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As 2025 nears end, here’s how the Assam government conducted demolition drives throughout the year to remove illegal encroachments

Shraddha Pandey -
Despite the Islamo-leftist cabal peddling ‘Muslim victimhood’ narratives, the CM Himanta Biswa Sarma-led government’s “bulldozer action” to clear illegal encroachments continues uninterrupted. The Assam government has been undertaking a broader campaign to free public and forest land from illegal occupation.
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Assam govt cracks down on Jihadi literature, print or digital material linked to radical orgs like JMB, ABT banned in the state

OpIndia Staff -
The state Judicial Department told the government that the availability of such Jihadi material creates a possibility of radicalisation of young, vulnerable minds.
Government and Policy

Assam: Around 6,000 Bighas of forest land cleared from encroachment by evicting around 1700 families in Nagaon district; houses, mosques, schools bulldozed

OpIndia Staff -
Eviction of illegal settlements on forest and government land continues in Assam. In the latest anti-encroachment drive, 5,962 bighas (around 2000 acres) of land...
Government and Policy

Assam assembly passes Land Ceiling Amendment Bill giving land right to tea garden workers, CM Sarma says a historic mistake is rectified

OpIndia Staff -
In a landmark development, the Assam Legislative Assembly on Friday passed the Assam Fixation of Ceiling on Land Holdings (Amendment) Bill, 2025. The legislation...
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Tewary Commission Report on 1983 Assam violence: Read why the commission said Nellie Massacre was not communal, and how it was one of many...

Raju Das -
The comprehensive report captures not only the immediate failures that led to one of independent India’s worst episodes of mass violence, but the deeper factors that had been simmering for decades in the state.
Government and Policy

Christian groups object to Assam govt’s move to regulate fees in minority-run schools, want unilateral right to keep hiking fees in the name of...

OpIndia Staff -
In a move aimed at curbing arbitrary fee hikes and promoting educational equity, the Assam government on Wednesday tabled a bill in the assembly...
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‘Not an accident but a plain murder’: Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma on singer Zubeen Garg’s death

OpIndia Staff -
The CM said that the SIT will soon submit a “watertight chargesheet” and claimed that the motive behind Garg’s killing will “shock the people of the state.”
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Himanta Biswa Sarma signs loan agreement with British Museum for Vrindavani Vastra: Read about Assam’s 16th century spiritual and cultural legacy, and how it...

Shriti Sagar -
To ensure that the Vrindavani Vastra can be safely displayed in Assam, the state government and the JSW Foundation will build a world-class museum in Guwahati.
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Assam govt directs 5 illegal immigrants to leave India within 24 hours under ‘forgotten’ 1950 law brought back by Himanta Biswa Sarma govt

Aditi -
The absconders have been identified as Hanufa, Mariyam Nessa, Fatema, Monowara, and Amjad Ali, all from the Dhobokata village of the district.
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Assam: Female Hindu student accuses Professor Shahjahan of mental harassment, stopping the victim from joining ABVP

OpIndia Staff -
Parinita Roy has complained about the matter to the Principal of the Bhola Nath College. She vowed to file a police complaint if the college fails to take action against the faculty member.
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