Guwahati, April 5 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday hit back strongly at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his remarks on alleged corruption, questioning the credibility of the accusations and asserting that such statements were politically motivated. Addressing a public gathering, Sarma said neither the “people of Assam” nor the “courts of the country” had found any basis for the allegations being levelled against him. In a sharp retort to Gandhi’s warning of l…
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New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) The government sanctioned a budget of Rs 16.97 crore in 2025-26 for promotion and preservation of 11 classical languages, Minister for Culture and Tourism Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said in a written reply in Lok Sabha on Monday. He said the Sanskrit language is promoted through three Central Universities – Central Sanskrit University, New Delhi; Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri National Sanskrit University, New Delhi and National Sanskrit University, Tirupati. The Minister identif…
Guwahati, Jan 30 (IANS) Assam Congress President and Lok Sabha MP Gaurav Gogoi has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday, urging the posthumous conferment of the Bharat Ratna on late singer-composer Zubeen Garg.Garg is widely regarded as one of Assam and the Northeast’s most influential cultural icons. In a letter dated January 30, Gogoi said Garg’s untimely and tragic demise has plunged Assam and the wider Northeastern region into profound grief, leaving behind a cultural void t…
Dibrugarh, Jan 26 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday raised concerns over what he described as a growing demographic challenge posed by Bangladesh-origin Muslims, urging people to take the issue seriously to safeguard the identity of indigenous Assamese communities. Addressing the Republic Day programme in Dibrugarh, the Chief Minister said the unchecked migration and demographic changes could threaten Assam’s social fabric.He claimed that the population of what he terme…
Guwahati, Jan 22 (IANS) The much-awaited commercial service of the Semi High Speed Vande Bharat Sleeper started its maiden run on Thursday from the Kamakhya Railway station, near Guwahati, railway officials said. The Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) Chief Public Relations Officer (CPRO) Kapinjal Kishore Sharma said that the lucky passengers of the first trip from Kamakhya to Howrah (Kolkata) expressed their happiness at being able to undertake the journey through this premium train. At the Kamak…