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‘BJP crossing all limits, its states Haryana and Assam detaining, sending NRC notices to Bengal residents’: Mamata
July 23, 2025 2:12 am
Stating that over 30 crore people speak Bengali in the world, the CM said: “This illegal detention is an insult to our mother tongue"
Missed demographic invasion in lower and middle Assam, won’t let it repeat in upper Assam: Himanta’s rationale for mass evictions
July 16, 2025 11:43 am
In the past month, the Assam government has conducted five major evictions across four districts in which at least 3,300 families have been removed from forest land, grazing land and government revenue land.
‘Even if you cry, your house won’t be spared’: Inside Assam’s latest mega eviction drive
July 13, 2025 7:33 am
In the state's fifth large-scale eviction drive within a month, the focus was on the Paikan Reserve Forest area in Goalpara district on Saturday.
Assam mulls giving District Commissioners power to approve Aadhaar for applicants over 18
June 28, 2025 6:46 am
The development comes against the backdrop of a renewed push against alleged illegal immigration from Bangladesh. This has included the detention and “pushbacks” into Bangladesh of hundreds of people declared to be foreigners by the state’s Foreigners’ Tribunals.
In Gauhati HC, challenge to Assam’s ‘pushback’ into Bangladesh: ‘Nothing in law ratifies this action’
June 28, 2025 6:45 am
In a hearing held Friday at the Gauhati High Court, a Bench of Justices Manish Choudhury and Mitali Thakuria directed the counsels for the petitioners to identify specific individuals affected by the state government’s actions.
Assam exploring how to ‘push back foreigners’ without involving Foreigners Tribunals, Himanta says
June 08, 2025 9:35 am
CM cites 1950 law issued before the institution of Foreigners Tribunals in the state, says Supreme Court noted that this law is still in force
‘Will ask questions no matter what’: Assam journalist after being released on bail
March 30, 2025 8:04 am
Mozumdar said, 'I have not done anything illegal. What kind of a sin of mine can asking questions be? But I will keep asking questions, no matter what troubles might come my way'
Assam journalist gets bail for second time this week but spends another night in jail
March 29, 2025 7:27 am
According to his lawyer, A S Tapadar, the court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate on Friday evening allowed his bail petition, but the formalities were not completed because it was granted late in the evening.
‘Shall not convert…’: After Meghalaya university row, Assam introduces amendment to make law stricter
March 22, 2025 7:12 am
The amendment in the private university Bill proposes to make a ‘security clearance report’ from the Assam government’s Home and Political Department on the ‘antecedents’ and ‘precedents’ of the university’s sponsoring body an essential prerequisite for establishing a university.
‘Secular in operations’, ‘security clearance from govt’: New mandate for private varsities in Assam
March 05, 2025 1:46 pm
Making the announcement after a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday evening, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said the decision was prompted by the controversy surrounding the University of Science and Technology Meghalaya (USTM) and its chancellor Mahbubul Hoque.
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