Budget 2018-19

  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. 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. The Assam Chief Minister, accompanied by BJP MPs from Assam, is likely to meet Union Home Minister Amit Shah over the border dispute with the neighboring state Mizoram. Sarma, who is in New Delhi since Saturday, was unable to meet Shah earlier due to some reasons. However, the two states in a joint statement agreed to take forward the Centre’s initiative of letting neutral forces patrol the disputed areas of the inter-state border for maintaining peace. All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) chief and Lok Sabha MP Badruddin Ajmal, who is currently in the national capital, said he will be meeting Union H...

  Himanta Sarma has said that Assam is considering to bring laws that will make it mandatory for both the bride and the groom to disclose information including the source of income and religion Amid the ongoing discourse on the issue of ‘Love Jihad’, Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has said that the state government is considering to bring laws that will make it mandatory for both the bride and the groom to disclose information including the source of income and religion. “One shouldn’t get married if there’s no transparency between husband-wife. Disclosure’s important-my religion, what I do for a living, what’s my income. I am not saying that, you should disclose not only your religion, you should also disclose your income and job,” Assam Minister Sarma told reporters. Talking on the issue of ‘Love Jihad’, the Minister said, “Our idea is not the so-called ‘ Love Jihad ‘. My idea is that you shouldn’t hide your identity, job or income. Assam is going to do something which...