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MFIs, Assam govt sign MoU for microfinance incentive and relief scheme

Microfinance Institutions Network on Tuesday said 37 microlenders and Assam government have signed an MoU for joint implementation of the Assam Microfinance Incentive and Relief Scheme (AMFIRS), 2021

Assam Cong chief Bhupen Borah meets Akhil Gogoi for talks on bypolls

Assam Congress chief Bhupen Borah has met Raijor Dal supremo Akhil Gogoi to evaluate possibilities of jointly fighting the assembly bypolls likely to be held by the end of this year.

14 arrested in Assam over supporting Taliban on social media: Police

Fourteen people were arrested from across Assam for alleged social media posts supporting the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, police said on Saturday.

Tension escalates again; Assam police fire on Mizoram civilians: official

Tension along the Mizoram-Assam border escalated again on Tuesday when personnel of the Assam police allegedly fired on civilians of the neighbouring state injuring one, an official said

Day after Sushmita quit, Sonia appoints Netta D'Souza as acting chief

Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday appointed Netta D'Souza as acting president of the party's women wing

Assam govt relaxes curfew timings, allows inter-district movement

The new guidelines, which also permits the opening of final year classes of technical education, will be effective from 5 am on Wednesday until further orders,

Assam exempts fully vaccinated travellers from mandatory Covid testing

The Assam government on Tuesday exempted fully vaccinated incoming people carrying the latest COVID-19 negative report from mandatory testing for the virus on arrival in the state

Assam: Curfew clamped in tea garden, 3 villages after clash between groups

An indefinite curfew has been clamped in Serispore Tea Garden and its nearby areas in Hailakandi district of Assam following a clash between two groups over an accident.

Assam CM pushes for new industrial policy to promote start-ups

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday asked the state Industry Department to frame a new industrial policy in order to promote local start-ups

Congress, AJP hold talks for common oppn candidates in Assam bypolls

Assam's opposition parties Congress and AJP on Monday held discussions for putting up common candidates against the ruling BJP-led alliance in the assembly by-elections in five seats. Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP) vice presidents Shamsher Singh and Kamal Nayan Choudhury visited state Congress chief Bhupen Bora at his residence and discussed the proposal. "The AJP proposed giving common candidates in all the seats going for the bypolls. We respect the proposal and will discuss it at the appropriate level," state Congress working president Jakir Hussain Sikdar told PTI. Sikdar, who was also present during the talks, said that the Congress is always ready to work with all the anti-BJP forces in the state. "We cannot say at this stage that an alliance is being cemented between the Congress and the AJP. A political roadmap will have to be chalked out for that," he said. AJP spokesperson Ziaur Rahman said that the party's central executive committee had on July 16 passed a resolution for .

Health Minister Mandaviya to visit Kerala, Assam to review Covid situation

He will be accompanied by the Director of the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) and other senior officials of the Health Ministry.

Covid: Health minister Mandaviya to visit Kerala on Aug 16, Assam on Aug 17

Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya will be visiting Kerala on August 16 to review the Covid-19 situation in the southern state

Assam presents Rs 1 cr to Olympian boxer Lovlina, offers deputy SP's post

Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma presented Olympic boxing bronze medallist Lovlina Borgohain Rs one crore and offered the post of deputy SP in the state police at a felicitation programme here on Thursday

Better education, healthcare to lower Assam Muslim birth rate: Congress MLA

The birth rate among the Muslim populace of Assam will come down if measures are taken to spread education and develop healthcare facilities, Congress MLA Sherman Ali Ahmed said

Himanta Biswa Sarma meets PM Modi, discusses Assam-Mizoram border issue

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the national capital to discuss the Assam-Mizoram border issue

Himanta Biswa Sarma to meet PM Modi today over Assam-Mizoram border issue

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma will be meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the national capital on Monday to discuss the Assam-Mizoram border issue.

Lying incomplete for 46 years, Assam irrigation project to be ready by 2022

Construction of the Dhansiri Irrigation Project, billed to be the largest in Assam, will be completed by the end of this fiscal year, the Assembly was informed on Friday.

Assam, Meghalaya to set up committees for inter-state border disputes

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and his Meghalaya counterpart Conrad K Sangma on Friday said the two states will set up committees to resolve the inter-state border disputes. Two panels to be headed by cabinet ministers of each state will be set up, they said. The committees will aim at resolving the border disputes in a phased manner in six of the 12 disputed sites initially, the chief ministers said at a joint press conference here. Each panel will have five members, including a cabinet minister of each state besides bureaucrats, Sarma said, adding that local representatives may be part of a committee. Members of both the panels will visit the sites, interact with civil society members and complete discussions within 30 days. Five aspects, which are to be considered to resolve the disputes, are historical evidence, ethnicity, administrative convenience, mood and sentiments of the people concerned and contiguity of land, Sangma said. "In principle, we will try to find a

Mizoram, Assam hold talks on boundary dispute; agree to resolve amicably

Representatives of Assam and Mizoram held talks here on Thursday and agreed to resolve the inter-state border dispute amicably, officials said. The Assam government also decided to revoke an advisory issued earlier against travel to Mizoram, they said. "Both the state governments agreed to maintain peace in the inter-state border areas and welcomed the deployment of neutral force by Government of India in this regard. "For this purpose, both the states shall not send their respective forest and police forces for patrolling, domination, enforcement or for fresh deployment to any of the areas where confrontation had taken place between the police forces of the two states during recent times. This would include all such areas along the Assam-Mizoram border in the districts of Karimganj, Hailakandi, and Cachar in Assam, and Mizoram's Mamit and Kolasib districts," a joint statement issued by the two states said. The joint statement was signed by Assam's Minister for Border Protection an

Assam blocking vehicle movement carrying medical supplies: Mizoram

Mizoram Health Minister R Lalthangliana claimed on Sunday that medical supplies, including COVID-19 test kits, were being blocked from entering the state from Assam