on Wednesday. In a post on X, the CM Patel said, The collapse of a span of the Gambhira Bridge, connecting Anand and Vadodara, has caused an ...Read More >
Lucknow: The Balrampur district administration continued the demolition of the lavish mansion linked to Chhangur Baba, the alleged mastermind of a religious conversion syndicate operating in Uttar Pradesh, for the second consecutive day on Wednesday.The structure, located in Madhpur village under Utraula police station, is registered in the name of his close associate Neetu Rohra alias Nasreen, who is also under investigation.According to revenue officials, nearly 75% of the illegally constructe ...Read More >
Guwahati (Assam) [India], July 9 (ANI): The Assam unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday reiterated its support for the state government's ongoing eviction drive to remove what it termed as illegal encroachments on government and forest land, asserting that the campaign will continue in the coming days. In a statement issued by BJP Assam spokesperson Pankaj Borbora, the party alleged that a large portion of protected land and forest areas had been occupied by 'illegal infiltrator ...Read More >
Guwahati (Assam) [India], July 9 (ANI): The Assam unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday reiterated its support for the state government's ongoing eviction drive to remove what it termed as illegal encroachments on government and forest land, asserting that the campaign will continue in the coming days. In a statement issued by BJP Assam spokesperson Pankaj Borbora, the party alleged that a large portion of protected land and forest areas had been occupied by 'illegal infiltrator ...Read More >
Guwahati (Assam) [India], July 9 (ANI): The Assam unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday reiterated its support for the state government's ongoing eviction drive to remove what it termed as illegal encroachments on government and forest land, asserting that the campaign will continue in the coming days. In a statement issued by BJP Assam spokesperson Pankaj Borbora, the party alleged that a large portion of protected land and forest areas had been occupied by "illegal infiltrator ...Read More >
Guwahati: Tension ran high in Chapar recenue circle of Dhubri District on Tuesday when alleged encroachers tried to attack police personnel during an eviction drive.The mob damaged excavators by pelting stones at them and hitting them with bamboo sticks, prompting security forces to resort to a baton charge to disperse them.Chapar circle officer Shashee Bhusan Raj Konwar said the people suddenly charged at the eviction team with bamboo sticks and pelted stones at them during the drive at Chiraku ...Read More >
GUWAHATI: Tensions flared during an eviction drive in Assam's Dhubri district on Tuesday when encroachers attacked excavators and allegedly attempted to target police personnel. A group of encroachers, including women, carried out the attack with bricks and bamboo poles, damaging two excavators. The eviction drive was carried out in three Muslim villages -- Charuwa Bakra, Chirakuta and Santoshpur -- falling under the Chapar revenue circle. Circle Officer Sashee Bhushan Raj Konwar downplayed th ...Read More >
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], July 7(ANI): A convention of farmers and landowners affected by four-lane highway expansion projects across Himachal Pradesh was held in Shimla on Monday, jointly organized by the Himachal Pradesh Kisan Sabha, other farmers' groups, property owners, and activists associated with CITU. The gathering aimed to formulate a long-term strategy to raise voices against what participants called the 'destructive and unscientific' widening of national highways, which has ...Read More >
Shimla (Himachal Pradeh) [India], July 7(ANI): A convention of farmer and landowner affected by four-lane highway expanion project acro Himachal Pradeh wa held in Shimla on Monday, jointly organized by the Himachal Pradeh Kian Sabha, other farmer group, property owner, and activit aociated with CITU. The gathering aimed to formulate a long-term trategy to raie voice againt what participant called the detructive and uncientific widening of national highway, which ha reulted in land lo, diplaceme ...Read More >
Varanasi: Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav took a jibe at the Bharatiya Janata Party-led govt in Uttar Pradesh saying the state was opening of new liquor shops in large numbers, while schools were being closed.Addressing party workers after inaugurating his new home-cum-office built on a campus of over 3 bigha area in the Anwarganj area of Azamgarh district on Thursday, Akhilesh criticised BJP govt for "poor state of education and basic facilities". He said BJP was shutting down booths i ...Read More >
Guwahati, June 3: The Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) on Wednesday demanded a CBI inquiry into the alleged misappropriation and corruption in the Garukhuti Multipurpose Agriculture Project. Alleging widespread irregularities and corruption in the project, senior Congress party leader Ram Prasad Sarmah asserted that there is a clear mismatch in the statements made by Padma Hazarika, the project's chairman, and Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. Sarmah said that the project was establis ...Read More >
Guwahati, Jul 2 (PTI) The opposition Congress on Wednesday demanded a CBI inquiry into the alleged sale of 90 Gir cows from an Assam government project to individuals, including the wife of a BJP minister, MP and several MLAs. Addressing a press conference here, senior Congress leader Ram Prasad Sarmah alleged that funds are available for ministers and MLAs, but not to support 'gaushalas' (cowsheds) to look after the cows. "There have been widespread irregularities and corruption in the Gorukh ...Read More >
GUWAHATI, July 2: Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) on Wednesday demanded a CBI inquiry into the alleged irregularities in the Garukhuti dairy project. Addressing mediapersons here, senior Congress leader Ram Prasad Sharma claimed that there has been a clear mismatch in the statements made by Padma Hazarika, the project chairman, and chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. Sharma pointed out that the project came up over 77,000 bighas of farm land with a total expenditure of nearly Rs 25 cro ...Read More >
