Guwahati: Assam Congress legal cell general secretary, advocate Reetam Singh, has filed an official complaint to Bar Council of Assam to suspend and initiate disciplinary proceedings against advocate general Devajit Saikia for repeatedly violating constitutional impartiality and code of conduct that an advocate is required to adhere to.Referring to the defamation case against Congress’s state…
Guwahati: US Ambassador to India and special envoy to South and Central Asia Sergio Gor and Singapore High Commissioner to India Simon Wong on Tuesday congratulated Himanta Biswa Sarma after he was sworn in as Assam chief minister for a second consecutive term, with both envoys pointing to expanded cooperation with the state.Gor attended the…
Dhubri: With the formation of the NDA govt in Dispur led by CM Himanta Biswa Sarma, residents of Dhubri district are pinning hopes on a special package from the new govt.Despite being a religious minority-dominated district, NDA candidates won two of Dhubri’s five assembly seats in the election. BJP’s Ashwani Roy Sarkar won from Golokganj…
Dibrugarh: Two militants belonging to the NSCN-K (Ang Mai) faction were killed during an encounter with Assam Rifles troops in the thickly forested areas near Songking village in Arunachal Pradesh’s Changlang district on Monday, officials confirmed on Tuesday.Arms and ammunition were also recovered from the encounter site.The encounter took place at around 8.30pm on May…
Guwahati: A team from Hajo Police Station conducted a late-night raid in Kamrup district’s Hajo town and arrested a man after recovering a large number of LPG cylinders stored illegally inside a shop, officials said on Tuesday.The operation was carried out on Monday night based on specific intelligence inputs. During the raid, police apprehended Abdul…
Shillong: Tura, the headquarters of West Garo Hills district, is being “redeveloped” with a total planned investment of around Rs 2,000 crore, CM Conrad K Sangma said after a review meeting on Tuesday to assess ongoing development works and discuss upcoming initiatives.“Our collective vision is to implement transformative infrastructure interventions that will completely revitalize the…
Shillong: Meghalaya high court is likely to decide on the state govt’s petition seeking cancellation of the bail granted to Sonam Raghuvanshi by a lower court on May 18.Sonam, the prime accused in the murder of her husband Raja Raghuvanshi at Sohra (Cherrapunji) in May last year, was granted conditional bail by additional deputy commissioner…
Guwahati: One of the foremost priorities of CM Himanta Biswa Sarma’s first govt was to free Assam’s valuable land from encroachment — with special focus on reclaiming land belonging to religious and cultural institutions, particularly the Satras (Vaishnavite monasteries).As Sarma prepared to intensify the eviction drive in his second term, targeting the clearance of five…
Security sweep at Assam swearing-in event leads to man’s detention with bullets (Picture credits: PTI) GUWAHATI: Security personnel on Tuesday detained a man at the venue of the swearing-in ceremony of the new Assam government after he was allegedly found carrying a few rounds of live bullets, police said, according to PTI. The incident took…
ASSAM: Himanta Biswa Sarma was sworn in as the chief minister of Assam on Tuesday in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Defence minister Rajnath Singh. Sarma took oath as the chief minister for a second consecutive term.Along with Sarma, four cabinet ministers also took oath as part…
