An eviction drive in the Runikhata area near the India-Bhutan border turned violent after Adivasi protesters confronted forest personnel on Friday morning.
Guwahati, Dec 5: The Nagaon district administration on Friday reclaimed 38 bighas of government and forest land in Rupahihat during a large-scale eviction drive...
The eviction drive at the Lutumari Forest Reserve in Assam's Nagaon district entered its second day on Sunday, as authorities continued clearing hundreds of households allegedly built illegally on protected forest land.
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.
Amid ongoing eviction drives in parts of Assam, the administration of South West Garo Hills has confirmed that there is no influx or unrest along its border with the neighbouring state.
Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma on Thursday chaired a high-level meeting and directed district administrations and police to be on high alert, particularly in border areas adjacent to Assam, where eviction drives against illegal immigrants are underway, to prevent potential spillover into the state of Meghalaya.
Three northeastern states — Nagaland, Meghalaya, and Manipur — have sounded security alerts and stepped up vigil along their inter-state boundaries in response to Assam’s ongoing eviction drive against illegal immigrants.
Guwahati, July 23: The Nagaland government has ordered "heightened vigilance" against the movement of displaced people into the state as the Assam government prepares...
Guwahati, July 22: The Assam unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday declared that eviction drives across the state will continue unabated...
