Topic: Himanta Biswa Sarma
Assam CM confirms India pushing detainees of Matia transit centre, including Rohingyas, into Bangladesh
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday confirmed that inmates of the Matia detention centre, including Rohingyas, were “pushed back” into Bangladesh by Indian...
“Targeted attack”: Criticism erupts against Assam Police arrest of Mahbubul Hoque, already facing hate campaign from Assam CM
Mahbubul Hoque, the owner of the University of Science and Technology, Meghalaya (USTM) and veteran social worker, was arrested by the Assam police early Friday morning from his residence in Guwahati.
Assam: Mother of Dhing rape case accused claims son framed, demands answers on custodial death
“Please do not worry, I will come back.”
These are the last words 26-year-old Tafazzul Islam told his mother, Noorjahan Begum on August 23 while...
INDIA alliance complains to EC about Assam CM Himanta Sarma’s Islamophobic speech in Jharkhand
The INDIA alliance leaders on Saturday filed a formal complaint against Assam Chief Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Himanta Biswa Sarma, accusing him of making “inflammatory and divisive” remarks against Muslims during a campaign rally in Jharkhand.
‘No NRC application number, no Aadhaar’, says Assam CM Himanta Sarma
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced on Saturday that the government will not issue Aadhaar cards to individuals who had not applied to be a part of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in 2014.
“Wounded Hindu sentiments”: Singer arrested in Assam for protest song about discrimination towards ‘Miya’ Muslims
In Assam, a 31-year-old Bengali-origin Muslim singer, Altaf Hussain, was arrested on Saturday for allegedly inciting hatred against the state's ethnic communities through a...
