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On Friday, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma spoke on prioritizing education in state, Assam. He warned against medical and engineering seats in the state being dominated by “Ajmal’s people”. According to the reports, Ajmal Foundation, run by All India United Democratic Front Chief Badruddin Ajmal is providing coaching for competitive examination, to which Assam CM took a dig at the initiative. Sarma said, “If it continues this way, Assam’s medical and engineering seats will be taken by who? Ajmal’s people,” Sarma said at a public meeting in Lakhimpur. “We have no objection to them studying and taking the seats.…

On Thursday, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced 3-4 per cent of state government jobs will be reserved for the tea community members. Additionally, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma took an indirect jibe at previous governments in the state for not doing enough to educate the tea-garden community. He also inaugurated six new tea garden model schools in Sonitpur district. The tea gardens where these model schools were inaugurated are Arun Tea Garden in Dhekiajuli, Adabari and Sonabeel tea gardens in Rangapara, Kettla and Jingia tea gardens in Behali, and Pabhoi tea garden in the Biswanath constituency of…

On Friday, Assam Police seized narcotics worth at least Rs 25 crore in the international market. Police also arrested five persons on charges of drugs peddling. The five arrested persons were identified as Talab Hussain, Tahir Ahmed and Khalid Hussain, residents of Patharkandi in Assam and Nitai Sarkar and Nitu Sarka from Tripura. Earlier, Police was informed about drugs was being peddled through the Karimganj district. Acting on the information, a team from Karimganj police was deployed in the Bazarichera area. Soon the team arrested the drugs peddlers and seized their vehicle too.

The Assam Rifles has moved additional troops to secure a bridge on a national highway in south Manipur in the district of the violence-hit state. As per reports, Meitei insurgent groups who were planning to damage the bridge at Sinzawl on NH102 B, which connects Manipur with neighboring Mizoram. Since the day of the violence, May 3 more than 100 people have been killed and more than 50,000 people from both Kuki and Meitei communities have been displaced.

On Tuesday, Election Commission has released its draft proposal for delimitation in Assam resulting in increased of seats. As per reports, seats increased and reserved for Scheduled Castes from eight to nine and for Scheduled Tribes from 16 to 19. Additionally, the delimitation was carried out on the basis of the 2001 Census, the first such exercise in Assam since 1976. Among the Lok Sabha seats, two seats were proposed to be reserved for STs and one for SCs. The EC invited suggestions and objections from the public till July 11 and announced that the three-member panel would visit the state for…

Neyveli Uttar Pradesh Power Ltd (NUPPL) and Assam Government have recently inked a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) a step towards development for the state, Assam. According to sources, the agreement is signed to ensure a steady and reliable power supply of 492 megawatts MW to the state of Assam from the NUPPL's Ghatampur Thermal Power Plant. Under this agreement, NUPPL, a joint venture subsidiary of NLC India Ltd (NLCIL), will supply 492.72 MW of power to the Assam Government. Further, the energy supply will not only meet the growing demand for electricity in Assam but also contribute towards the development…

On Monday, flood condition in Assam increases affecting more villages in number than before including villages, towns and farmlands. According to the sources, the India Meteorological Department has issued a 'Red Alert' and predicted 'very heavy' to 'extremely heavy' rainfall across several districts of Assam till Thursday. Due to continuous rain more than 33,500 people are affected in Cachar, Darrang, Dhemaji, Dibrugarh, Golaghat, Hojai, Lakhimpur, Nagaon, Nalbari, Sonitpur, Tinsukia and Udalguri districts. Also, 142 villages are under water and 1,510.98 hectares of crop areas have been damaged across Assam so far.