Assam: 2 Killed, Several Injured After Encroachers Clash With Police During Eviction Drive In Dholpur
3 years, 6 months ago

Assam: 2 Killed, Several Injured After Encroachers Clash With Police During Eviction Drive In Dholpur

ABP News  

Guwahati: Violence broke out in Dholpur in Assam's Darrang district this afternoon where two civilians were killed and several injured in police firing during a protest against the eviction drive in Dhalpur. At least 800 families, occupying around 1,487 acre of land, were evicted on Monday as part of the state government's drive against "illegal encroachment". Continuing with the process of eviction, the Assam government on Thursday sent a police force for eviction at Dhalpur in Sipajhar, where they faced severe protests from the locals leading to a clash between the police and the locals. SP Darrang, Sushanta Biswa Sarma says, "They pelted stones & attacked Police personnel.

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Karnataka: Eviction of Encroached Govt Lands by Union Minister, BJP MP Begins
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1 week, 3 days ago

Karnataka: Eviction of Encroached Govt Lands by Union Minister, BJP MP Begins

Deccan Chronicle  

Bengaluru: As per the directions of High Court of Karnataka, a team of officials led by Ramnagar Deputy Commissioner Yeshwanth Gurukar on Tuesday began markings in various survey numbers at Kethaganahalli near Bidadi of Ramnagar district to reclaim government lands spread across in various survey numbers. The markings by revenue officials includes lands belonging to former Chief Minister and Union …

450 families evicted from reserve forest in Assam
6 months ago

450 families evicted from reserve forest in Assam

Hindustan Times  

Nearly 450 families, who had illegally occupied part of the Bandarmatha Reserve Forest in Assam’s Goalpara district have been evicted during a drive by the state authorities, officials said on Tuesday. Many illegal structures erected in the reserved forest area in Assam’s Goalpara district were razed using bulldozers and other earth moving vehicles on Monday. Goalpara divisional forest office Tejas …

Assam eviction drive: Villagers vacate homes as deadline to clear encroached land ends
6 months, 1 week ago

Assam eviction drive: Villagers vacate homes as deadline to clear encroached land ends

The Hindu  

“A large number of families in Kochutoli village in Assam’s Kamrup district, which witnessed violence during a recent eviction drive, started vacating their homes with the deadline to clear “encroached land” ending on Monday,” officials said. “Eviction notices were served to those “illegally occupying government land” and stringent action would be taken against those who would remain there after the …

After eviction drive turned violent in Assam’s Sonapur, locals protest against encroachment
6 months, 2 weeks ago

After eviction drive turned violent in Assam’s Sonapur, locals protest against encroachment

Op India  

Locals of the Sonapur Kachutali area in Assam’s Kamrup district staged a protest on Saturday in support of protecting tribal belt and block areas. Locals have alleged that some Congress leaders brought a large number of illegal migrants for vote bank and settled them in government land of Sonapur tribal belt and block areas. Rahim Baksh, a local youth of …

Congress instigated encroachers of Assam tribal land, says CM Himanta Biswa Sarma
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Congress instigated encroachers of Assam tribal land, says CM Himanta Biswa Sarma

The Hindu  

GUWAHATI Congress instigated encroachers of land reserved for tribal people to attack the police and administrative officials during Thursday’s eviction drive that led to the death of two people in police firing, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Friday. “The land from where the encroachers were evicted falls in the tribal belts and blocks, a category created by …

2 killed, 20 injured as police open fire during Assam eviction drive
6 months, 2 weeks ago

2 killed, 20 injured as police open fire during Assam eviction drive

The Hindu  

GUWAHATI Two men were killed and at least 20 others, including a Magistrate, were injured in Assam on Thursday after the police opened fire on people resisting an eviction drive. Trouble started around noon on Thursday after the evicted people reoccupied the cleared spaces and confronted the officials and police personnel. The clash between the alleged encroachers and the police …

Assam: Two Killed as Police Opens Fire During Eviction Drive
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Assam: Two Killed as Police Opens Fire During Eviction Drive

News 18  

Two protestors were killed when police personnel opened fire to disperse a mob that attacked them during a drive to evict alleged encroachers in Kamrup district of Assam on Thursday, an official said. A team from Sonapur circle office and the police went to Kochutoli village in the district to evict Bengali-speaking Muslim villagers who had previously been removed from …

10,000 people in Assam face eviction from tribal council lands
1 year, 1 month ago

