In a rare development, encroachers in Nagaon district have begun demolishing their own homes and shops to avoid a large-scale eviction drive scheduled for August 27.
Dibrugarh, Aug 22: The Dibrugarh district administration on Friday carried out an eviction drive near the Chief Minister’s Secretariat at Paltan Bazar, Maijan, clearing...
In a fresh push to reclaim encroached forest areas, the Golaghat district administration on Friday evicted 146 families from No. 2 Negheribil village in Assam’s Dayang Reserve Forest.
Guwahati, Aug 8: Amidst the ongoing eviction drive by the BJP-led Assam government targeting alleged illegal immigrants of Bengali-origin Muslims, Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi...
The Save Arunachal Save Indigenous (SASI) forum has urged the Arunachal Pradesh government to intensify enforcement of Inner Line Permit (ILP) regulations to counter the alleged influx of immigrants into the state.
Nongpoh MLA Mayralborn Syiem has raised serious concerns over the increasing movement of suspected illegal immigrants into Meghalaya, warning that Assam’s ongoing eviction drive has heightened fears in border areas. He said the porous boundary between the two states makes Meghalaya especially vulnerable to infiltration.
The Confederation of Meghalaya Social Organization (COMSO) Jaintia Region on Thursday submitted a petition to the Deputy Commissioner of East Jaintia Hills District, Shivansh Avasthi demanding a checking drive against foreigners illegally entering the region.
After similar drives in Dhubri and Goalpara, the Assam government is set to launch a massive eviction operation in upper Assam’s Golaghat district to clear 10,000 bighas (about 3,300 acres) of land in the Rengma Reserve Forest at Uriamghat.
The NSCN/GPRN (Niki) has alleged that the recent evictions carried out by the Assam government are part of a deliberate strategy to seize Naga ancestral lands, branding them with the “misleading” label of Disturbed Area Belt.
