A person declared 'Indian' by FTs cannot be declared foreigner by tribunal for second time: Gauhati High CourtThe High Court observed that the common theme which runs through the batch of writ petitions filed before them is the applicability of the ...
Assam government changes nomenclature of detention centres to Transit campOut of 181, there are 61 detenues who are declared foreign nationals and there are 120 detenues, who have been convicted by the Court and a...
Assam assembly polls: 281 candidates file nomination for first phaseAmong prominent candidates who filed nominations were Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal from Majuli, sitting BJP MLAs Angoorlata Deka from ...
Jailed activist Akhil Gogoi to contest Assam polls from SibsagarGogoi was booked under the stringent UAPA during the protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in December 2019 and has been in ...
Gauhati High Court pulls up Assam govt for using jail premises as detention centres for foreigners staying illegallyThe court ordered the government to submit an action taken report on October 16 regarding hiring of suitable accommodation for the detainee...
Understanding NRC: What it is and if it can be implemented across the countryIn Assam, the Supreme Court mandated and monitored exercise caused widespread disruption. In the state, one first had to produce documentar...
States told to set up Centres to detain illegal migrantsThe development comes amid the exercise to finalise the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam.
Five Rohingyas deported to Myanmar from AssamAssam Additional Director General of Police (Border) Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta said were handed over to the Myanmarese authorities along the In...
ULFA(I), Paresh Baruah outdated now, says ex-home secy G K PillaiThe ULFA(I) is carrying out certain activities with the support of NSCN (K) in upper Assam but thous would bear no fruit, Pillai said.
Assembly elections, GST, high-profile cases mark 2017Two terrorists were killed by the army as it foiled an infiltration bid along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch sector of Jammu and Kashm...
Why the militant group ULFA matters ahead of Assam Assembly PollsIt is feared that the ULFA (Independent), the breakaway faction led by Paresh Baruah, may disrupt BJP this time in some pockets of Dibrugar...
2014: A politically eventful year for IndiaThe states of Jharkahand, Maharashtra and Haryana witnessed a regime change and Jammu and Kashmir saw a hung Parliament in the recent elect...
- Ulfa leaders won’t talk peace from jail
The banned militant outfit Ulfa on Wednesday reiterated that peace talks can begin only if its leaders are freed from jail.