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RBI raises limit on ways and means advances, but states aren't impressed
Ways and means advances (WMAs) are short-term advances the central bank gives to help states tide over temporary mismatches in their cash flow.
 "RBI raises limit on ways and means advances, but states aren't impressed")
Letter to BS: Lockdown should be withdrawn in a phased manner
India is monitoring the world situation to be able to fight the highly contagious virus effectively
 "Letter to BS: Lockdown should be withdrawn in a phased manner")
From NRC exercise to violent protests over CAA, 2019 kept Assam on the edge
More than 1.9 million people, a sizeable number of them Hindus, were excluded from the final NRC list that was published on August 31
 "From NRC exercise to violent protests over CAA, 2019 kept Assam on the edge")
No fresh NRC in Assam if SC accepts demand of 20% reverification: Minister
Sarma said if the sample reverification in border districts do not find anomalies, then the party will take back its words on faulty allegation
 "No fresh NRC in Assam if SC accepts demand of 20% reverification: Minister")
Amit Shah meets North-East CMs to discuss the outline of Citizenship Bill
The meetings were attended by chief ministers of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and Meghalaya Sarbananda Sonowal, Pema Khandu and Conrad Sangma respectively
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BJP will tell SC that we reject this NRC, says Himanta Biswa Sarma
Addressing party workers, the Assam minister said that the BJP will reintroduce the Citizenship Amendment Bill in the parliament
Final NRC leaves out Bangladeshi refugees in India prior to 1971: Himanta
In a series of Tweets, the senior leader of the ruling BJP also alleged that the legacy data were manipulated for including names of doubtful persons as alleged by many
BJP "seals" poll pacts in north-east, resurrects ties with AGP
The number of seats that the BJP and its partners will contest in the eight states of the region will be declared on March 16 in New Delhi, Himanta Biswa Sarma said
AGP to fight Lok Sabha polls in alliance with BJP in Assam
On January 7 this year, the AGP had withdrawn its support to the BJP government in Assam in protest against the Centre's decision to go ahead with the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill
LS polls about making Modi PM again: Assam Minister
Sarma, who is also the convener of the North East Democratic Alliance (NEDA), made the remark while addressing the media at the Bharatiya Janata Party headquarters
Himanta not to contest LS polls now, to focus on NE: Amit Shah
Despite the state unit recommending his name for the Lok Sabha elections, Sarma has been asked to concentrate on developing the state and strengthening the party's base in the North East
BJP nominates Pallab Lochan Das from Tezpur LS seat in Assam
Das had joined the saffron party along with Finance Minister Himanta Sarma and several other Congress leaders in 2016
Cong, AIUDF in secret poll understanding, claims Assam BJP
Assam minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, a former Congressman who is seen as number two in the BJP government in the state, also claimed that the two parties are "protectors of illegal Bangladeshis
Ex-editor sentenced in defamation case filed by Himanta Biswa Sarma
The defamation case was filed in 2010 by Himanta Biswa Sarma, who was then a Congress minister in the Tarun Gogoi government
Himanta Sarma apologises for cancer remark, says speech was distorted
Sarma left the Congress to join the BJP in 2015 over ideological differences
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Himanta Biswa tries to explain his 'divine cancer' remark, hits back at PC
Sarma, who was with the Congress earlier, had joined the BJP in August 2015
 "Himanta Biswa tries to explain his 'divine cancer' remark, hits back at PC")
