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During a cabinet meeting, chaired by Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma a decision was taken to reserve seats for 5 communities of Assam in ITI. According to the sources, 3.24% seats will be reserved for students under OBC quota in Industrial Training Institutions (ITIs). The communities are Ahom, Moran, Matak, Chutia and Koch-Rajbongshi.  Sarma shared the update on Twitter, he said  a total of 786 seats, representing 3.24 per cent, have been reserved under the Other Backward Classes (OBC)/ MOBC (More OBC) for students from the Ahom, Moran, Matak, Chutia and Koch-Rajbongshi communities. However, Tea garden and ex-tea garden…

On Wednesday, outfit leader Anup Chetia spoke about peace discussion between Centre, Assam Government and ULFA to be held after Independence Day, 2023 at Delhi.  Outfit’s leader Anup Chetia said, “We hope to arrive at a solution with the Government of India before the (general) election. It realizes that if it signs the agreement with us (ULFA pro-talk faction) the Assam imbroglio will be solved." On the hand, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma had also invited ULFA-I Chief Paresh Baruah to visit and spend a week in the state to witness the changes that had taken place since the 1980s when…

Over past three months, Manipur residence has been facing community clashes between the Meitei and Kuki tribes. Due to which Assam Rifles was deployed to control the violence situation. According to the recent updates, numerous women activists across different locations demonstrated protest, wherein they accused the central paramilitary force of using excessive force against civilians in the valley districts. Following the protest, On Monday Director General of Police issued an order, announcing the immediate withdrawal Assam Rifles with CRPF units at the checkpoint situated along the Bishnupur-Kangvai Road, Manipur. The notice said, "In partial modification of this office’s order dated…

Assam has been witnessing surge of tigers in the state, Assam since last year.  Recently, a report was released in government data on International Tiger Day about the numbers of tigers the state is serving. As per the report, Assam currently has 227 tigers. According to earlier reports, in the year 2006 Assam had 70 tigers, the figure rose to 143 in 2010. In 2014, the population of the animal further increased to 167. It was 190 in 2018 and 227 in 2022 respectively. Assam has four tiger reserves; they are Manas, Kaziranga, Orang and Nameri and in all these…

On Sunday, during a Press Conference Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announces programs for 15th August Independence Day celebration in the state, Assam Assam Chief Minister directed Independence Day celebration to kickstart from 8 August in village level program. From August 9-14, every gaon panchayat will plant 75 saplings to celebrate Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav. On August 13, the Assam Police will organize a special march, surrounding the Dighalipukhuri tank in central Guwahati. Also freedom fighters and martyrs in security forces will be remembered by installing granite plaques in every village on the first day.

On Sunday, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that State Government will soon enact legislation to ban polygamy in the state, Assam. Also he said, plans are to end polygamy within the state by this fiscal year. According to the sources, Assam CM stated about the issue after a report was asked to submit within 60 days. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had constituted a four-member committee headed by retired Guwahati high court judge Rumi Phukan in May to look into the issue and submit its report. Sarma said, “I have not gone through the contents of the report.…

Few days ago, Assam Police had came across a video of youths involved in arms training camp organized by the Rashtriya Bajrang Dal at a school in Mangaldoi town. Also the camp was organized without government permission. Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has maintained silence on the issue. The Assam Civil Society, an organization of intellectuals, has slammed Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma over his silence. ACS president and senior lawyer of the Gauhati High Court, Hafiz Rashid Ahmed Choudhury told, "Around 350 youths were trained at the school for four days. They were seen openly handling weapons; however,…

Congress Leader Rahul Gandhi was convicted for his surname ‘Modi’ by the Supreme Court. As per reports, the Congress Leader is now relief by Supreme Court for the defamation case. Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has criticized the Congress Leader Rahul Gandhi for his duplicitous comments towards the judiciary. After the Congress leader Rahul Gandhi got released by the Supreme Court, Assam CM tweeted, “Heights of duplicity! You abuse the judiciary when you get convicted, and when the same judiciary grants you bail, you say justice has prevailed.”

Due to the ongoing violence in Manipur since May 3, Assam has led hands for safety of the state’s people by deploying paramilitary forces in the state. Recently, a decision was made to withdraw Assam Rifles from the Kangpokpi district, Manipur. The Kuki-Zo women in Kangpokpi town made late-night protest across all localities in the town through PA systems calling their localities to come and show resentment of the plan to withdraw the Assam Rifles from the buffer zones in Kangpokpi district. During the protest, the Kuki-Zo womenfolk chanted, "Assam Rifles Don't Leave Us", "Assam Rifles We Need You", and…

On 31st July Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma had shared a family photo celebrating Riniki Biswa Sarma's birthday, Wife of Assam CM. While sharing the picture on social media, he captioned, "We celebrated Riniki's birthday with a family dinner on 31st July. This picture captures the moments after the meal.” In the meanwhile, Ashok Swain, professor at Uppsala University in Sweden, commented on the post saying, "Hindu supremacist leaders send their kids to study abroad, they wear western clothes, and enjoy a luxury life. But, they never let them join Bajrang Dal or Durga Vahini or BJP IT Cell in…