“Till now, an estimated 1,19,548 bighas of land has been cleared through eviction drives,” said Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma

Eight Bangladeshi nationals were detained in Assam’s Bongaigaon on suspicion of illegal border crossing and lack of valid documents on Tuesday.

A Delhi court on Tuesday granted to jailed Lok Sabha MP Engineer Rashid custody parole between July 24 and August 4 to attend the monsoon session of Parliament.