10,000 people in Assam face eviction from tribal council lands

The Hindu  

GUWAHATI: Assam Revenue Minister Jogen Mohan on Friday defended a tribal council’s plan to evict about 10,000 people from areas designated as professional grazing reserves and village grazing reserves. The move by the Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council to evict 2,086 families of “illegal settlers” sparked unrest, leading to the injury of 11 persons and the arrest of 17 a week …

Haldwani violence: Police station to be built on cleared land, says CM Dhami
1 year, 1 month ago

Haldwani violence: Police station to be built on cleared land, says CM Dhami

Hindustan Times  

Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami announced on Monday plans to construct a police station on the land cleared of encroachments in Haldwani's Banbhoolpura. Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami Taking to 'X', CM Dhami wrote, "Now a police station will be constructed at the place where illegal encroachment was removed in Banbhulpura, Haldwani." Haldwani violence • Six individuals, including …

Uttarakhand CM Dhami says police station to come up on land freed from encroachment in Haldwani
1 year, 1 month ago

Uttarakhand CM Dhami says police station to come up on land freed from encroachment in Haldwani

India TV News  

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Monday said that a police station would come up on the land where the encroachment was removed in Haldwani’s Banbhoolpura, where violence erupted last week following the demolition of an illegally built madrassa. Referring to the Haldwani violence, the Chief Minister said that the way in which the police personnel and journalists were …

2021 Assam Evictions | Supreme Refuses To Entertain Opposition Leader's Plea Against Demolitions; Directs For Rehabilitation Measures
1 year, 7 months ago

2021 Assam Evictions | Supreme Refuses To Entertain Opposition Leader's Plea Against Demolitions; Directs For Rehabilitation Measures

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a petition filed by the leader of Opposition in the Assam Assembly, Debabrata Saikia, against the Assam Government's "forced eviction drive" which took place in the Darrang District of the State of Assam from September 21-23, 2021. The bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud, Justice JB Pardiwala, Justice Manoj Misra noted that since …

Assam Govt Begins Eviction Drive To Clear 'Encroachment' In Wildlife Sanctuary In Sonitpur
2 years, 1 month ago

Assam Govt Begins Eviction Drive To Clear 'Encroachment' In Wildlife Sanctuary In Sonitpur

ABP News  

Tezpur: The Assam government on Tuesday commenced an eviction drive to clear "encroachment" in Burhachapori Wildlife Sanctuary in Sonitpur district. Sonitpur Deputy Commissioner Deba Kumar Mishra claimed that "thousands of people illegally occupied the forest area for decades" and the administration has decided to clear "encroachment on 1,892 hectares of land" during the ongoing exercise. Notably, the state government had …

Stop Assam's 'selective and discriminatory' eviction drive in winter: Badruddin Ajmal writes to PM Modi, Shah
2 years, 2 months ago

Stop Assam's 'selective and discriminatory' eviction drive in winter: Badruddin Ajmal writes to PM Modi, Shah

India TV News  

Anti-encroachment drive: Badruddin Ajmal, All India United Democratic Front president and Lok Sabha MP, wrote two identical but separate letters to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah urging them to direct the Assam government to stop the ongoing eviction drive across the state. This inhuman action: Ajmal He informed Modi and Shah that the Assam government …

Assam: Govt's eviction drive to free 450 hectares of land from illegal encroachment, Congress MLA Sherman Ali detained
2 years, 2 months ago

Assam: Govt's eviction drive to free 450 hectares of land from illegal encroachment, Congress MLA Sherman Ali detained

Op India  

After the administration in Assam’s Lakhimpur on Tuesday began a massive eviction drive to clear vast swathes of forest land, Lakhimpur SP BM Rajkhowa said that around 450 hectares of land would be freed from the encroachers. Earlier on December 26, the district administration of Barpeta district of Assam carried out a massive eviction drive against encroachers. The eviction drive …

Biggest Eviction Drive in Assam, 299 Homes Bulldozed; Residents Allege 'Muslims Targeted'
2 years, 6 months ago

Biggest Eviction Drive in Assam, 299 Homes Bulldozed; Residents Allege 'Muslims Targeted'

News 18  

Assam saw one of the biggest eviction drives on Saturday in Sialmari in Sonitpur district. Homes of 299 families were bulldozed, authorities claimed that the houses were built on government land citing that as the reason for Bulldozer action. According to reports, a solar plant is expected to be built on the 330 acres that is being cleared in the …

Massive eviction drive underway in Assam's Sonitpur amid heavy security
2 years, 6 months ago

