Guwahati: All forms of traditional healing practices — tantra-mantra, jhaar-phook and sprinkling of water — are permissible, but any “non-scientific healing practice with ulterior motive” would be banned, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has said in the Assam assembly. Sarma made this remark Monday during the debate on the Assam Healing (Prevention of Evil) Practices … Read more
Guwahati: âTill the time Himanta Biswa Sarma is alive, child marriage will not be allowed in Assam,â an angry Assam chief minister thundered Monday in the assembly. He was countering opposition leadersâ criticism of the Cabinetâs Friday night decision to repeal the Assam Muslim Marriages and Divorces Registration Act, 1935, which conformed to rules under … Read more
Guwahati: Arrested earlier this week for his derogatory remarks against temples and Namghariyas (traditional Assamese prayer house priests) in a speech, Congress legislator Aftab Uddin Mollah was granted bail Thursday. While the Congress has demanded a public apology from Mollah, a regional political party has labelled the action against him a ‘political gimmick’ by the … Read more