Topic: Assam
Protest at NIT Silchar after student’s suicide; 40 students injured in police lathi-charge
Protests erupted at the National Institute of Technology in Silchar on Friday following the reported suicide of a third-semester student from Arunachal Pradesh enrolled in the electrical engineering program.
“Some people say that I am anti-Muslim”: Assam CM says 2,000+ men to be arrested in child marriage crackdown
Assam Police will arrest 2,000 to 3,000 more men in the next ten days as part of its campaign against child marriage, said Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.
Assam: Muslim businessman says police threatened to kill him in ‘encounter’, slap ‘jihadi link’; IPS officer, cops arrested
The Assam Crime Investigation Department has arrested nine people, including an IPS officer and five other policemen, in response to allegations by a Muslim businessman that they were trying to extort money from him, threatening him with a staged "encounter," and justifying his killing by accusing him of terrorism.
10-year-old boy found dead at Assam BJP MP’s home
A 10-year-old boy was found dead at Bharatiya Janata Party MP Rajdeep Roy’s home in Assam’s Silchar city on Saturday.
Assam: Relocated in deadly Dhalpur evictions, Miya Muslims fear loss of voting rights
With a small chunk of land allotted at Shyampur in Dalgaon revenue circle, Asar Uddin has been living a difficult life at the new...
Muslim man with mental health conditions lynched in Assam
On 13 August, Imrul Hoque received a phone call from the superintendent of police of Assam's Hojai district asking him if he knew Hifjur...
