Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday announced the launch of a financial assistance scheme for male students and a cash gift programme for women, ahead of the assembly elections in the state.
An anti-polygamy Bill tabled by Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma in the Assam Assembly on Tuesday prescribes imprisonment and heavy fines for people entering into, or hiding, a second marriage while the first continues to be valid.
The Congress on Wednesday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party in Assam of “spreading venom” in society through a social media video, and urged the Election Commission to take note of it.
The Assam Cabinet on Wednesday (August 27, 2025) approved streamlining of the process to grant permission for land transfers between people belonging to different religions. The approval is aimed at ensuring more efficient processing and expeditious disposal of such proposals, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma told the media after the Cabinet meeting.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday announced that people above 18 years of age will not get first-time Aadhaar cards in the state as a precautionary measure to check illegal immigrants from getting Indian citizenship.
China has started building a huge hydropower project on the Yarlung Tsangpo River called Brahmaputra in India near the Nyingchi region in Tibet, close to Arunachal Pradesh. It plans to build five dams to generate massive amounts of electricity more than the Three Gorges Dam.
Assam presents a prism of exclusion these days. The BJP state government led by Himant Biswa Sarma has kicked off a major eviction drive in this north eastern state in the past month raising troubling questions.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday (July 8, 2025) said that she was shocked and disturbed to learn that the Foreigners Tribunal in Assam has issued an NRC notice to a resident of Dinhata in Cooch Behar and claimed that “premeditated attempt is being made to intimidate, disenfranchise, and target marginalised communities”.
Dhubri, a Muslim majority district in Assam bordering Bangladesh, descended into chaos as communal violence took root. The cause— suspected cattle remains near a Hanuman temple right around Eid Al Adha.
