The Assam Cabinet on Saturday approved a ban on fresh Aadhaar enrolment for individuals above 18 years of age, while also clearing the implementation of a ₹2,000-crore rural employment programme aimed at generating wage jobs and creating community assets across the state.
Guwahati, June 8: Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has retained control of Assam's key ministries, including Home, Public Works, Power and Information & Public...
Guwahati, June 6: The first meeting of Assam's newly expanded Cabinet on Friday outlined the government's immediate priorities, with Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma...
Nearly three weeks after the BJP-led coalition achieved a stunning victory in the Assam Assembly elections, the eagerly awaited cabinet expansion for Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma's council of ministers is yet to take place, illustrating the careful political calculations the ruling coalition must make.
Ahead of the formation of the new Assam government, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday unveiled key priorities for the NDA 3.0 administration, promising large-scale entrepreneurship support for the state’s youth and a phased wage hike for tea garden workers.
Unprecedented unrest swept through the Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR) on Saturday as thousands of tribal students and Gen Z protesters stormed the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) Secretariat in Kokrajhar, opposing the Assam government’s move to grant Scheduled Tribe (ST) status to six additional communities.
Guwahati, October 23: AIUDF MLA Rafiqul Islam on Thursday strongly criticized the Assam government over its proposed bills on banning polygamy, tackling “love jihad,”...
The Assam Government will write to the Chief Justice of the Gauhati High Court to constitute a fast-track court for the expeditious trial of the Zubeen Garg death case, Chief Minister Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma announced after chairing a Cabinet meeting on Thursday.
