Guwahati: Assam is planning a law that will require the bride and groom to declare their religion and income in official documents a month before the wedding. Against the backdrop of many other BJP-ruled states bringing in laws to check “love jihad”, the Assam government says its aim is toContinue Reading
Guwahati: The Assam government will set up 21 model residential schools in 21 districts of the state to provide an impetus to the development of minorities. This was decided in a high-level meeting here on Friday, with chief minister Sarbananada Sonowal directing the commissioner and secretary, minorities welfare department, RajeshContinue Reading
Guwahati: Assam government Wednesday signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs) and Terms of Reference (ToR) with Singapore for skilling youth of the state. The MoU and ToR for North East Skills Centre (NESC) was signed between Skill, Employment and Entrepreneurship Department, of Assam government and ITE Education Service, Singapore in theContinue Reading
Guwahati: After the Centre turned it down, the Assam government on Thursday, for the first time, extended the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) for another six months, thereby declaring the entire state as a “disturbed area”. Disclosing that the Government of India, after thoroughly reviewing the overall law andContinue Reading
Many see this a ‘politically motivated’ stunt to destroy the state’s secular fabric,Continue Reading
All students with family income of less than Rs 1 lakh will be entitled to free education.Continue Reading
Shelter to be built on 8- bigha plot will house witch-hunt victims and their wards
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