Thursday, March 28, 2024

North East India

Manipur government says no holiday on Easter

The Manipur government has declared the Easter holiday as a working day, causing an outrage in the region.

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.

Tripura: CPI(M) alleges 668 incidents of violence by BJP since March 2

Since the announcement of the Assembly election results on March 2, over 668 incidents of violence have taken place in Tripura against the Opposition, alleges the Communist Party of India-Marxist CPI(M) Tripura state committee.

BJP-IPFT alliance returns to power in Tripura

The BJP-IPFT alliance returns to power in Tripura winning 33 seats in the 60-member assembly on Thursday.
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Neiphiu Rio set to be chief minister of Nagaland for record fifth term

Nagaland’s longest serving chief minister Neiphiu Rio is set to assume office as chief minister for a fifth consecutive term after a convincing win for his party Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) and its ally, the BJP.

NPP to head second successive coalition in Meghalaya

The National People’s Party (NPP) led by Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma is set to head a coalition government for the second successive term in Meghalaya.
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Waiting for Suffrage in a Republican Democracy

Meghalaya, Nagaland, and Tripura would be concluding elections by the end of February. Although a share of the population in these states has been denied their suffrage. The Representation...

“I eat beef, We have slaughterhouse, everybody takes a cow…” says Meghalaya BJP chief

The Bharatiya Janata Party’s Meghalaya unit chief Ernest Mawrie has said that there was no restriction on consuming beef in the state and that he too eats it.
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Assam used data from health survey to track underage marriage, now women distrust public health facilities

On 10 February, a week into Assam's massive crackdown on underage marriage, a 16-year-old bled to death after delivering a healthy baby girl at home in Assam’s Bongaigaon district. Officials said that...

Tripura: 10 Rohingyas arrested for “illegally entering India”

At least 16 people including 10 Rohingya refugees were detained by the Railway Police Force (RPF) at Agartala railway station, for “illegally entering India”, officials said on Sunday.
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Muslim man killed in Assam police firing

The Assam Police on Friday shot dead a Muslim youth who is an accused of murder. The police claimed that they killed him after he allegedly tried to escape during investigation.

Assam: 2,500 Bengali Muslim families go homeless as govt launches demolition drive, two mosques among bulldozed

Authorities in Assam’s Sonitpur district on Tuesday launched a drive to evict over 2,500 families. Most of the persons living in the area are Bengali-speaking Muslims and have been primarily engaged in cultivation.
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Muslim man lynched by cow vigilantes in Assam, mob protests for release of accused

Over a hundred of Muslims were killed in more than two hundred cases of cow-related violence reported across India between 2012 and 2022.

“Indiscriminate arrests not solution to child marriage”, Assam govt hunts Muslim families, alleges Muslim girls group

Indiscriminate arrests are not a solution to child marriage, said Girls Islamic Organisation while calling the state-wide crackdown in Assam “extremely shameful and condemnable.”
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