Guwahati: The All Assam Students Union (AASU), led by President Utpal Sharma, staged an 11-hour protest at Dighalipukhuri in Guwahati on Thursday, demanding the deportation of illegal immigrants from Assam and full implementation of the Assam Accord. The protest, which began at 6 AM, was also observed in districts across the state. The demonstration came...
Guwahati: Assam’s Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma criticized West Bengal’s Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee regarding her remarks on the supposed mistreatment of Bengali migrants in states governed by the BJP. Speaking to the press late last night, Mr. Sarma challenged the Trinamool Congress leader to enforce the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in West Bengal if...
Guwahati: One individual lost their life and multiple others sustained injuries after police in Assam’s Goalpara district discharged firearms on Thursday to disperse an agitated crowd, who had been removed from a reserve forest the previous week. Law enforcement and forestry officials conducted an eviction operation in the Paikan Reserve Forest in western Goalpara on...