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13 Sep

AFSPA to be completely withdrawn by October, confirms Assam CM

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Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma as earlier promised to remove Armed Force Special Power Act (AFSPA) from the state, Assam completely. During a meeting, the Chief Minister has confirmed its complete removal. According to the sources, the confirmation came after Assam CM met Union Home Minister at Delhi and presented the state’s peaceful areas in which AFSPA is imposed. Sarma said that by October this year the force will be removed completely. Assam has already removed AFSPA, 70 percent from the states, now the force is imposed in only eight districts, these includes Tinsukia, Dibrugarh, Charaideo, Sivasagar, Jorhat, Golaghat,…

13 Sep

Vivek Agnihotri reacts after Naseeruddin Shah calls success of Gadar 2’disturbing’

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Vivek Agnihotri attacked veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah when he said that it is disturbing that movies like The Kashmir Files and Ghadar 2 are becoming massively popular. In an exclusive interview, when Vivek was asked to react to Naseeruddin's comments, the director said that the actor probably feels 'exposed' to the truth of The Kashmir File and 'likes to support terrorists' but he doesn't. Vivek Agnihotri said, "I am a huge fan of Naseer Saab so I cast him in The Tashkent File. But I don't know late why he is old and if so I shouldn't say anything. Sometimes,…

11 Sep

Assam CM speaks on ongoing tree plantation drive

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Assam, mega tree plantation drive has started for creating another Guinness world record in the state, 3.5 lakhs saplings were distributed for the drive by Assam environment and forest minister Chandramohan Patowary. Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said, “Today, the saplings were distributed and through this, we are making an attempt to create a record of the highest number of seedlings distributed at a single venue.” He added, “As saplings are being planted in non-forest areas, it will help increase green cover. Also, we are distributing saplings of trees with commercial value and this will help boost the local…

11 Sep

Autumn session Legislative assembly begins from today

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On Monday, The autumn session of the Assam Legislative Assembly started during which more than 20 bills are expected to be introduced by the government. As per reports, the session started from 11, September and to continue till 15, September, 2023. Also Speaker Daimary has accepted to all motions from the opposition as suggested by Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. Assam CM explained for accepting all motions, "It is for the first time that the Assembly is meeting in its permanent hall since the capital of the state moved from Shillong. I don't want it to start with a…

11 Sep

India vs. Pakistan match to resume today by 3 pm

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Asia Cup, 2023 ‘Super 4’ has began between India and Pakistan at R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo which took place on Sunday but due to bad weather the match got pushed to another day. According to the sources, due to heavy rain the match got washed away and eventually it was reserved for Monday, i.e. September 11, 2023. Detailing about the match, India was asked for batting and was at 147/2 in 24.1 overs after Pakistan won the toss. Pakistan skipper Babar Azam chose the bowling first. Further, the match is to resume today by 3 pm.

09 Sep

Assam govt proposes major reforms for panchayati raj polls

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Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has announced about Assam Cabinet’s approval for Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) for panchayat elections in the state, Assam. Assam CM said, "The amended provisions will include constitution of a district delimitation commission to decide the size of the constituencies for zilla parishad, anchalik parishads and gaon panchayats.” According to the approved amendment, this will have certain provisions for the Assam Panchayat with fix minimum educational qualification for Gaon panchayat and higher secondary for anchalik and zilla parishad members. On the other hand, Scheduled castes, tribes and backward caste members will have to pass the…

09 Sep

Assam CM collaboration with Tata technology

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Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma flagged of ‘Skill Yatra’ for skill awareness programmes for Kamrup, Nalbari, Darang and Morigaon districts of Assam. During the occasion, Sarma also announced about collaborating with Tata Technology for training youths over 2 Lakhs for technology advancement. According to the reports, the Assam government and Tata Technology collaboration will train the youths for ‘Industry 4.0’. The youths will get the opportunity to learn technologies in more advanced way such as AI, machine learning, augmented reality and many more.

09 Sep

Amid name change rival, Modi uses ‘Bharat’ placard

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On Saturday, New Delhi is hosting the opening ceremony for G20 summit in the country. Modi uses ‘Bharat’ nameplate instead of ‘India’ for the opening ceremony amid name change controversy. As per reports, he sat behind a table nameplate that read "Bharat", while the G20 logo had both names - "Bharat" written in Hindi and "India" in English. Further, while speaking during the ceremony Modi said "Bharat welcomes the delegates as the President of the G20" raising speculation of a change of name for the South Asian nation.

08 Sep

Assam CM to fulfill Barak valley region’s desire

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The Election Commission has finalized and released its draft delimitation with reduction of region’s seats from 15 to 13 in the 126 member Assam assembly. Since then there have been protest in the state, Assam. Since 1960s there have been demands of separation of Barak Valley encompassing districts of Cachar, Karimganj, and Haliakandi. Recently, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that he will not oppose Bengali majority Barak Valley separation from Assam if the people of the region demands so. He also added that the people of region are happy with the delimitation. Assam CM said, “Some people always…

08 Sep

UK PM urges India to take step against Putin for not attending the summit

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G20, 2023 is to take place in New Delhi, India today, 8 September 2023. UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak who is husband of Akshata is the daughter of an Indian billionaire, owner of IT Company Infosys. Ahead of reaching India for G20 summit Rishi Sunak tagged himself 'India's son-in-law' today as he arrives here. But despite the warmth Mr Sunak is facing tricky discussions over trade deal-spat; students should get visas to stay in UK. As per reports, Mr Sunak will also urge India to take a firmer stance against Vladimir Putin for refusing to attend the summit. Mr Sunak said, 'He wasn't…