Guwahati, Feb 9 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday raised fresh questions over Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi’s past travel to Pakistan, citing what he described as a “serious and factual discrepancy” related to visa restrictions and movement beyond permitted areas. Referring to statements made by Gogoi during a press conference earlier in the day, CM Sarma said that a key disclosure had brought new clarity to the issue.According to the Chief Minister, Gogoi acknowledged t…
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Guwahati, Feb 9 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday underlined the importance of self-confidence, health and discipline while interacting with students during Pariksha Pe Charcha 2026, held onboard the historic Charideo vessel on the Brahmaputra River.Addressing students across the state, the Prime Minister said self-belief is the key to success and cited the example of Swami Vivekananda’s iconic address at the World Parliament of Religions in Chicago.PM Modi recalled that Vivekanand…
New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Monday the plea filed by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee challenging the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the poll-bound state scheduled to be held this year.As per the cause list published on the website of the apex court, a Bench led by the Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and comprising Justices Joymalya Bagchi and N.V. Anjaria will take up Banerjee’s petition along with similar p…
Guwahati, Feb 8 (IANS) Assam Congress President and Lok Sabha MP Gaurav Gogoi, on Sunday, strongly refuted recent political assertions linked to the Special Investigation Team (SIT), alleging that the issue is being deliberately amplified to divert public attention from what he described as the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party-led state government’s failures on the governance front. Reaffirming his confidence in constitutional and democratic institutions, Gogoi questioned the timing and motive behi…
Guwahati, Feb 8 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday launched a fresh political attack on Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi over the British citizenship of his two children, saying the issue raised serious questions about the personal choices made by a public representative.Talking to IANS, CM Sarma drew a comparison with senior Congress leader Sonia Gandhi, noting that despite her Italian origin, she did not insist that her children acquire Italian citizenship.“Even Sonia Gandhi n…
Guwahati, Feb 8 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday claimed that Elizabeth Gogoi, the wife of Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi, had transmitted a confidential report to the Pakistani individual Ali Tauqeer Sheikh, whose anti-India activities are under the lens, raising what he described as serious national security concerns. CM Sarma said the allegations have emerged from findings highlighted by a Special Investigation Team (SIT).According to the Chief Minister, the SIT has pointed…
Guwahati, Feb 8 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday said a Special Investigation Team (SIT) probe had flagged serious allegations against Elizabeth Colburn Gogoi, the British-born wife of Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi, involving her Pakistan-era employment and alleged foreign fund transfers that may have violated India’s Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA).CM Sarma told reporters here, “Elizabeth Gogoi was an integral part of LEAD Pakistan — a climate-change non-pr…
Guwahati, Feb 8 (IANS) Assam Congress chief and Lok Sabha MP Gaurav Gogoi on Sunday hit out at Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma over the press conference, levelling grave allegations against him, calling it “worse than a C-grade cinema”.CM Sarma stated that the allegations concerning Pakistani national Ali Tauqeer Sheikh and Elizabeth Gogoi, who is the spouse of Deputy Leader of Congress in the Lok Sabha, Gaurav Gogoi, are of a very serious nature and should not be regarded as a trivial issue….
Guwahati, Feb 8 (IANS) In response to the comments made by Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi on social media after his press conference, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma launched a vigorous counteroffensive on Sunday. He again questioned Gogoi’s international trips and sought clarification regarding what he described as “serious national security concerns”. Gogoi took to X to reply to the Chief Minister’s press conference, calling it the “most flop press conference of the century” and compa…
Guwahati, Feb 8 (IANS) The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the alleged Pakistan links of Gaurav Gogoi and his wife Elizabeth Gogoi, identified Ali Tauqeer Sheikh, a Pakistani national and advisor to Pakistan’s Planning Commission, as the central handler in the case. Sheikh is a close associate of Elizabeth Gogoi and the founder of LEAD Pakistan, the same NGO where the Congress MP’s wife worked. According to the SIT filings, Sheikh’s social media postings include exhaustive comment…