The legislation seeks to ensure that permission for slaughter is not granted to areas that are predominantly inhabited by Hindu, Jain, Sikh and other non-beef eating communities or places that fall within five-kilometre radius of a temple, satra, and any other institution as maybe prescribed by the authorities.
Borgohain became only the third Indian boxer to finish on the Olympic podium, joining two of the biggest icons in Indian boxing -- six-time world champion M C Mary Kom and the very-decorated Vijender Singh.
Assam and Mizoram share a 164.6-km border between Assam's Cachar, Hailakandi and Karimganj districts, and Mizoram’s Kolasib, Mamit and Aizawl districts.
Earlier on Sunday, Sarma said that the main focus is on keeping the spirit of the North-East alive.
Assam Chief Minister Sarma, who has been charged with criminal conspiracy and attempt to murder in an FIR by Mizoram Police, also spoke of keeping alive the spirit of the North East in a twitter post.
The Mizoram Police booked Sarma, four senior Assam Police officers and two officials on different charges, including 'attempt to murder', 'criminal conspiracy' and 'assault'.
Criminal cases have been filed against Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, four senior officers of the state police and two more officials over the violent clash that took place on the outskirts of Vairengte town in Mizoram's Kolasib district, police said on Friday.
The FIR was lodged by the state police at the Vairengte police station late Monday after a gunfight between the Mizoram and the Assam police forces near the border town.
Assam government will deploy three commando battalions in Cachar, Karimganj and Hailakandi districts bordering Mizoram to strengthen security.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma participated in a cycle rally to support boxer Lovlina Borgohain, who will represent India at the upcoming Tokyo Olympics.
I request Govt of India to ban the functioning of Amnesty International in the country. I feel the Congress party should join hands with the government in criticising Amnesty International. They can't defame our country like this all the time, said Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma while speaking on Pegasus report.
Talking to the media, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that the state government has taken a zero-tolerance policy against the drug menace and illegal trades of narcotics.
The Himanta Biswa Sarma-led government has tabled a bill in the Assam Assembly which also makes transportation of cattle from one district to another and outside Assam illegal in the absence of proper documentation.
The BJP-led Assam government would restrict some state government schemes to the two-child norm, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.
Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday asserted that shooting at criminals "should be the pattern" if they attempt to escape from custody
Assam two-child policy: CM Himanta Biswa Sarma had recently said that his government was planning to introduce a population policy with a two-child norm.
The opposition parties in Assam were in quarantine with some in the ICU during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, BJP president JP Nadda said on Tuesday.
Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday said the Assam government will gradually implement a two-child policy for availing benefits under specific schemes funded by the state.
The Assam government has set a target of administering COVID-19 vaccines to three lakh people daily from Monday for the next 10 days, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Saturday.
Adopt a decent family planning policy for population control to reduce poverty, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has urged to the minority community in the state. The chief minister was speaking on the occasion of the completion of 30 days of his government.
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