Assam

More than 150 Youth delegates from G20 countries are set to participate

Concerned Shah Rukh Khan's call came after CM Sarma remarked, Who is SRK

The move to redraw the assembly and parliamentary seats in Assam has been initiated following a request from the Union Law Ministry

Launching a scathing attack on former members of the party, who had since moved on, Congress on Monday called Assam Chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma as “viceroy of Northeastern states”. In an indirect reference, the party also called Ghulam Nabi Azad, who had recently quit the party, Mir Zafar for speaking against the grand old […]

Pema Khandu, Arunachal Pradesh, Chief Minister, is one of the youngest faces in Indian politics. The popular political figure just completed a euphoric celebration of six years of his government. Rohan Dua, Executive Editor of The New Indian, speaks to him

GUWAHATI: In a bid to resolve the long-standing border dispute between Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, the Chief Ministers of both the state on Friday signed the historic Namsai Declaration. Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, who has made resolving the state’s border issue one of his priorities, and Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu signed […]

NEW DELHI: A month after he sought to make a feverish pitch to shut down Madrassas operating in the country over their archaic education delivery, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday ratified his cabinet’s decision to protect the indigenous Muslim population by dividing them into five sub-groups that may entail welfare benefits. Himanta […]

NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi announced on Friday to repeal farm laws in the upcoming winter session of Parliament. The public discourse and Opposition leaders gave a political angle to this announcement as elections are due in farmer-dominated states like Punjab and Uttar Pradesh early next year. But the statistics from last year and this […]