Assam Govt News

Assam CM claimed that his government's crackdown on child marriages has had a positive impact He said several families had cancelled scheduled weddings of underage people after the crackdown The operation started on February 3 and 3,031 people have been apprehended

AIUDF chief slammed BJP-RSS of targeting Muslims by razing down Madrasas in Assam He said that they will move to Supreme Court if needed "Take action against the anti-social people in Muslim community, but bulldozing madrasa is unacceptable," he said

Authorities in Assam demolished a madrassa in the Bongaigaon district after allegations that its premises were being used for terror activities Several bulldozers were seen conducting the demolition of the Markazul MaArif Quariayana Madrasa located at Kabaitary Part-IV village This is the third madrasa to be razed by the Assam govt following the arrests of 37 persons on charges of being linked to terror outfits

Assam Govt asks Anti-CAA protesters not to disrupt massive recruitment drive 30,000 seats of grade 3 and 4 posts in the state government departments scheduled to begin next Sunday CM instructed govt officials to take all necessary steps for smooth examination process

The Assam and Mizoram governments signed a joint statement on Tuesday A ministerial-level discussion in Aizawal and Mizoram to take forward the process of resolution of the boundary dispute between the two states According to the statement, both states have agreed to promote and maintain peace to prevent any untoward incident along the borders

Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma filed a criminal defamation case against Delhi Deputy CM Sisodia Sisodia alleged that the Assam govt had given contracts to Himanta Biswa Sarma’s wife’s firms Sarma claimed that Sisodia's allegations are false and not based on facts

The writ petition was filed by 13 individuals in the HC in 2021 against the state government’s decision to transform the state-funded madrassas to general schools. The Court had concluded the hearing on January 27 and had reserved its judgement, which was passed on Friday.

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Himanta Biswa Sarma said, "This bill is not to control and repeal the private madrassas" He added that the inclusion of the word "private" in the 'Statement of Objects and Reasons' of the bill was a mistake All madrassa institutes will be converted into upper primary, high and higher secondary schools

The literacy rate among 20 crores Muslims living in India is less than SC/ST and OBC According to NSO data, only 48% of Muslim students in India are able to study up to class 12, while 14% could study beyond 12th standard For the past 70 years, the successive governments merely appeased the Muslims for their votes and relegated them to fringes in education, health, and economic activities

Assam government has decided to stop religious education with government money. Politics of opposition has started in the case.

"Assam government is planning to spend Rs 800 crore per year under the Arundhati Scheme in which every bride of Assam to be given 1 tola gold free. The aim of the scheme is to reduce child marriage as it'll require the marriage to be registered to avail benefits of the scheme," Assam Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.

Assam govt published first draft of National Register of Citizens(NRC) of nearly 32 million people, nearly 11 million names have found place in the register. Watch the video to know ore about the news.

The National Green Tribunal on Wednesday rapped the Assam government for the death of several animals in road accidents in the Kaziranga National Park and directed it to ensure their safety, especially during monsoons.

All Deputy Commissioners have been directed to take all-out efforts for successful implementation of the campaign in their respective jurisdiction.

"My government will take the initiative to set up 'Act East' department to implement the Prime Minister's vision to connect the North East with South East Asia," Sonowal said.

Assam government today said it will consider the inclusion of various tribal dominated areas under the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution.

The flood situation remained critical in Assam, which was visited by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday.  

This was conveyed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi by Sonowal during a 25-minute meeting here today.

The security wall of around 15 websites of various government departments, including Assam Police, have been breached and their home pages defaced by unknown hackers.