Himanta Biswa Sarma and Gaurav Gogoi GUWAHATI/NEW DELHI: The row over alleged Pakistani links of Gaurav Gogoi‘s wife escalated on Sunday with the Congress MP saying he would initiate legal proceedings in the matter and Assam govt asking state police to register a case against Ali Tauqeer Sheikh, an advisor of the Pakistan Planning Commission,…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday strongly criticised the Assam government for holding individuals declared as foreigners in detention centres instead of deporting them, asking sarcastically, “Are you waiting for some muhurat”.Justices Abhay S Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan said that deportation should happen immediately after individuals are determined to be foreigners.“You have refused to…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday directed the state of Assam to maintain status quo on Sonapur demolitions drive and issued a notice to the authorities in response to a contempt petition filed by 47 residents, who alleged deliberate non-compliance with the Court’s interim order dated September 17.The order had directed that no demolition…
NEW DELHI: Janata Dal United (JDU) leader Neeraj Kumar on Saturday criticised the Assam government‘s decision to end the practice of a two-hour adjournment for Jumma prayers in the state assembly. He claimed that the decision, which was unanimously taken by Hindu and Muslim MLAs, undermines religious beliefs and suggests that the Assam chief minister…
