An RTI response to a retired engineer also said there was no environmental assessment carried out for the flyover in Guwahati's Dighalipukhuri.

The case's petitioners are unhappy with the verdict upholding Section 6A of the 1955 Citizenship Act, while the parties who signed the Accord welcomed it.

Civil society members will now approach the NGT, and in the coming weeks will try to meet the Governor of Assam and raise their concerns.

Many feel that Himanta Biswa Sarma's efforts to politicise eviction and bulldozer drives will not let up before the 2026 assembly polls.

The Assam government’s decision to implement the clause has unleashed a torrent of questions amongst his political opponents.

The Assam Congress's issuing a show cause notice for “breach of party discipline” to Guwahati general election contestant and state Mahila Congress president Mira Borthakur took some by surprise in the state.

Since the incident and opposition's FIR against the CM, it has emerged that the labourers had been working on a building sanctioned under the state government's flagship skill development programme. The name of Mayur Borgohain, an alleged close associate of Sarma, has also surfaced in connection with the project.

The NGT expressed serious concerns over the adverse impact that the construction will have on people and wildlife alike.

Adding to the murkiness of the crime is the fact that Tafazzul – supposedly a prime accused and a man already in police custody –  "drowned in a pond" in the early hours of Saturday morning despite being handcuffed and accompanied by a posse of policemen.

The chief minister derided Shah Alam for his religious identity when he asked Sarma about the reports of razing of hills from his home constituency of Jalukbari.

A spate of anger has greeted Himanta Biswa Sarma's attempts to deflect the crisis caused by floods. The proprietor and chancellor of the university – the only private university from the northeast to have been ranked in the top 200 – has said he will “pray for Himanta”.

The mob attack and detention of activists come just two days after the National Green Tribunal (NGT) took suo-motu cognisance of the issue of the proposed construction of a high-end hotel and resort at Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve.

The Indian chapter of the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS), a UNESCO advisory body, raised red flags over the future of Kaziranga National Park Tiger Reserve.

The unsparing outpour over the incident via the electronic media which was then seen transported to social media platforms, resulting in public dissection of the illustrious family’s personal life, has led some prominent Assamese personalities to stand up against it.

A three-member disciplinary action committee has been constituted to review 35 complaints received from six districts across Assam.

The two men were unarmed and did not appear to be carrying any equipment required for the 'illegal fishing' they are being accused of. Sarma's open use of communal politics is being blamed for the incident.

NGOs have allegedly been silent on the Himanta Biswa Sarma government’s plan to construct a high-end hotel in and around the traditional habitat meant for elephants.

In June 2019, a 64-year-old woman was killed during the period of Ambubachi, an annual festival that celebrates goddess Kamakhya's menstrual cycle.

The Rajya Sabha MP speaks to The Wire on his accusations of corruption against the Assam CM, the allegations of corruption against himself and the future of Indian democracy.

Rangad, a rights activist, is contesting the upcoming assembly elections in Meghalaya.