Assam evicts 309 Bangla-speaking families
The Assam government on Sunday began an eviction drive in Biswanath district, displacing 309 families, officials said, reports NDTV...
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Bangladeshis along border under threat as Assam to give arms licence to indigenous people
The decision of the government of the Indian state of Assam to provide licences for firearms to its inhabitants and indigenous people living near the Bangladesh border has raised security concerns for the people living in the bordering area in Bangladesh, according to security experts...
India to offer gun licences to people in state bordering Bangladesh
India's Assam state, bordering Muslim-majority Bangladesh, is to issue gun licences to 鈥榠ndigenous鈥� residents, its Hindu nationalist leader has announced, a move raising concerns among the state's Muslims.
India accused of illegal deportations targeting Muslims
India has deported without trial to Bangladesh hundreds of people, officials from both sides said, drawing condemnation from activists and lawyers who call the recent expulsions illegal and based on ethnic profiling.
India monsoon floods kill five in northeast
Torrential monsoon rains in India鈥檚 northeast triggered landslides and floods that swept away and killed at least five people in Assam, disaster officials said Saturday...
Cachar imposes night-long curfew to protect India-Bangladesh border
Assam鈥檚 Cachar district authorities on Tuesday ordered a nighttime curfew and imposed additional restrictions on movement of people near the Indo-Bangla border in the district, according to a Hindustan Times report...
Assam bans consumption of beef in hotels, public places
Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday announced a statewide ban on serving and consumption of beef in restaurants, hotels and public places, reports NDTV.
Mamata for UN peacekeeping mission in Bangladesh, BSF foils 鈥楤angladesh Chalo鈥� march
The chief minister of West Bengal, India, Mamata Banerjee, on Monday called for the deployment of United Nations peacekeeping force and Indian prime minister Narendra Modi鈥檚 personal intervention to secure the safety of religious minorities in Bangladesh, reports ndtv.com.
No NRC application, no Aadhaar: Assam CM
Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday announced the government鈥檚 decision to not issue Aadhaar cards to people who had not applied to be a part of the National Register of Citizens in 2014, reports The Indian Express...
Congress-led 鈥楿nited Opposition Forum鈥� lodges FIR against Assam CM
Following Himanta Biswa Sarma鈥檚 鈥楳iya Muslim鈥� remarks, the Congress-led United Opposition Forum in Assam has lodged an FIR against chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma alleging he was 鈥榯rying to...
Bangladeshi student sent back after 'love' emoji on anti-India post
A Bangladeshi student studying at the National Institute of Technology, Silchar in Assam was sent back to country after she reacted with a 鈥榣ove鈥� emoji to an...