Tuesday, March 19, 2024

North East India

7 lakh Muslims among 19 lakh left out of NRC in Assam, says CM Himanta Sarma

On Sunday, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that seven lakh Muslims are among the 19 lakh persons left out of the National Register of Citizens for the state.

Lok Sabha polls: Outer Manipur will vote on two days

As the Election Commission has announced the dates for the Lok Sabha elections on Saturday, voters were perplexed...

Call for mass protests in Assam as Union government notifies rules of CAA

With the Union government’s notification of the rules for the implementation of the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Act on Monday, Opposition parties and regional outfits in Assam gave a call for mass protests.

Mizoram, Nagaland assemblies pass resolution against Union’s move to fence India-Myanmar border

The Nagaland Assembly on Friday adopted a resolution urging the Union government to reconsider its decision to fence the Indo-Myanmar border and suspend the free movement regime with the neighbouring country. On Wednesday, the Mizoram Assembly had also adopted a similar resolution.

Manipur unrest: 219 killed since May, 10,000 FIRs registered

The ethnic violence between the Meitei and the Kuki-Zo communities in Manipur has led to the death of...

Assam government repeals Muslim Marriage Act

The Assam Cabinet on Friday approved repeal of the Assam Muslim Marriages and Divorces Registration Act, 1935.

Haldwani violence: Tensions persist as local Muslims say police acting vindictively

Haldwani town in Uttarakhand’s Dehradun district remained under tight police and paramilitary deployment with curfew and internet suspension in place for the fourth consecutive day after it grappled with...
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In Assam, a 55-year-old Muslim man dies from cold after ‘arbitrary eviction’

For two days, Boyat Ali slept under the open sky in the wrenching cold of winter nights in Panchratna NC, a riverine village in Assam’s Goalpara district, over 150...

“Give us her body so we can bury her,” says family of Kuki woman killed 

In Lhanghoi, a small quaint village located amidst the lush green mountains of Sadar Hills in Manipur, a family sits demanding to at least get the body of their loved one so that they can bury her. 
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Assam CM misused state funds to charter flights for BJP programs, weddings: Report

A collective report prepared by The Wire and Guwahati-based news website The CrossCurrent revealed that the Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma had used state funds to meet personal A expenses.

Article 355 “secretly” effective in Manipur since May last year, CM Biren Singh admits to allegations

As the longstanding unrest in Manipur continues to create chaos, it has been revealed that Article 355 of the Indian constitution had been imposed in the state since May 2023.
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Assam Rifles soldier fires at 6 colleagues, shoots self in Manipur

In South Manipur, six people suffered injuries when an Assam Rifle Jawan opened fire on his colleagues before he shot himself. The Assam Rifles emphasized after the occurrence that...

‘Will PM Modi decide who goes to temples?’: Rahul Gandhi on being stopped from entering temple in Assam

On Monday, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was stopped by Assamese authorities from entering the Batadrava Satra Temple in Nagaon, the birthplace of the 15th-century Assamese scholar and saint Srimanta...
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India to halt Free Movement Regime with Myanmar, says Amit Shah

On Saturday, Amit Shah announced the discontinuation of unchecked movement on the presently porous Indian-Myanmar border. With the quashing of the Free Movement Regime (FMR), the border will be...

BJP mob with sticks, flags, “Jai Shri Ram” slogans attacks Rahul’s Nyay Yatra in Assam

Congress former chief Rahul Gandhi was rescued and moved inside the 'Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra' bus by his security personnel and party workers after a large saffron mob, including those carrying BJP flags and sticks and sloganeering Jai Shri Ram, flocked the yatra in Assam's Sonitpur district on Sunday.
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Fresh violence in Manipur’s Moreh; Commando killed in gunfight

As security forces and suspected Kuki militants engaged in gunfire in the border town of Moreh in Tengnoupal district on Wednesday morning, the gunfight took the life of an...

BJP local leader nabbed for Manipur cop’s murder

One of the two men arrested in connection with the killing of a Sub-Divisional Police Officer in Manipur turned out to be a BJP leader. Hemkholal Mate was arrested by...
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