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Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma to safeguard move against child marriage, has decided to abolish Muslim marriage act. The Assam government will table a new act in the upcoming monsoon session of the assembly. He said, "We have taken a significant step to ensure justice for our daughters and sisters by putting additional safeguards against child marriage. In the meeting of the Assam cabinet today, we have decided to repeal the Assam Muslim Marriages and Divorce Registration Act, 1935." The Assam CM also said repealing will bring parity in registration of marriage and divorce.

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has claimed that Muslim community population is rising in the state, Assam. He said, "I come from Assam and demographic change is a big issue for me. Muslim population in my state is 40 per cent now, which was 12 per cent in 1951. It is not a political issue for me, but a matter of life and death." Assam CM who is also the BJP's Jharkhand election co-in charge, accused Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren for converting Jharkhand into a mini-Bangladesh. Sarma said, "The infiltrators come to Jharkhand and marry tribal girls to…

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma recently spoke about NRC draft of 2019 where number of applicants were left out including Bengali Hindus. The Bengali Hindus community has refused to take route of Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) as they have legal documents to prove themselves as Indian citizens said the Assam CM. Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma notified, "We thought a large number of people would apply for citizenship through the CAA. But as of today, only eight Bengali Hindus have applied and only two of them have appeared for the interview. Our party workers carried out an outreach programme…

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has earlier notified about changes of Assam Direct Recruitment Exam (ADRE) for upcoming 3rd & 4th grade exams which will consist of three phase- Prelims, Mains and Viva like APSC exam pattern. To this students and aspirants has expressed displeasure for the sudden change. Following, Assam CM on demand notified about revisiting the exam pattern again and make changes if required. Assam Chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma after revisiting the pattern has notified by saying that, "Aspirants’ feedback accepted. Acknowledging the feedback received from aspirants and people regarding not changing the ADRE exam pattern,…

Mahatma Gandhi's statue which was of 5.5 foot placed at Gandhi Chowk in Tinsukia district, was removed by an excavator. The news has led to massive controversy, protest in the state. Political members have been accusing Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma for the removal. Pritam Neog, AASU leader said, "When we met the municipal board and the town committee, they told us they have a plan to build clock tower but our question is why the civil society here was not taken into confidence before taking the decision to uproot the Gandhi statue?" Further, Tushar Gandhi, great-grandson of Mahatma Gandhi,…

Assam Direct Recruitment (ADR) exam which a massive job drive is set to held very soon again. Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma earlier on updating its date has also informed that the exam pattern for ADR III & IV grade will consist of three phase like the APSC, Prelims, Mains & Viva. As soon the Assam CM informed about the same, their were storm of criticism in the comment section, aspirants have been expressing their displeasure with the new system. Assam CM has now again decided to revisit the exam pattern for a change, he said, "A govt that…

Assam's Kaziranga National park has recently found a snake named Salazar Slytherin. The is named as such after Harry Potter character. Harry Potter one of the most watched series novel by kids specially written by author JK Rowling. In the novel Harry Potter, Salazar Slytherin was one of the co-founders of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Along with Godric Gryffindor, Rowena Ravenclaw, and Helga Hufflepuff, Slytherin established the school. Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma delighted sharing the pictures of the snake posted on his social media handle saying, "Guess what, kids? Kaziranga just found a real-life Harry Potter…

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has been planning on boosting jobs for the aspirants in the govt sectors. Earlier, Assam Government has already hold exams and recruited the job seekers. Recently, the Assam CM has updated about next job drive which is aiming to fill approximately 35,000 vacancies across the various departments including teaching sectors by April 2025. To be noted, aspirants seeking III and IV grade jobs through direct recruitment, selection test will be followed by three stages- Preliminary, Mains & Interview.

Assam flood continues to havoc the state, non-stop heavy rainfall has devastated state's home, infrastructure, harmed animals, deaths and more. Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma has been taking stock of the state, recently he said that he is focusing on finding final solution to the crisis rather than getting it recognised as national problem. Sarma said, "If the flood is declared a national problem, how will it benefit us? Rather foreigners will stop coming here when they find it out. Our focus is on finding a solution. We will benefit if some national solution is there." He also mentioned about…

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi visits Assam today amid flood havoc in the state. However, a team of Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) led by President Bhupen Borah has submitted a memorandum to the Congress leader, urging him to raise the issue of floods in Assam in the Parliament. As every year, Assam during the monsoon season faces heavy flood destruction within the state with number of death toll, citizens are left homeless, animals suffering etc. Also, Rahul Gandhi after his visit to Assam will fly to Manipur violence-hit state to take stock of the current situation. Congress leader Jairam Ramesh…