April 20, 2026 07:43 pm (IST)
Follow us:
facebook-white sharing button
twitter-white sharing button
instagram-white sharing button
youtube-white sharing button
15 killed, 20 injured as bus plunges into gorge in J&K’s Udhampur | Oil jumps over 5% as Strait of Hormuz closure fuels supply fears | Pushback from smartphone makers: Centre drops Aadhaar app pre-install plan — report | Meta eyes first wave of layoffs on May 20: Report | TCS breaks silence on Nida Khan: ‘No HR role, no power’ in Nashik case | ‘Panic reaction’: Rahul Gandhi on women’s bill, says PM Modi ‘wants to send a message’ | Adani Group shares rise as Gautam Adani becomes Asia’s richest, overtakes Mukesh Ambani | TCS Nashik ‘conversion’ case accused seeks anticipatory bail citing pregnancy | IT raids TMC candidate Debasish Kumar’s premises ahead of Bengal polls | Bengal SIR: Supreme Court allows voters restored by tribunal till April 21 and 27 to vote

My govt will work to make illegal foreigners free Assam : Sarbananda Sonowal

| | May 25, 2016, at 02:25 am
Guwahati, May 24 (IBNS): Assam’s new Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said his government will work to make Assam an illegal foreigners free state.

He vowed to make the state corruption free.

“My government will work to make Assam a illegal foreigners free and corruption free state. Another priority of our government is to give proper social security to the all citizens of the state,” Sonowal said in his first speech after taking oath as the new Chief Minister of Assam.

Sonowal appealed to the people of Assam to help the government for development and other issues in the state.

11 ministers, along with Sarbananda Sonowal, took oath on Tuesday at Veterinary college field, Khanapara in presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP president Amit Shah, senior leader LK Advani, chief ministers of NDA-ruled states, union ministers, satradhikars of Majuli.

BJP and ally partners AGP and BPF had won 86 seats including 60 of BJP in Assam assembly poll.

(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.

Support objective journalism for a small contribution.