Toll Debate ‘Unnecessary’, Accidents Have Multiple Causes: Assam CM Defends Highway Toll Collection

  GUWAHATI: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday, September 2, said that the state got several big projects because of the tolls collected at highways. ALSO READ: SC Allows OIL India to Challenge Ban on Drilling Beneath Dibru-Saikhowa National Park in Assam “We got Gohpur Tunnel, Kaziranga Elevated Corridor from the central government. We…

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Assam CM Defends Bill Allowing Only Local Residents to Buy Land Near Heritage Sites

  GUWAHATI: Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday defended the Assam Land and Revenue Regulation (Amendment) Bill in the Assembly, saying no one without a miyadi patta (permanent land title) would be allowed to buy land or reside within a five-kilometre radius of religiously significant sites such as Batadrawa Satra, the satras of Majuli,…

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’Don't Troll Keshab Mahanta': Assam CM Defends Minister Amid Daughter's NEET Protest Row

  GUWAHATI: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday, July 25, defended Cabinet colleague Keshab Mahanta after videos purportedly showing the minister's daughter participating in a protest over alleged NEET-UG 2026 examination irregularities went viral on social media. ALSO READ: Guwahati Police Arrest Absconding POCSO Accused in New Delhi The controversy erupted after the daughter…

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