Sarbananda Sonowal

Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal Highlights 300% Surge in Northeast Budget for 2023-24

06 Dec 2024

In a significant announcement, Union Minister of Ports, Shipping, and Waterways, Sarbananda Sonowal, revealed that the Northeast region has experienced a remarkable increase of over 300 percent in its budget outlay since 2014. The budget for the region has surged to Rs 94,680 crore for the fiscal year 2023-24, up...

“Congress Stands For Corruption, Communalism, And Conflict”: Sarbananda Sonowal’s Fiery Attack

11 Nov 2024

While campaigning for BJP candidate Diganta Ghatowal in the Behali Assembly bye-election, Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal accused the Congress of being synonymous with "communalism, corruption, and conflict." He claimed the party’s past governance was marked by divisive tactics for political gain. BJP’s Vision of Nation-Building Sonowal contrasted Congress’s alleged misdeeds...

Modi 3.0: North East India Secures Three Ministerial Berths, Two Elevated To Cabinet Rank

10 Jun 2024

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has retained Kiren Rijiju, Member of Parliament from Arunachal Pradesh, and Sarbananda Sonowal, representing the Dibrugarh constituency in Assam, in his cabinet while welcoming a new face, Rajya Sabha MP from Assam, Pabitra Margherita, as a Minister of State. Although their portfolios are yet to be...

India Plans To Replicate Chabahar Port Model In Key Locations – Here’s Why

17 May 2024

India is committed to strengthening its maritime presence and improving trade connectivity by exploring opportunities to develop ports in strategically important locations, according to Sarbananda Sonowal, Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways. The country plans to emulate the successful model of Iran's Chabahar port, initially proposed during former Prime...

Assam: Padma Shri Birubala Rabha, Anti-Witch Hunting Activist, Passes Away Battling Cancer

13 May 2024

Renowned activist and Padma Shri awardee, Birubala Rabha, breathed her last at a government-run hospital in Guwahati after a prolonged battle with cancer. Rabha, born in 1954 in Thakurvila village near the Meghalaya border in Assam's Goalpara district, dedicated her life to combating superstition and societal evils like witch-hunting. Assam...

Sarbananda Sonowal praises high voter turnout in Dibrugarh

19 Apr 2024

Union Minister and BJP candidate from the Dibrugarh Lok Sabha constituency, Sarbananda Sonowal, exercised his voting rights at a polling station in Dibrugarh town at Sahitya Sabah Bhawan during the ongoing Lok Sabha elections. Following his vote, he expressed satisfaction with the public turnout, citing it as a positive indicator...

Union Minister Sonowal to chair first Inland Waterways Development Council meet in Kolkata

07 Jan 2024

The first-ever "Inland Waterways Development Council" meeting will take place in Kolkata on Monday, hosted by the Inland Waterways Authority of India, which is a division of the Ministry of Ports, Shipping, and Waterways (MoPSW). A statement from the Ministry of Ports, Shipping & Waterways states that important individuals from...

Vishnu Deo Sai, former union minister selected as new Chhattisgarh CM

10 Dec 2023

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has selected tribal leader and former Union Minister Vishnu Deo Sai to be the next Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh. Renuka Singh Saruta, a Union Minister and BJP leader, expressed her happiness at Vishnu Deo Sai's appointment as Chhattisgarh's chief minister. For the first time, a...

Legislature party meeting: BJP observers Arjun Munda, Sarbananda Sonowal reach Raipur

10 Dec 2023

The party's chief minister candidate in Chhattisgarh was a source of excitement when BJP central observers Sarbananda Sonowal and Arjun Munda traveled from New Delhi to Raipur. In regards to the state's chief ministerial candidate, BJP observers are probably going to be present at a meeting with recently elected lawmakers....

India is land of Lachit Barphukan, Chhatrapati Shivaji, says Assam CM Sarma

25 Nov 2022

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma addressed the 400th Birth Anniversary celebration of Lachit Barphukan and praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi. "PM Modi always inspires us to bring our history, unsung heroes to light. This is our humble effort to bring the proud saga of Lachit Barphukan before the country....

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