Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma

Shafaqna India: Two days after Congress leader and social media head Pawan Khera made explosive allegations against Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and his wife, Assam Police conducted a raid …

Shafaqna India: India’s Assam state, bordering Muslim-majority Bangladesh, is to issue gun licences to “indigenous” residents, its Hindu nationalist leader has announced, a move raising concerns among the state’s Muslims. …

Shafaqna India: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday spoke with Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang, and Manipur Governor Ajay Bhalla regarding the situation caused …

Shafaqna India: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma took to social media to reply to Pakistan over China’s threat to stop the Brahmaputra water to India. Giving a befitting reply, he …

Shafaqna India: A major crackdown on illegal child marriages in India’s northeast has led to nearly 5,000 arrests, with 416 individuals detained in the latest police operations, Assam Chief Minister Himanta …

Shafaqna India: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma recently stirred controversy by accusing the University of Science and Technology, Meghalaya (USTM), of engaging in what he termed “flood jihad.” Sarma blamed …

Shafaqna India: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has asserted that Bengali-speaking Muslims must forsake practices like child marriage and polygamy to be considered ‘khilonjiya’ indigenous people of the state. …

Shafaqna India:  Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday warned All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) chief and Lok Sabha MP Badruddin Ajmal not to practice “magical healing” in …

Shafaqna India:  Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday asserted in the Assembly that his government will bring the Uniform Civil Code through the “front door”, while maintaining that the …

Shafaqna India: A confrontation erupted between police and Congress workers in Guwahati, Assam, during the Congress’s Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra on Tuesday. Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma directed the …

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday said India is a “Gau Mata” country and asserted that there is no dispute about it. Sarma was responding to a query …

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has blamed the ‘Miya’ Muslim community for the inflated price of vegetables in the state. “The vegetable rates are lower in the rural areas; …

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday said the situation in neighbouring Manipur will improve within 7-10 days, with the state and central governments working silently’ to restore peace. …

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, who is visiting Karnataka, said he intended to shut all the madrasas (Muslim religious schools) in his state, as they were not needed in …

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that 2,789 people have been arrested so far during the ongoing crackdown on child marriage, which completed a week on Friday. The government …

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday made a fresh appeal to the banned militant outfit ULFA-I to shun violence and return to the mainstream. Addressing the Republic Day …

Addressing a public meeting in Ahmedabad for a BJP candidate ahead of next month’s Assembly elections in Gujarat, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Tuesday that nowadays Rahul …

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would win by a better margin if his Delhi counterpart and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader …

The Centre has decided to constitute a “five-member” panel to look into the demand for withdrawal of Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act – AFSPA from the states in the North-East …

Indian police have recovered a stolen watch customised for star footballer Diego Maradona and arrested a suspect behind the alleged theft in Dubai, officials claimed Saturday. Police said they detained …

The Indian army has joined rescue operations after a passenger boat capsized following a collision with another vessel in north-east India. One person has died and two people are missing …

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has said that two-child policy is the only way to eradicate poverty and illiteracy in the Muslim community in the state. “It’s for the …