On Tuesday, prominent personalities and residents criticised the BJP-led government for planning to chop around 25 trees—some as old as 200 years—along the banks of Dighalipukhuri tank for the project.
Charges were framed under sections of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) and the Indian Penal Code (IPC), highlighting the contentious nature of the legal proceedings.
He said the party has enrolled more than 40,000 members in 88 assembly constituencies with Teok and Titabor being the latest to achieve the target.
Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) president Bhupen Kumar Borah emphasized that the Congress has always supported the Assam Accord, signed by former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.
Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma promised that stern action would be taken against the perpetrators.
Gandhi was welcomed by Assam Pradesh Congress Committee president Bhupen Borah along with other senior state and district party leaders.
Despite these increases, the overall vote share of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) witnessed a minor dip of 0.45%.
Sarania’s nomination was rejected this time due to the cancellation of his ST status by the state government, a decision upheld by the Gauhati High Court.
Assam holds the highest number of northeastern state representatives in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, which will begin on April 19 and involve three phases.
In 2019 elections, BJP won a maximum of nine seats, followed by Congress with three seats and All India United Democratic Front (AIDUF) winning one seat.
He also said that 7 lakh Muslims and 5 lakh Hindu-Bengalis, among others, were left out of the NRC list.
Notably, the Congress party did not give the Lok Sabha ticket to the sitting MP from Barpeta Abdul Khaleque, and rather alloted his seat to Deep Bayan, the President of the Assam Pradesh Congress Sevadal.
The Union government had on Monday implemented the CAA, notifying the rules to fast-track citizenship for undocumented non-Muslim migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan who came to India before December 31, 2014.
The 16-party United Opposition Forum, Assam (UOFA) has called a statewide hartal to protest against the implementation of the CAA.
The arrest was made on the basis of the woman’s police complaint about molestation and attempted rape, the officer said.
The Assam government has proposed a Bill, 2024, to punish individuals involved in unfair recruitment practices, with up to 10 years imprisonment and a fine of up to Rs 10 crore.
Sarma stated that Srinivas’ video posts on his handles would serve as proof.
People’s support for the yatra has ‘rattled’ the CM, who ‘loses his mental balance’ at the mention of Congress and Rahul Gandhi, All India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretary Jairam Ramesh claimed.
Rahul Gandhi said that while the BJP wants them to stay in the jungle and deprive their children of going to colleges and universities, the Congress wants to give back what has been wrongfully taken from them.
On January 2, a hog deer was hunted and its body was found near No 1 Koilakhat village in Bokakhat of Golaghat district, the Kaziranga National Park (KNP) said in a statement.
Following his arrest, a case was registered and the accused was charged on March 3, 2019, the official said in the statement.
After preliminary investigation, a case was registered at Dispur police station and Mollah was detained for interrogation, Barah said.
The remarks came against the backdrop of the government announcement in September to bring a law in the state assembly that will ban polygamy.
While Serlibon Engtipi was taking a bath, she saw that one of her younger sisters was in trouble and was about to die.
Tomorrow, October 11, the State Council of Educational Research and Training will release the SCERT Assam DElEd 2023 seat allocation results.
