Topic: Himanta Biswa Sarma
Assam: 1,200 homes of Bengali Muslims demolished in Sonitpur eviction drive
Around 1,200 homes belonging to Bengali Muslim families were demolished in an eviction drive in Assam’s Sonitpur district on January 5 and 6, aimed...
Assam CM says govt can expel up to 50,000 undocumented migrants to Bangladesh a year under new policy
Assam will “push back” undocumented migrants into Bangladesh within a week of them being declared foreigners by the Foreigners’ Tribunals, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Thursday, adding that in the last three months, the Assam government had forced 2,000 persons into Bangladesh.
Assam tables bill to criminalise polygamy with up to 7 years’ jail
The Assam government on Tuesday introduced the Assam Prohibition of Polygamy Bill, 2025 in the State Assembly, with Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma tabling...
Violent protests erupt in Assam: Convoy carrying accused in Zubeen Garg’s death attacked, mobile internet suspended
Mobile internet services were suspended and prohibitory orders imposed in Assam’s Baksa district on Wednesday after violent protests erupted when a convoy carrying five...
Assam authorises police, district officials to expel ‘illegal migrants’; ‘suspected foreigners’ get 10 days to prove citizenship
The Assam Cabinet on Tuesday cleared an SOP for implementing a 1950 law that empowers District Commissioners, instead of Foreigners Tribunals, to give “suspected foreigners” 10 days to prove their Indian citizenship or face “evacuation orders,” which, according to Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, will allow the state government to bypass the existing citizenship determination system.
“If they can threaten me, what about ordinary Muslims?”: Mahmood Madani after assam CM’s remarks
A high-level delegation led by Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind President Maulana Mahmood Madani on Monday visited relief camps in Assam, where families displaced by recent bulldozer action by the Himanta Biswa Sarma-led BJP government are staying.