Massive eviction drive underway in Assam's Sonitpur amid heavy security

India TV News  

Highlights 50 excavators, heavy machinery and larger number of workers were deployed to demolish houses. An eviction drive was conducted in Sonitpur district in Assam to clear 330 acres of land in the midst of heavy security on Saturday morning, said the police. Approximately 50 excavators, heavy machinery, and a larger number of workers were deployed in order to demolish …

Assam Killings- "Blood Fell Down To The Ground; An Unfortunate Incident, Tragedy": Gauhati HC Seeks Govt Reply On Its Eviction Drive
3 years, 5 months ago

Assam Killings- "Blood Fell Down To The Ground; An Unfortunate Incident, Tragedy": Gauhati HC Seeks Govt Reply On Its Eviction Drive

Live Law  

Hearing a plea filed regarding the ongoing eviction drive in the state of Assam and the September 23 Dholpur killing in which two civilians were killed and nearly 20 others were injured, the Gauhati High Court granted three weeks' time to State Government to file its reply and listed the matter for November 3.The Bench of Chief Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia …

Muslims in India’s Assam in shock after deadly eviction drive
3 years, 6 months ago

Muslims in India’s Assam in shock after deadly eviction drive

Al Jazeera  

Up to 1,300 families made homeless and two villagers killed as authorities in India’s Assam launch eviction drive. Mainal Haq, a 28-year-old farmer was one of the two people killed during a government eviction drive in Dhalpur Part 3 village located on the riverine island of the Brahmaputra river in Darrang district. “Our family moved here from Barpeta in 1982 …

Darrang Violence: Assam CM Hints At PFI’s Role, Says ‘Won’t Comment Till Judicial Probe Is Completed’
3 years, 6 months ago

Darrang Violence: Assam CM Hints At PFI’s Role, Says ‘Won’t Comment Till Judicial Probe Is Completed’

ABP News  

Guwahati: Hinting at the Popular Front of India’s role in the violence that broke out during an eviction drive in the Sipajhar area in Darrang district, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday said he will comment on the matter only after the judicial probe is completed. Sarma, who earlier ordered a judicial probe into the violence during the …

Darrang Violence: Assam CM Sarma Orders Judicial Probe, Says Eviction Drive ‘Not Done Overnight’
3 years, 6 months ago

Darrang Violence: Assam CM Sarma Orders Judicial Probe, Says Eviction Drive ‘Not Done Overnight’

ABP News  

Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday said that he has ordered a judicial probe into the violence during eviction drive in Sipajhar in Darrang district, adding over 11 policemen were also injured in the untoward incident. READ: Assam: Cameraman Seen In Viral Police Firing Video Arrested, CID To Probe Sarma said the eviction drive was urgent and …

Assam Government Orders Probe Over Deaths During Eviction, Opposition Slams BJP
3 years, 6 months ago

Assam Government Orders Probe Over Deaths During Eviction, Opposition Slams BJP

The Quint  

Meanwhile, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that the eviction drive would not be stopped. The two dead men were identified as Saddam Hussain and Sheikh Forid, reported PTI, adding that around 20 people were injured in the clashes. According to PTI, the Darrang district administration has cleared 602.40 hectares of land, evicted 800 families since Monday, and demolished four …

Assam: Two killed in police firing on 'encroachers', govt orders inquiry
3 years, 6 months ago

Assam: Two killed in police firing on 'encroachers', govt orders inquiry

India TV News  

A violent clash broke out in Sipajhar in Assam's Darrang district on Thursday as police tried to evict "encroachers", leaving two people dead in police firing, with around 20 injured. Darrang Superintendent of Police Sushanta Biswa Sarma, a younger brother of Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, claimed the protesters, armed with sharp weapons, pelted the police personnel and others present …

Assam CAA protest: 4 dead in police firing, 175 arrested, more than 1400 detained
5 years, 3 months ago

Assam CAA protest: 4 dead in police firing, 175 arrested, more than 1400 detained

India Today  

Two more people succumbed to their injuries in Guwahati, taking the death toll in Citizenship Amendment Act related protests to 4 in Assam. The Assam Police has so far arrested 175 people and detained 1,460 protesters for indulging in violent agitations across the Northeastern state. Talking exclusively with India Today TV, the Director-General of Assam Police, Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta said, …

Assam: Three people, including mother and child, killed in rain-related incidents in Guwahati; Rs 4 lakh ex-gratia announced
6 years, 7 months ago

Assam: Three people, including mother and child, killed in rain-related incidents in Guwahati; Rs 4 lakh ex-gratia announced

