Assam’s Nagaon district orders expulsion of 15 declared foreigners; BJP MLA’s citizenship challenged in HCNagaon district administration in Assam has expelled 15 individuals declared foreigners by tribunals. These individuals must leave India wi...
18 Dec, 2025, 10.13 PM IST
Assam police urges peaceful resolution amid CAA protestsAssam had witnessed violent protests in 2019 and early 2020 after Parliament passed the CAA, which makes minority communities such as Hindu...
14 Mar, 2024, 03.48 PM IST
Supreme Court asks Centre to furnish illegal immigrant detailsA five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud also asked the Centre to explain as to why Assam was ...
07 Dec, 2023, 11.58 PM IST
Assam illegal immigrants: SC to commence hearing on validity of Citizenship Act's Section 6A on Oct 17The Supreme Court will begin hearing on October 17 to examine the constitutionality of Section 6A of the Citizenship Act, which deals with ...
20 Sep, 2023, 12.43 PM IST
- Special NIA court seeks status report on the health of peasant leader Akhil Gogoi
Gogoi’s wife had filed a petition alleging that Gogoi is ‘extremely’ unwell and alleged that the jail authorities have been negligent towar...
03 Mar, 2020, 08.48 PM IST
PAN card, land and bank documents no proof of citizenship: Guwahati HCThe high court had earlier also held in another case in 2016 that PAN card and bank documents are not proofs of citizenship. Certificates i...
20 Feb, 2020, 01.40 PM IST
AASU welcomes Supreme Court decision on separate hearingAasu, a signatory to the Assam Accord, is spearheading the anti-CAA protest since December last year. Bhattacharya said the twin fight agai...
23 Jan, 2020, 07.39 AM IST
Student unions of NE universities call for class boycott against CAA“As the Supreme Court will hear the petition against CAA, we will register our protest against CAA. Students from universities which includ...
22 Jan, 2020, 09.34 AM IST
Not possible to provide proof of religious persecution: Assam FM Himanta Biswa SarmaAssam finance minister, Himanta Biswa Sarma said no one can give proof of religious persecution or fear of religious persecution however a ...
18 Jan, 2020, 11.14 AM IST
No new people going to come from Bangladesh: Sarbananda SonowalAssam CM Sarbananda Sonowal said that not a single person from Bangladesh is going to come to Assam due to the Citizen Amendment Act (CAA),...
21 Dec, 2019, 09.30 AM IST
Protesters pour out on streets to take part in Aasu’s satyagrahaAssam residents took to streets in support of All Assam Students’ Union (AASU)-led Satyagraha against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, afte...
18 Dec, 2019, 08.15 AM IST
Leader of opposition of Assam Assembly challenges Citizenship Amendment Act in the Supreme CourtThe petition said that the act is an attempt to impose an ethos which is in total violation of the composite culture and age old liberal va...
14 Dec, 2019, 06.59 PM IST
August 31 NRC cannot be final: Assam Sanmilita MahasanghaThe ASM says they cannot accept the NRC that will be released on August 31, until the constitution bench gives its verdict on pending petit...
27 Aug, 2019, 09.48 AM IST
NRC list: Family tree criteria led to 40 lakh missing names, says officialsDuring the family tree verification, all legacy data submitted by the applicants were examined to check whether they are genuine to weed ou...
02 Aug, 2018, 11.34 AM IST
Centre sanctions detention camp for "foreigners" in AssamThe facility will be set up in Goalpara district over a period of one year and at a cost of Rs 46 crore.
21 Jul, 2018, 07.01 PM IST
Gram Panchayat certificates no proof of citizenship: Supreme CourtAabhijeet Sharma president of NGO, Assam Public Works (APW), who is one of the petitioner said that court has reserved the judgement on pan...
22 Nov, 2017, 07.14 PM IST
No citizenship for refugees, Arunachal says in one voiceUnder various constitutional provisions, the predominantly tribal state enjoys special protection against the settlement or influx of outsi...
22 Sep, 2017, 10.40 AM IST