Ahead of Assam assembly elections, state Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on March 08 said by doing an alliance with communal party Congress has polarised the election in the state.
Notably, the issue of tea garden workers is one of the major issues in the Assam assembly elections. With close to 10 lakh tea workers and over 60 lakh population of the tea tribe community, they are a major vote bank in Assam.
A delegation of Asom Gana Parishad, Bodoland Territorial Region's CEM Pramod Boro and BJP leaders met Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP president JP Nadda on Wednesday, ahead of the forthcoming assembly elections, informed Assam Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.
Senior Assam minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has said that the government cannot implement the recommendations of the central panel on Clause 6 of the Assam Accord.
Union External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar visited Kamakhya Temple in Assam's Guwahati on February 15. He offered prayers at the temple. State Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma also accompanied him. The External Affairs Minister will attend various programmes in the state today. Jaishankar is on a two-day visit to Assam.
While speaking to media in Guwahati on February 14, Finance Minister of Assam and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Himanta Biswa Sarma spoke on Badruddin Ajmal.
Assam finance minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has said that the areas dominated by Miya Muslims will not vote for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in assembly polls.
Under the Pragyan Bharti Scheme, the Assam government is distributing 22,000 two-wheelers to Class 12 girl students who passed in the first division.
The matric examination of the state board in Assam will begin from May 11, Education Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Saturday.
From April 1 next year, over 600 state-run Madrassas will be converted into upper primary, high and higher secondary schools with no change of status, pay, allowances and service conditions of the teaching and non-teaching staff.
The Assam government on Monday tabled a Bill to repeal Provincialisation of Madrassa in the state, as the three-day Assam Legislative Assembly session begins today.
Assam minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday said that elementary schools in the state will reopen from January 1, 2021, in a staggered manner. Addressing a presser, the minister said detailed SOPs (Standard Operating Procedure) on the development will soon be released.
Former Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has died. He was 86. The octogenerian Congress leader, who undergoing treatment at the Gauhati Medical College Hospital for post-COVID complications, died at 5:35 pm, Assam minister Himanta Biswa Sharma told reporters.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Assam has rejected an Assembly panel report that recommended setting up a 'Miya Museum' at Sankardeva Kalakshetra in Guwahati.
Assam government to disband the madrassa board in the state.
Assam Health and Education Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that schools will be open in the state from November 01 and hostels from December 01.
Assam Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Tuesday that if the state government is bearing the cost of teaching the Quran in madrassas, then Bible and Bhagavad Gita should also be taught by the government.
If the BJP comes to power again, we will take a decision that if any boy hides his religious identity and comments anything negative on Assamese daughters and women, he said.
The 25-year-old reigning world champion earlier pulled out of the Thomas and Uber Cup Final due to COVID-19 but later decided to participate after BAI's request.
All teachers and other official employees of educational institutions in Assam, from primary school to universities, will have to mandatorily attend their office from 1st September, Assam Education and Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Tuesday.
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