Biswa Sarma, who held a meeting with various stakeholders, directed the agencies to open more paddy procurement centres.
Nagaland: The Centre has reconsidered its latest extension of the controversial Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) by six months in the state, amidst the row over the killing of 14 civilians by the security forces in the state.
The accused person was working as a security guard at a company in Dubai in UAE that was storing the belongings of Diego Maradona. After working for a few days at the company, the accused returned to Assam in August.
The death toll in purported police encounters in the state rose to 20 with this incident, while 31 persons have been left injured.
Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu said he has said already spoken to his Assam counterpart Himanta Biswa Sarma over the issue.
The chief minister had the interactions over various developmental works and issues concerning the state.
Assam and Uttar Pradesh have joined the long list of dismal states that advocate a stringent two-child norm in population policy.
Himanta Biswa Sarma said, accountability will be fixed and strict action will be taken against erring officials if forests are put at risk.
He would take his colour, brushes and canvas outside to paint and talk with his love. He would stand close to the window and paint, keeping an eye on his muse.
They say the violin mimics the human sound. In his case, it was that of love, of longing. He didn’t know any other way of loving.
Younger people do not have much progressive beliefs; a 2017 survey found that one-third of young people opposed inter-caste marriage.
The pandemic has made it clear that virtual learning is here to stay. In the West, the big question is whether it will dilute the quality of the college experience and education. In India, which grapples with digital divide, the question remains whether this will reach most people at all.
Even after two years of the Covid-19 pandemic, many 'informed' individuals in India continue to deny the virus with unscientific claims and unfounded data. The latest? Omicron will end the pandemic.
Across Asia there are deeply entrenched obstacles to a mode of higher education that is liberal in multiple senses – disciplinary and epistemological but also social and political.
The two incidents in the recent past, one in Mon district of Nagaland and the other at Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh, undermined the core principles democracy and federalism.