Firstpost  

Three persons, including a mother and child, were killed in landslides in Guwahati following torrential rains since Thursday night which triggered flash floods and led to water logging in several areas Guwahati: Three persons, including a mother and child, were killed in landslides in Guwahati following torrential rains since Thursday night which triggered flash floods and led to water logging …

Indefinite curfew continues in Assam's Darrang after man dies in police firing, CM Sarbananda Sonowal seeks inquiry
7 years, 2 months ago

Indefinite curfew continues in Assam's Darrang after man dies in police firing, CM Sarbananda Sonowal seeks inquiry

Firstpost  

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Protests erupt against Assam violence by NDFB militants
10 years, 3 months ago

Protests erupt against Assam violence by NDFB militants

Firstpost  

Scores of protests were on Wednesday taken out against the killing of 68 persons in an NDFB assault and alleged police firing in Assam. At least 37 people were killed in Sonitpur district, 25 in Kokrajhar and three in Chirang district after heavily armed militants allegedly belonging to the Songbijit faction of National Democratic Front of Bodoland swooped down on …

Assam: More violence as toll rises to 71, backlash by Adivasis
10 years, 3 months ago

Assam: More violence as toll rises to 71, backlash by Adivasis

India TV News  

Guwahati: Violence escalated in Assam today as the toll in the carnage by NDFB militants rose to 71, mostly women and children, with advivasis retaliating by torching houses and attacking a police station during protests that left three persons dead allegedly in police firing. 31 people were killed in Sonitpu district, 25 inKokrajhar and three in Chirang district after heavily …

Insurgency claimed 2400 lives in Assam since 2001: Minister
10 years, 7 months ago

Insurgency claimed 2400 lives in Assam since 2001: Minister

Firstpost  

2,400 people were killed and over 5,500 people injured by militant organisations in Assam since 2001, the state Assembly was informed on Monday. Guwahati: 2,400 people were killed and over 5,500 people injured by militant organisations in Assam since 2001, the state Assembly was informed on Monday. State Forest and Panchayat Minister Rockybul Hussain said that 2,094 civilians and 306 …

Assam: Death toll reaches 45 after two more bodies are found
10 years, 10 months ago

Assam: Death toll reaches 45 after two more bodies are found

Firstpost  

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Houses burnt in Assam along Nagaland border
11 years ago

Houses burnt in Assam along Nagaland border

India TV News  

Diphu: At least nine houses were set ablaze in Assam's Karbi Anglong district allegedly by attackers from Nagaland early this morning at Khukuribasti but no one was hurt. About 100 miscreants armed with sharp weapons, bows and arrows came to Khukuribasti village about one kilometre away from the Rangapahar border outpost under Dhansiri police station and set on fire nine …

Judicial enquiry into minor boy's death in Assam
11 years, 6 months ago

Judicial enquiry into minor boy's death in Assam

India TV News  

Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi yesterday ordered a judicial enquiry by a retired Gauhati High Court judge into the circumstances leading to the death of a minor boy in Hemlai Tea Estate in Jorhat district on August 18, official sources said here yesterday. A school student was killed and 14 others, including nine policemen, were injured in a clash …

Two killed in statehood violence in Assam, curfew continues
11 years, 7 months ago

Two killed in statehood violence in Assam, curfew continues

India TV News  

Diphu, Aug 2: One person was killed allegedly in police firing yesterday, taking the toll to two, as protesters turned violent and vandalised various public buildings and set satellite dishes of the All India Radio on fire here in Karbi Anglong district amidst demand for a separate state in Assam. Gautam Timung, was killed in police firing when agitators tried …

More police firing in Assam, one killed
11 years, 10 months ago

More police firing in Assam, one killed

India TV News  

Guwahati, April 30: In Assam's second incident of police firing in as many days, one person was killed and at least 10 injured in Sonitpur district Tuesday. The fresh trouble broke out even as curfew continued in Goalpara district where the death toll from Monday's police firing rose to four with the discovery of two more bodies. As tension continued …

Fresh violence in Lower Assam, one person killed, 2 injured
12 years, 7 months ago

Fresh violence in Lower Assam, one person killed, 2 injured

India TV News  

Dhubri/Kokrajhar, Aug 26: Fresh incidents of violence today rocked strife-torn Lower Assam districts leaving one person dead in Dhubri and two injured in Kokrajhar even as protestors blocked a national highway in the state. Police said that a body with injury marks was found in Sukhanjora village under the Bogribari police station area in Dhubri district this morning, taking the …

