Assam Assembly passes bill to abolish Muslim marriages, divorces act

Aug 29, 2024

The Assam State Assembly on Thursday passed the Assam Repealing Bill, 2024, which abolished the 89-year-old Assam Muslim Marriages and Divorces Registration Act and...

Assam to recognize Sikh marriages under Anand Marriage Act

Aug 03, 2023

The Assam Government on Wednesday, decided to formulate the Assam Anand Marriages Registration Rules, 2023 "as a mark of recognition to the customs of Assam's...

Assam: 8 block development officers suspended over unauthorised withdrawal of funds

Dec 22, 2023

The Panchayat and Rural Development Department of the Assam Government on Friday issued eight separate notifications and stated that the unauthorized withdrawal of government...

Assam: 17 Bangladeshi nationals arrested for allegedly violating visa norms

Sep 17, 2022

Biswanath (Assam) [India], September 17 : Assam's Biswanath district police arrested 17 Bangladeshi nationals for allegedly violating visa rules on September 17.

"No Muslim organization promotes child marriage": Lucknow Imam on Assam govt's decision to repeal Muslim Marriages and Divorce Registration Act

Jul 19, 2024

Following the Assam government's decision to repeal the Assam Muslim Marriages and Divorce Registration Act and Rules of 1935 through the Assam Repealing Bill...

"Decision taken to prioritise productivity": Assam CM Sarma after assembly ends practice of two-hour Jumma break

Aug 30, 2024

Following the decision of Assam Assembly to scrap the rules that facilitated Muslim members, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday said that...