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Assam

News Reports

PM Modi’s plane to land on highway landing strip in Assam, Rafale and Sukhoi jets to follow

OpIndia Staff - 6 February, 2026

In a landmark event showcasing India's defence preparedness, an aircraft carrying Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to land on the newly constructed Emergency...

News Reports

Assam govt clears 912 acres of forest land along Assam-Mizoram border from encroachment, CM Himanta Biswa Sarma says ‘will reclaim every inch of our...

Shraddha Pandey - 4 February, 2026

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that around 912 acres, an area bigger than the campus of IIT Guwahati was freed from illegal encroachment in Hailakandi district.

Crime

Assam: ‘Miya’ Imdadul Hussain turns century-old Hindu temple into gambling centre, Bajrang Dal helps uncover syndicate

OpIndia Staff - 3 February, 2026

A Miya, identified as one Imdadul Hussain, has turned a century-old Hindu Shiva Mandir into a centre for gambling. The incident occurred in the...

News Reports

Four tribal youths from Assam working at Coca Cola warehouse in Bengaluru found dead in their locked room, carbon monoxide poisoning suspected

OpIndia Staff - 31 January, 2026

In a tragic incident, four young migrant workers from Assam were found dead in their rented accommodation in Bengaluru's Hoskote taluk. The victims were...

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Himanta Biswa Sarma defends his “Miya Muslims” remark invoking SC comments on Bangladeshi infiltrators: Read how opposition and Islamo-leftists attacked him for saying the...

Rukma Rathore - 29 January, 2026

Sarma has made it clear that the issue involves Assamese and illegal Bangladeshis, not Hindus and Muslims in Assam.

News Reports

24 instances when Saraswati Puja came under attack in 2026: Read how Islamists attacked the Hindu festival in India and Bangladesh

Aditi - 29 January, 2026

A couple of incidents of targeting of the Hindu festival and deities came to light in neighbouring Bangladesh, where Hindus are in the minority.

CM Himanta Biswa Sarma says Assam needs the politics of polarisation, Bangladeshi Muslims are illegal who won’t be allowed in the state

OpIndia Staff - 28 January, 2026

CM Sarma said four to five lakh "Miya voters" (Bangladeshi infiltrators) will be deleted when an electoral revision takes place through SIR in Assam.

Crime

Assam: BSF seizes a massive consignment of codeine-based Phensedyl cough syrup worth ₹3 crore, smugglers had concealed bottles under potato sacks

OpIndia Staff - 27 January, 2026

Phensedyl is a cough syrup, which contains codeine, an opium derivative abused as a narcotic.

News Reports

R-Day scare in Assam: Akhil Ali arrested with a huge cache of 10,000 detonators at Badarpur Railway Station

OpIndia Staff - 26 January, 2026

Just two days before Republic Day, the Government Railway Police seized 10,000 detonators at Badarpur Railway Station. One suspect, Akhil Ali, was arrested during routine checks. Senior officials have launched a high-level probe to determine the source and intended use of the explosives.

Crime