NRC logjam delays SIR in Assam, no clarity on timelineInstead of SIR, a Special Revision (SR) was conducted. Illegal immigration from Bangladesh has long been a contentious issue in the state. ...
25 Oct, 2026, 11.31 PM IST
18 Bangladeshi nationals apprehended in Guwahati in last 24 hoursAssam Police apprehended 18 Bangladeshi nationals in separate operations in Guwahati over the past 24 hours, including five intercepted at ...
07 Oct, 2026, 08.45 PM IST
Assam: No certainty when Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls rolled outAssam went to polls early this year without SIR being carried out instead Special Revision was taken in its place. Assam which shares an in...
29 Sep, 2026, 09.24 PM IST
Assam Cabinet approves compulsory registration rules for Muslim marriagesThe Assam Cabinet has approved the compulsory registration of Muslim marriages and divorces to uphold individual rights. This legislation a...
24 Sep, 2026, 09.39 PM IST
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma says 12 infiltrators prevented from illegally entering IndiaAssam's Chief Minister announced the prevention of twelve illegal infiltrators at the international border. The state police actively monit...
17 Sep, 2026, 08.24 PM IST
Manipur to use 1951 as base year for NRC, state home minister confirms to assemblyManipur's home minister announced the state will use 1951 as the base year for the NRC. The government will pursue this matter with the cen...
08 Sep, 2026, 12.04 AM IST
37 illegal Bangladeshi immigrants sent back: Assam CM Himanta Biswa SarmaAssam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced the expulsion of 37 illegal Bangladeshi immigrants, including women and children, signal...
23 Sep, 2025, 09.18 PM IST
Beware! Assam CM warns "illegal infiltrators" as state cabinet approves SOP under Immigrants ActAssam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma issued a strong warning to illegal infiltrators following the Assam State Cabinet's approval of an...
10 Sep, 2025, 01.56 PM IST
Assam Cabinet approves framing of an SOP under the Immigrants ActAssam Cabinet has approved a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) under the Immigrants (Expulsion from Assam) Act, 1950, empowering District ...
10 Sep, 2025, 12.48 PM IST
Assam continues to apprehend illegal Bangladeshi infiltrators, four people pushed backAssam has intensified efforts to detect and repatriate illegal Bangladeshi immigrants. Since January, 54 illegal immigrants have been detec...
23 Sep, 2024, 09.07 PM IST
Five Bangladeshi infiltrators pushed back by Assam policeAssam police apprehended and pushed back five illegal immigrants from Bangladesh. Since January, 54 illegal immigrants have been detected i...
08 Sep, 2024, 08.44 PM IST
Assam government asks police to conduct an enumeration of suspected illegal immigrantsThe Assam government has directed the police to enumerate suspected illegal immigrants from Bangladesh, collect their biometrics, and recor...
07 Sep, 2024, 09.15 PM IST
Home Minister Rajnath Singh to visit India-Bangladesh border soonSingh said the NDA government wants to completely seal the Indo-Bangladesh border as illegal immigration was a matter of serious concern.
12 Jul, 2018, 04.23 PM IST
Assam Assembly Speaker Pranab Kumar Gogoi takes PM's name in House over illegal immigrants issueGogoi said this when a noisy scene was created after AIUDF MLA Sherman Ali Ahmed objected to BPF MLA Pramila Rani Brahma's statement about ...
26 Aug, 2014, 06.22 PM IST
Speaker takes PM's name in House over illegal immigrants issueAssam Assembly Speaker asked AIUDF MLAs what action would they take against Prime Minister Narendra Modi over immigrants issue.
26 Aug, 2014, 05.57 PM IST
- Illegal immigrants in Assam should be sent to Bangladesh: BJYM
Attacking the UPA govt for failing to control the violence in Assam, BJYM demanded that the illegal immigrants in the state be identified a...
25 Aug, 2012, 10.32 PM IST
- Apex court bars back-door entry of IMDT Act
The Supreme Court on Tuesday defrocked the Centre’s attempts to bring back the scrapped IMDT Act through the back door, when it struck down...
06 Dec, 2006, 03.40 AM IST