State funds sought for mills
Guwahati, July 21: Leader of theOpposition Debabrata Saikia today requested Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal to sanction funds to revive the Nagaon and Cachar paper mills instead of waiting for…
Goalpara protest leader held
Tejesh Kumar Bongaigaon, July 1: Police today arrested advocate Nazrul Islam from the Goalpara court campus in connection with yesterday’s protest against alleged harassment of D-voters in which one person…
Cong to Delhi: Lift lid on Naga pact
Guwahati, June 25: The Congress today requested Assam governor Banwarilal Purohit and chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal to ask the Centre to clear the misgivings regarding the framework agreement signed between…
Political will drives Hydro Power in the North East
The opposition to hydro power projects by political parties in Assam seems to have come to an end, and all the major parties have arrived at a consensus on this…
Saikia plea on ATCL, paper mill employees
Guwahati, June 17: Leader of the Opposition Debabrata Saikia today wrote to chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal seeking his attention on issues like possible closure of two paper mills, government-owned tea…
Shah’s comment on Gandhiji irks Saikia
GUWAHATI, June 11: Leader of the Opposition in the Assam Legislative Assembly Debabrata Saikia has expressed outrage at the ‘insulting’ comments made by BJP president Amit Shah on Mahatma Gandhi.…
Cong slams BJP chief for comment on Gandhiji
GUWAHATI, June 11 – Congress members today staged a three-hour sit-in demonstration on the Rajiv Bhawan campus here in protest against the insalubrious comment of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president…
Assam Assembly LoP criticises Amit Shah’s comment against Mahatma
Guwahati, June 11: The leader of the Opposition in the Assam Assembly, Debabrata Saikia, and Assam PCC (APCC) today expressed outrage at the “insulting” comment of BJP president Amit Shah…
Social media hate irks Cong
Guwahati, June 9: Assam Congress leader Debabrata Saikia today filed a complaint with the cyber crime unit of the CID against the “rise” of derogatory and obscene comments on social…
Cong team meets Hajela, conveys doubts over NRC
GUWAHATI, June 6 – A nine-member delegation of Assam Congress Legislature Party (ACLP) led by Leader of Opposition in the State Assembly Debabrata Saikia met the State Coordinator of the…
Cong takes stock of NRC update work
Guwahati, Jun 6 (UNI) A team of Opposition Congress legislators, led by Leader of Opposition in state legislative assembly Debabrata Saikia, today visited the office of the state coordinator for…
Opposition leader demands judicial probe into alleged fake encounter in Assam
Guwahati: The Opposition leader of Assam Legislative Assembly Debabrata Saikia wrote a letter to Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh asking for a judicial probe into the incident of alleged ‘fake…