Speaking in the assembly, the Assam CM said his government was working to eradicate child marriage by 2026, and special drives will be undertaken every two-three months.
Speaking in the assembly, Himanta Biswa Sarma said his government was working to eradicate child marriage by 2026, and special drives will be undertaken every two-three months.
Speaking to reporters after the incident, Cultural Affairs Minister Bimal Bora said that an inquiry has been initiated into the matter and that the incident was because of a 'delay on the part of the bank'
Two instances of question paper leak of class 10 exams conducted by the Board of Secondary Education, Assam, (SEBA) have come to light earlier this week, leading to the cancellation of both tests.
Addressing a large gathering after inaugurating a light-and-sound show Thursday in Belagavi, Karnataka, where elections are due soon, he said, “I come from Assam, where everyday people arrive from Bangladesh.”
“I feel nothing but sorry for the so called secularists and leftists who harbour high hopes, expecting this man to defeat Hon PM @narendramodi ji and become PM,” Sarma wrote on Twitter.
This move is part of a slew of measures being taken by the state government ahead of this year’s monsoon with the aim to restore the city’s natural drainage systems.
According to the police, the alleged encounter took place during an ambush at Dhansirikhuti Daifang village under Rowta police station based on an input on a planned robbery by Kenaram.
A division bench comprising Justices Kalyan Rai Surana and Devashis Baruah had passed the order on Friday, after the lawyer, Utpal Goswami, had pleaded guilty to the charge.
The five All Assam Students’ Union members were picked up from their homes by Army personnel between February 17 and 19, 1994 after the death of a tea garden manager in Assam’s Tinsukia
Gogoi's advocate presented before the NIA court the Supreme Court's order giving protection from arrest till February 24 in connection with the case related to the anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act stir and suspected Maoist links.
Opposition parties have criticised the manner in which the drive is being carried out, terming the arrests of teenage husbands and family members as an "abuse of law" for political gain, and equating the police action with "terrorising people".
Assam crackdown on child marriages: 3,041 people, including 93 women, have been arrested since police action began on February 3. In the 4,074 cases registered, more than 8,000 were named as accused in FIRs.
This comes against the backdrop of the completion of a week of Assam government’s crackdown against child marriage in the state. As of 5 pm on Thursday, 2,763 people across the state had been arrested in the drive while the police have registered FIRs in 4,135 cases.
The state cabinet had recently decided that those having married girls below 14 years of age will be booked under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