One killed as fresh violence rocks Lower Assam
12 years, 7 months ago

One killed as fresh violence rocks Lower Assam

The Hindu  

Fresh incidents of violence on Sunday rocked strife-torn Lower Assam districts leaving one person dead in Dhubri and two injured in Kokrajhar even as protestors blocked a national highway in the state. Police said that a body with injury marks was found in Sukhanjora village under the Bogribari police station area in Dhubri district on Sunday morning, taking the toll …

Five more killed in lower Assam, curfew imposed
12 years, 7 months ago

Five more killed in lower Assam, curfew imposed

India TV News  

Guwahati/Kajalpur, Aug 25: Five persons were killed in fresh violence in lower Assam's Chirang district today taking the toll to 85 since ethnic trouble erupted last month. The five were stabbed to death at around 5:30 pm at Chaoudharipara at Bijni in the district, Assam IGP L R Bishnoi told PTI.Additional security forces were rushed to the spot and the …

Two labourers killed in fresh attacks in Assam
12 years, 7 months ago

Two labourers killed in fresh attacks in Assam

India TV News  

Guwahati, Aug 22: Two labourers were killed and another seriously injured in fresh violence in riot-hit lower Assam today taking the overall death toll to 80. Unidentified assailants fired on a group of minority labourers working in a brick kiln field at Bangaldoba in Dhubri district killing two of them and injuring another, police sources said.The attack took place during …

Only genuinely displaced people to be rehabilitated: Assam Govt
12 years, 7 months ago

Only genuinely displaced people to be rehabilitated: Assam Govt

The Hindu  

Assam government on Friday said only genuinely displaced people in the recent clashes between Bodos and migrants would be rehabilitated in the affected BTAD and Dhubri districts. “The attention of the state government has been drawn to the fact that there is an apprehension among people that people who were not displaced during the recent happenings in the BTAD area …

Stray incidents of clashes in lower Assam, toll rises to 50
12 years, 8 months ago

Stray incidents of clashes in lower Assam, toll rises to 50

India TV News  

Kokrajhar, Jul 27: With the recovery of a body in the violence-hit lower Assam districts, the death toll in the unrest today rose to 50, while the Army staged flag marches in worst-hit Kokrajhar and curfew was relaxed in some of the affected districts. A body was found floating in river Gouranga in Dhubri district while 11 people were reported …

Why does violence continue to plague Assam?
12 years, 8 months ago

Why does violence continue to plague Assam?

Al Jazeera  

As India boosts security in the northeastern state we ask what has kept tensions alive in the region for decades. “The central government pumps in money for economic progress and military but there is a total disregard to the history of the northeast… The root cause remains that there has been unchecked infiltration over the years and a change in …

Assam Violence
12 years, 8 months ago

Assam Violence

India TV News  

Image Source : INDIATV 1/14 An Indian man carries his belongings to a safe place in Kokrajhar, Assam. Thousands of Indian troops marched through a northeast region Wednesday to quell ethnic violence that has killed at least 38 people. Image Source : INDIATV 9/14 Indian army soldiers patrol on a vehicle during a curfew following ethnic clashes at Kokrajhar, Assam …

Assam violence toll climbs to 40
12 years, 8 months ago

Assam violence toll climbs to 40

The Hindu  

Clashes continued unabated in Assam and the toll shot up to 40 on Wednesday with the recovery of eight more bodies even as the Centre asked the Assam government to nab the “ring leaders” involved in unrest. Five more bodies were recovered from Bijni in Chirang district and three from the worst-hit Kokrajhar where shoot-at-sight orders and indefinite curfew were …

Violent clashes spread in India’s Assam
12 years, 8 months ago

Violent clashes spread in India’s Assam

Al Jazeera  

Fighting between Bodo tribespeople and Muslim settlers in northeastern Assam state have killed at least 36 people. Violence is spreading in northeast Assam state after nine more people were killed in overnight clashes between ethnic groups in India’s northeast, bringing the death toll to 36 with about 170,000 villagers displaced by the unrest, officials say. Hagrama Mohilary, chief of the …

Assam violence death toll rise to 21, shoot-at-sight ordered
12 years, 8 months ago

Assam violence death toll rise to 21, shoot-at-sight ordered

India TV News  

Guwahati, Jul 23: Fresh incidents of arson in interior areas of Kokrajhar district were reported today leading to shoot-at-sight orders, indefinite curfew and flag march by army even as the toll in the ethnic violence Assam rose to 21. Of the total 21 deaths, Kokrajhar accounted for 17 while neighbouring four persons died in Chirang district, to where the violence …

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