Guwahati: The Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) has alleged large-scale irregularities and corruption in the Gorukhuti Agricultural Project. Senior Congress leader Ram Prasad Sharma claimed a clear mismatch between the statements of project chairman Padma Hazarika and Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, demanding a CBI inquiry into the alleged misuse of public funds. Ready for a challenge? Click here to take our quiz and show off your knowledge! Sharma said the government launched the p ...Read More >
Jhansi: A family in Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, has become the centre of a shocking case involving extramarital affairs, gold theft, and murder. Police have uncovered the alleged conspiracy behind the murder of 60-year-old Sushila Devi.The probe led to the arrest of her younger daughter-in-law, Pooja Jatav, along with Pooja's sister, Kamla. Both women are currently in judicial custody. On Tuesday night, police nabbed Kamla's boyfriend, Anil Verma -- who had been absconding since the killing. Verma wa ...Read More >
Guwahati: Following the Court's instructions, the Nalbari district administration, with the support ofpolice and paramilitary personnel, demolished 93 homes in Bakrikuchi, Mukalmua under the Barkhetri Revenue Circle. A total of 93 families were evicted from government land that flows distress and anguish as many, including elderly and women, collapsed in tears on the roadside. Residents of the evicted families cried out in despair, with one saying, "Let the government crush us under the JCB mac ...Read More >
Guwahati, Jun 30 (PTI) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday unveiled several projects, including a newly constructed stadium at a school in Assam's Golaghat district. Inaugurating the newly constructed stadium of the historic Golaghat Government Bezbaruah Higher Secondary School, Sarma said that the school occupies a distinguished place in Assam's educational landscape. Also Read | Who Is Anjali Vishwakarma? All About Woman IPS Who Got Into Heated Argument With BJP MLC Arun Patha ...Read More >
Guwahati, Jun 30 (PTI) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday unveiled several projects, including a newly constructed stadium at a school in Assam's Golaghat district. Inaugurating the newly constructed stadium of the historic Golaghat Government Bezbaruah Higher Secondary School, Sarma said that the school occupies a distinguished place in Assam's educational landscape. "The school has, for generations, sustained the tradition of imparting education through the medium of the moth ...Read More >
Guwahati, June 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Assam government on Monday carried out a large-scale eviction drive to clear 82 bighas of occupied Village Grazing Reserve (VGR) land in Bakrikuchi village under Nalbari district's Borkhetry revenue circle. The operation began at dawn with a heavy security deployment, including 500 police personnel, to prevent unrest. No clashes were reported during the demolition of unauthorised structures, officials claimed. District Commissioner Nibedan Das Patowary st ...Read More >
Nalbari, Jun 30 (PTI) The Assam government launched an eviction drive on Monday morning to clear encroachments from 82 bighas of village grazing reserve (VGR) land in Assam's Nalbari district, officials said. The eviction drive began at Bakrikuchi village under Borkhetry revenue circle early in the morning amid tight security. No untoward incidents have been reported so far, District Commissioner Nibedan Das Patowary told reporters here. Through a notice, the circle office on June 3 asked the ...Read More >
Guwahati, June 29: The Gorukhuti Multipurpose Agriculture Project has kicked up a political storm, with State Congress president Gaurav Gogoi demanding an inquiry into the alleged irregularities and Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma claiming that only "sick" Gir cows were sold to some legislators after the project supervisors expressed inability to keep them. Allegations of irregularities, such as falsified transport and selling of Gir cows bought from Gujarat to legislators has prompted calls ...Read More >
Guwahati: Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday reiterated his govt's pledge to reclaim over 4,400 acres of land, belonging to 922 Vaishnavite satras (monastic institutions) in four districts of the state, alleging that they have been encroached upon by illegal immigrants during previous Congress govts."The Congress govt ignored sentiments of the indigenous people, while pandering to their illegal immigrant vote bank, which led to 922 Satra lands being encroached upon. Thousands of bighas of Sa ...Read More >
Bhopal, June 27 (UNI) In a bizarre incident, 19 vehicles of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Dr Mohan Yadav's convoy broke down together after diesel allegedly mixed with water was filled in their tanks at a fuel station in the Ratlam district of the state late Thursday night. Authorities carried out an inspection of the fuel station, and subsequently it was sealed. The stalled vehicles, mostly Toyota Innovas, had to be towed away and a replacement fleet was summoned hurriedly from Indore, to be ...Read More >
Guwahati: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma here on Friday said that his government has decided to introduce a strict rule for issuing Aadhaar cards to adult citizens in Assam to check the influx of Bangladeshi nationals in the state more effectively. Asserting that his government was committed to drive out illegal migrants, the chief minister told reporters that his government has pushed back a new lot of 20 Bangladeshi nationals on Thursday. Informing that it is largely adults who are ...Read More >
Guwahati, June 27: Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday accused the previous Congress government of enabling large-scale encroachment on Vaishnavite monastery (Satra) lands by prioritising the appeasement of illegal immigrants over the rights of indigenous communities. Taking to the social media, Sarma stated that over 13,000 bighas -- more than 4,300 acres -- of Satra land across the state had been encroached upon under Congress rule. "The Congress Govt ignored sentiments of the indig ...Read More >
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