Assam health and education minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Thursday that the state government will provide pension and skill development training to Muslim women who are ‘victims’ of triple talaq, in a bid to make them self-reliant. “The skill development training will be imparted to all women divorcees so that they acquire gainful employment. But for Muslim women divorcees, […]
» Read moreSerial blasts by ULFA (Independent) shook northern Assam on Thursday as the State was celebrating Republic Day amid tight security. Bombs were detonated in Charaidow, Sibsagar, Dibrugarh and Tinsukia districts, police said. There was, however, no report of any casualty or damage to property in the blasts.
» Read moreFourteen civilians have been killed after terrorists opened fire at a weekly market at Balajan Tinali in the heart of Assam’s Kokrajhar. Security forces in the area have killed one of the terrorists. Fifteen civilians have been reported injured in the incident.
» Read moreAfter 15 years of Congress rule, Assam gets its first BJP government headed by Sarbananda Sonowal. The BJP coalition won a comfortable 86 seats in the 126-member Assembly. The BJP had alliances with smaller parties and ethnic groups like the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), the Bodo People’s Front (BPF) and the Rabhas and the Tiwa community, which also paved the […]
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