Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma says govt has not issued any 'special' directive to drop cases of non-Muslim illegal foreignersAssam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has denied issuing any special state directive to drop Foreigners’ Tribunal (FT) cases against non...
08 Aug, 2025, 06.19 PM IST
Himanta Biswa Sarma asks Assam citizens not to shelter evicted families; says govt wants to send them to their 'original place'Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has urged people against sheltering those evicted. The government wants them to return to their or...
05 Aug, 2025, 10.28 AM IST
One killed, several injured in clash between evicted people, security forces in AssamIn Assam's Goalpara district, a violent clash erupted between evicted people and security forces in the Paikan reserve forest, resulting in...
17 Jul, 2025, 12.16 PM IST
Assam government starts eviction drive in Goalpara districtAssam government's eviction drive in Goalpara district aims to reclaim 1,040 bighas of encroached land in Paikan Reserve Forest, following ...
12 Jul, 2025, 09.01 PM IST
Assam CM says 25,000 acres cleared of illegal encroachment amid controversy over targeting minoritiesAssam's government, led by Chief Minister Sarma, has cleared 25,000 acres of illegally encroached land in the last four years, initiating e...
11 Jul, 2025, 06.28 PM IST
Assam Sonapur clashes: Congress party delegation turned awayA Congress delegation visiting Sonapur's Kosutoli village to assess the situation after clashes that left two dead was turned away by resid...
14 Sep, 2024, 09.22 PM IST
Congress hampering Assam eviction drive by inciting people: CM Himanta Biswa SarmaAssam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma stated that fundamentalism influenced the eviction drive in Sonapur's Kosutoli locality, with prot...
14 Sep, 2024, 12.32 AM IST
Assam: Protests in West Karbi Anglong over illegal settlements, eviction drive imminentMassive protests in West Karbi Anglong district, Assam demand eviction of illegal settlers in PGR/VGR land. The Karbi Anglong Autonomous Co...
21 Feb, 2024, 01.11 PM IST
Women stage semi-nude protest against eviction drive in GuwahatiHundreds of women took to the streets to protest against an alleged eviction drive against illegal land encroachment. While officials claim...
01 Sep, 2023, 09.22 PM IST
Assam govt launches eviction drive in Barpeta districtAssam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma had on December 21 asserted that eviction drives to clear government and forest land in the state ...
26 Dec, 2022, 07.44 PM IST
When 'poison of hatred' is being spread, then what is 'Amrit Mahotsav': Rahul GandhiHis remarks come in the wake of clashes between police and alleged encroachers during an eviction drive in Assam's Darrang district on Thur...
25 Sep, 2021, 11.54 PM IST
Tension continues to prevail in Assam's Darrang districtChief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said a third force had incited the people at Dholpur in the district, even as several organisations obse...
25 Sep, 2021, 09.10 AM IST
Two killed in police firing on Assam "encroachers", govt orders judicial probeThe incident drew condemnation, with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi calling the police action "state-sponsored fire".
24 Sep, 2021, 10.54 AM IST
Assam clashes: 2 dead, 9 policemen injured in Dholpur villageA senior police official, who does not want to be named, told ET, “At around 1.30 pm people gathered they were demanding settlement before ...
24 Sep, 2021, 10.10 AM IST
Akhil Gogoi arrested for allegedly inciting violence in Kaziranga evictionSoon after evicting three villages in Kaziranga, BJP led government announced that it will carryout eviction drive to clear the encroachmen...
02 Oct, 2016, 09.20 PM IST
Assam to evict farm and forest squatters in phases: FM Himanta Biswa SarmaSarma said that as three villages are cleared in Kaziranga, the government is now focusing on the clearing illegal encroachments in Mayong ...
20 Sep, 2016, 08.42 PM IST
Two people killed in Kaziranga eviction drive, Congress and AIUDF allege Muslims being targetedFollowing the Gawhati HC order, the BJP-led govt had decided to carry out eviction in Banderdubi and Deochurchang areas under Kaliabor sub-...
19 Sep, 2016, 11.35 PM IST