Agartala, May 8 (IANS) Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha and several senior leaders of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party will attend the swearing-in ceremonies of the newly elected Bharatiya Janata Party-led governments in West Bengal and Assam on May 10 and May 12, respectively. In the recently concluded Assembly elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party scripted history in West Bengal by coming to power for the first time, securing a massive 207 seats in the 294-member Assembly and decisively d…
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Guwahati, May 8 (IANS) Assam Minister Jayanta Mallabaruah on Friday said the state had witnessed one of the sharpest declines in crime rates in the country, citing the latest “Crime in India 2024” report released by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).Sharing details in a post on X, the minister said Assam registered 49,552 criminal cases in 2024, a significant decline from 64,959 cases recorded in 2023 and 68,937 cases in 2022.According to the data highlighted by the minister, the stat…
Gurugram, May 8 (IANS) Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Friday repeated his allegation that the BJP had “stolen” elections in Haryana and also manipulated Assembly polls in West Bengal and Assam, while calling upon young Congress leaders across states to lead Sadbhav Yatras to counter what he described as the politics of hatred and division.Addressing a Sadbhav Yatra event here, Rahul Gandhi alleged that West Bengal and Assam had now been added to the list of states such…
Guwahati, May 8 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday described the BJP’s victory in West Bengal as a “historic moment” for the party, saying the development would strengthen the BJP’s presence across eastern and northeastern India.Speaking to reporters, Sarma said Saturday would mark a major political milestone for the BJP-led alliance, with PM Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Chief Ministers from nearly 21 states expected to attend the swearing-in ceremony of the…
Guwahati, May 8 (IANS) Assam has secured three prestigious honours under the National Panchayat Awards 2025, with officials on Friday saying that the achievement reflects the growing emphasis on grassroots governance and rural development under the leadership of Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. According to officials, Assam received awards in different categories of the Panchayat Sustainable Development framework instituted by the Union Ministry of Panchayati Raj. The state won the Nanaji Des…
Itanagar, May 8 (IANS) A Royal Bengal Tiger has been recorded at Arunachal Pradesh’s D Ering Memorial Wildlife Sanctuary for the first time in nearly two decades, with officials on Friday confirming the sighting through camera trap evidence collected inside the sanctuary near Pasighat. An official of the Arunachal Pradesh Forest and Wildlife Department said that the sighting has been captured through camera trap surveys conducted in the Wildlife Sanctuary with technical support from the Ashoka…
Guwahati, May 8 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Friday that the process for formation of new NDA government in the state will formally begin on May 10 with the election of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Legislature Party leader, while the swearing-in ceremony of the new Council of Ministers will be held on May 12 in Guwahati. Addressing reporters here, Chief Minister Sarma added that the BJP Legislature Party meeting has been scheduled for May 10 at 10 a.m., where the l…
Guwahati, May 8 (IANS) Assam Cabinet Minister Jayanta Mallabaruah on Friday said the Bharatiya Janata Party-led government would continue to focus on the development of indigenous communities and backward regions of the state, asserting that the National Democratic Alliance’s electoral success reflected growing public confidence in its governance model. Speaking to reporters, Baruah said the people of Assam had strongly endorsed the government’s development agenda, particularly its effort…
Guwahati, May 8 (IANS) Assam Education Minister Ranoj Pegu on Friday thanked the people of his Dhemaji Assembly constituency for electing him and said the BJP’s emphatic victory in the state Assembly elections reflected the growing trust and confidence of the people in the alliance and its leadership.Speaking to reporters, Pegu said he was deeply grateful to the people for placing their faith in him and assured that he would continue working for the development of the constituency and the welf…
Begusarai, May 8 (IANS) Union Minister and veteran Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Giriraj Singh on Friday lashed out at Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi, saying the Congress should be renamed as “Muslim-Maoist Party” as Singh claimed that majority of its winning candidates in the Assam Assembly polls are Muslims.”Since Rahul Gandhi came to power, the Congress party is no longer the same; it has become a Maoist-Muslim Congress,” the Union Minister told reporters in Bihar’s B…