In a tit-for-tat response, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said he would send two delegations to study a few things in Jharkhand, days after his counterpart Hemant Soren took a Cabinet decision to despatch an all-party team to study the plight of tea tribes in the northeastern State. Mr. Sarma, however, did not specify […]
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said his government would ban beef if State Congress president Bhupen Kumar Borah sought it in writing. He was reacting to allegations that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) offered beef to woo voters in central Assam’s Muslim-majority Samaguri Assembly constituency, wresting it from Congress in the November 13 byelection. The […]
The National Green Tribunal has sought a response from the principal chief conservator of forest, Assam, in a matter regarding alleged encroachment of forest land in the Kamrup metropolitan district of the state. The NGT has taken suo motu cognisance of a newspaper report claiming that a substantial portion of the 16 reserved forests covering […]
GUWAHATI A February 26 gazette notification making it mandatory for producers to sell 100% of their dust teas through public auction was against the government’s much-vaunted policy of ease of doing business, a body of tea planters and producers said in a letter to Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal. The North East Tea Association […]
Watch: Assam government bans public consumption of beef The Assam government has banned the public consumption of beef with immediate effect. Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said his Cabinet had taken the decision in this regard after analysing the statements of State Congress president Bhupen Kumar Borah and Dhubri MP Rakibul Hussain, who “resented” the […]
Travel is all about experiences. Some travel to see places, some to shop and some only to learn about new cultures and traditions. Then there are those who travel to taste new foods and learn more about the people and their cuisine. JrnyOn is a new travel platform that was established in 2023 dedicated to […]
A private school teacher almost donned a District Magistrate’s role for a day. Mrinmoy Kalita, a science teacher, wrote to Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma a few days ago, hoping to become a District Commissioner for a day and experience the responsibility. His wish was fulfilled on Friday (December 6, 2024). “We received an […]
Hotels in Barak Valley of Assam have announced that they would not host any Bangladesh national till attacks on Hindus and other minorities in the neighbouring country stop. Barak Valley, which comprises three districts of Cachar, Sribhumi (formerly Karimganj) and Hailakandi, shares a 129-km-long border with Bangladesh’s Sylhet region. What does Bangladesh’s constitution state about […]
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma expanded his Cabinet by inducting four Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLAs as Ministers on Saturday (December 7, 2024), a little more than a year ahead of the 2026 Assembly elections in the State. The MLAs – Prasanta Phukan representing the Dibrugarh seat, Kaushik Rai (Lakhipur), Krishnendu Paul (Patharkandi) and […]
The Supreme Court has criticized the Assam government for failing to justify the detention of 270 foreign nationals at the Matia transit camp, describing its affidavit as “defective.” A bench of Justices Abhay S. Oka and Nongmeikapam Kotiswar Singh directed the Chief Secretary of Assam to appear via video conference at the next hearing to […]
