Thursday, March 28, 2024

Topic: Assam

31 “declared foreigners” died in detention centres from 2016 to 2021: Data

A total of 31 persons who were declared foreigners have died in Assam’s six detention centres between 2016 and 2022, chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said in the state assembly.

Two rape accused, a Muslim and an Adivasi killed in police firing in Assam in 24 hours

Two men, a Muslim youth and an Adivasi youth who were accused of raping two minor girls in two separate incidents in Assam were gunned down by police on Tuesday.

NIA arrests six people for “trafficking” Rohingya Muslims into India

The National Investigation Agency on Sunday arrested six people who are allegedly part of a syndicate involved in the "illegal trafficking" of Rohingya Muslims...

Register FIR against Assam CM over calling police killing of Muslims a ‘revenge’: Court directs police

A Guwahati court on Saturday asked the police to lodge a first information report (FIR) against Assam Chief Minister (CM) Himanta Biswa Sarma over inflammatory remarks in a speech he made last year.

Assam man fighting citizenship battle dies by suicide

The 60-year-old dry fish seller Manik Das was fighting a legal battle to prove his citizenship before a Foreigner’s Tribunal (FT) in Assam since December 2019, despite his name appearing in the National Register for Citizens (NRC) that was published a few months before that.

Assam: Leader of Opposition claims BJP govt tapping his phone

Leader of Opposition in Assam Assembly and senior Congress leader Debabrata Saikia on Monday expressed suspicion that his telephone was being illegally tapped by the BJP-led state government.