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On Sunday, ICSE and ISC results were declared and Assam girl from Guwahati, Riyaa Agarwal, a student of Sanskriti-The Gurukul has came out with bright results by sharing top ranks in the country with four others from different states. Riyaa Agarwal scored 99.75% of the Humanities stream. Out of 400, our Assam girl scored 399. Riyaa said, “I was surprised by my results. I never expected this. My entire family came to our home Bhangaghar in Guwahati to celebrate my success.” Riyaa also spoke about how she managed to be consistent during the time by devoting six hours a day…

On Friday, a report was circulated of a person who happened to die due to food poisoning in Goalpara district, Assam. Along with the death, 158 others fell ill which is also due to food poisoning in the same district. Deputy Commissioner (DC) of Goalpara, Khanindra Choudhury submitted a report about the incident, that at least 158 persons were admitted to the hospital while one person died on Friday morning. “We are investigating if the person died due to food poisoning or due to other reasons. Things will be clearer once we get the post-mortem report,” the official added. As per investigation,…

To preserve Assamese literary treasures books and journals back from 19th century to get digitized in Assam through a project started by Assam government. This project is going to help people to know Assam and its contribution in the country.   Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on May 11 launched the portal to get the rare treasures digitized without copywriters. “The maintenance of the literary treasure trove became a concern and there is a need to preserve these documents scientifically,” Nanda Talukdar Foundation secretary Mrinal Talukdar said. So far, nearly three lakh pages got digitized. Assam's first newspaper Orunodoi and literary…

Recently, Assam Government has decided to ban polygamy in Assam. Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa have stated about the proceedings to get started soon. On Thursday, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa tweeted, “The Assam government has constituted a four-member expert committee to examine the legislative competence of the state legislature to enact a law to end polygamy.” The Chief Minister Himanta Biswa has also stated that the panel, headed by Justice (Retired) Rumi Phookan, has been asked to submit its report within two months. The proposed panel would examine the provisions of the Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application Act, 1937 along…

After child marriage crackdown, now Assam Government aims to ban polygamy and the government will soon form members to get processed. A Congress MLA Abdur Rashid Mandal came out in support of the Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma to end polygamy in Assam. MLA, Abdur Rashid Mandal said, “Polygamy should be banned. The Assam government has taken a good decision and I welcome this.” The MLA also pointed out that Assam Government should not target any particular community in the decision. However, the Chief Minister has already cited about not targeting any particular community, earlier. But only for those…

On Tuesday, Assam Government signed MoU with private companies for establishing mega industrial projects in parts of the state, Assam. Assam Chief Minister signed MoU worth Rs. 8201 crore with the companies which is to create more 6,000 jobs in the state. Assam Chief Minister twitted, “Our flourishing economy takes yet another stride on the eve of State Govt’s second anniversary. These efforts will bring investment worth Rs 8,200 cr and create 6,100 jobs. Many more in pipeline. Thank you all for reposing faith in Assam’s growth story.”