Sukrita Baruah
Sukrita is a reporter based in Guwahati, covering India's North East for The Indian Express. She was earlier a correspondent covering the education beat for The Indian Express in Delhi. She tweets at @BaruahSukrita
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‘Can’t make Assam bear more foreigners’: Dec 2024 cut-off date revives CAA anger in state
September 04, 2025 19:20 IST
While the new provision does not alter CAA cut-off of Dec 2014, it grants special protection to those who have entered India past the CAA deadline as well
Fri, Sep 05, 2025
Centre claims Kukis ready for free movement in Manipur, days ahead of PM visit
September 04, 2025 15:19 IST
Kuki Zo Council ‘clarifies’ that its appeal to public regarding national highway through Kangpokpi does not cover “buffer zones” – the heavily guarded areas between Meitei and Kuki parts
Fri, Sep 05, 2025
After Gauhati HC questioned 3,000 bigha allotment to cement company in Assam’s tribal district, state responds: Don’t want to drive away investment
September 04, 2025 06:59 IST
Dima Hasao tribal land, Assam land allotment case: JK Lakshmi Cement, which has been allotted the land, had signed an MoU with the state for Rs 11,000 crore to develop a greenfield cement project.
Thu, Sep 04, 2025
Paediatrics head of top Guwahati hospital among 5 suspended for infant’s death after falling off phototherapy bed
September 03, 2025 07:04 IST
The baby was born on August 15 and was undergoing treatment for jaundice. She died after getting tangled in cables attached to the phototherapy bed when she fell from it on August 18. No staff were in the room when the incident took place.
Wed, Sep 03, 2025
PM Modi likely to visit Manipur soon, both sides hope he will hear them out
September 02, 2025 18:45 IST
Chief Secy holds preparatory meetings, officials say timing right as steep drop in violence since President’s rule
Wed, Sep 03, 2025
Ripples of Manipur conflict in an Assam district after Thadou leader is killed days after meeting of Meitei groups
September 01, 2025 06:19 IST
5 former members of Kuki insurgent group arrested for allegedly killing man who participated in meeting with Meitei groups in Imphal earlier this month.
Mon, Sep 01, 2025
‘Ghuspathiya bachao yatra’: From Assam stage, Amit Shah coins a new name for Congress’s Voter Adhikar Yatra in Bihar
August 29, 2025 16:02 IST
Speaking at the event, attended by senior Assam ministers as well as government officials, Shah launched an attack on the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, and the Voter Adhikar Yatra.
Fri, Aug 29, 2025
Looking for Prithu, Assam’s‘ forgotten hero’ who is said to have defeated Bakhtiyar KhiljiSubscriber Only
August 29, 2025 07:06 IST
Prithu’s emergence as a notable historical figure is relatively recent, and spurred by concerted efforts of the RSS. But details about his life and rule remain sketchy.
Fri, Aug 29, 2025
Inter-religion land transfers in Assam will require state govt approval
August 28, 2025 08:22 IST
In the last few days, we are seeing that from places like Kerala, lots of NGOs are buying land in Assam and they are holding events which in the future could be detrimental to national security: CM Himanta.
Thu, Aug 28, 2025
In Assam’s season of evictions, one with a twist – those getting ousted razed their homes themselves
August 28, 2025 06:46 IST
Development came after authorities gave residents a month – and those being evicted realised resistance would be futile.
Thu, Aug 28, 2025
‘Bangladeshis can also be here (in Assam)’: Ex-Planning Commission member’s remark sparks firestorm in state, Himanta calls it ‘Jinnah’s dream’
August 25, 2025 18:19 IST
Not just the BJP, leaders from across the political spectrum tore into Syeda Hameed’s comments made after an event in Guwahati
Tue, Aug 26, 2025
Also in Assam Police FIR against The Wire journalists – late Satya Pal Malik, Pakistani journalist Najam Sethi
August 23, 2025 06:50 IST
On Friday, the Supreme Court directed that no coercive action be taken against Varadarajan and Thapar in the case.
Sat, Aug 23, 2025
Assam Police books journalist Abhisar Sharma days after summoning Siddharth Varadarajan and Karan Thapar
August 22, 2025 00:08 IST
Comes days after two other senior Delhi-based journalists, The Wire’s Siddharth Varadarajan and Karan Thapar, received summons
Fri, Aug 22, 2025
Death penalty for Assam man for murdering college student who rejected him
August 21, 2025 20:46 IST
The murder had sent shockwaves across the state at the time.
Thu, Aug 21, 2025
Assam will stop issuing Aadhaar to adults, says Himanta, citing ‘saturation’ and ‘Bangladeshis’
August 21, 2025 16:19 IST
Sarma said that Assam has 103% Aadhaar saturation, but that this is at 96% among the SC, ST and tea garden communities.
Fri, Aug 22, 2025
Nurse arrested in Guwahati for death of newborn who fell from phototherapy bed
August 20, 2025 17:34 IST
The hospital had on Monday said that the nurse was in another room preparing milk for admitted babies when the infant, along with another baby who survived, fell.
Thu, Aug 21, 2025
High Court upholds Assam govt’s eviction drive in reserve forests, calls for prevention of ‘illegal entry’
August 19, 2025 20:19 IST
In a hearing on Monday, the bench disposed of the appeal, saying, “There cannot be any question of permitting any encroacher to reside within the demarcated reserved forest land.”
Tue, Aug 19, 2025
Assam Crime Branch issues summons to journalists Siddharth Varadarajan, Karan Thapar
August 19, 2025 17:28 IST
While the summons do not contain details of the case against them, it mentions that this has been registered under Section 152, which deals with acts ‘endangering sovereignty, unity and integrity of India’
Tue, Aug 19, 2025
Newborn girl dies in Assam’s largest govt hospital after falling off phototherapy bed
August 19, 2025 07:14 IST
Assam newborn baby death: CM orders panel to probe incident; hospital official says 2 babies fell while nurse was in another room, one survived.
Tue, Aug 19, 2025
‘Is this a joke?’: Gauhati High Court on cement company being allotted 3,000 bighas in Assam’s tribal district
August 18, 2025 16:02 IST
‘3,000 bighas!... What is going on? 3,000 bighas allotted to a private company?... What kind of decision is this?,’ the Bench said last week
Tue, Aug 19, 2025
3 Assamese men assaulted for entering Nagaland ‘without permit’
August 17, 2025 07:05 IST
3 arrested; comes against backdrop of tensions on Assam-Nagaland border following large-scale eviction drives in the former's Golaghat district
Sun, Aug 17, 2025
Manipur Governor gets additional charge of Nagaland after La Ganesan’s death
August 16, 2025 22:45 IST
Bhalla, who was formerly Union Home Secretary, was appointed Manipur governor in December 2024, less than two months ahead of President's Rule being imposed in the state in February this year.
Sun, Aug 17, 2025
Himanta’s warning: If Assamese people remain silent, ‘unknown CM’ will hoist Independence Day flag in 2 decades
August 15, 2025 18:01 IST
Asks people not to sell land or rent property to ‘unknown people’; comments come less than a year ahead of assembly polls
Fri, Aug 15, 2025
A local is attacked, prompting Meghalaya to seek fence closer to border with Bangladesh
August 15, 2025 07:05 IST
State has a 443 km long international border with Bangladesh, in which a stretch of around 40 km remains unfenced.
Fri, Aug 15, 2025
All about Assam’s new arms licence portal for ‘indigenous citizens’ in ‘vulnerable areas’Subscriber Only
August 14, 2025 17:19 IST
Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma called the portal an attempt to make citizens ‘first responders’ in law-and-order situations in remote areas
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