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Baijayant Panda interview: ‘People of Assam have had enough of impunity of law-breakers … CM Sarma is very blunt about language he uses’
March 27, 2026 11:54 pm
“Sarma’s rhetoric may sound sensational but crackdown on child marriage and eviction of illegal occupation are the commonly attributed aspects of the so-called polarisation because a large number of people from one community have been affected,” says BJP’s Assam election in-charge.
‘I’m repaying a debt’: Modi hands over land rights to 28,000 tea workers in historic Assam move
March 14, 2026 1:13 am
Speaking at the event, Modi claimed that measures by the BJP government for the welfare of farmers such the PM-KISAN scheme, crop insurance and loans, have helped protect farmers from international crises.
'No bounty, grace': Gauhati High Court asks State to form panel over pension to PWD workers with 20 years service
February 05, 2026 12:24 pm
Assam PWD Workers Pension Case: The court was hearing a petition filed by 13 retired work-charged and muster roll employees of Assam’s public works department who were denied pension after putting in over two decades of service and dismissed their plea.
Assam govt launches automated SMS alert system to reduce student absenteeism in schools
December 17, 2025 9:30 am
Recognising the state's linguistic diversity, the SMS alerts will be delivered in five official languages: Assamese, Bengali, Bodo, Hindi and English.
What is Nellie Massacre on which Assam govt tabled inquiry report this week
November 28, 2025 7:13 am
This week, the Assam government released two key reports of the Nellie Massacre, considered one of the worst of mass violence in post-Independence India. Here’s what the report by the ‘Commission of Enquiry on Assam Disturbances’ led by IAS officer Tribhuvan Prasad Tewary said.
‘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.
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