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.

Union govt files review petition in SC against judgment labelling Sikkimese-Nepalis as of ‘foreign origin’

The Union Home Ministry has filed a review petition in the Supreme Court amidst public outrage over the apex court describing Sikkimese Nepalis as 'persons of foreign origin.’

Assam’s crackdown on child marriage: Woman dies by suicide fearing parent’s arrest

Amid the new crackdown on child marriages by the Assam police, a mother of two kids died by suicide in the South Salmara-Mankachar district, fearing the arrest of her...
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Over 2,000 arrested in Assam’s cracks down on child marriages; TMC says “only immediate violators should be arrested”

Within a day after the Assam government launched a crackdown on child marriage, over 2000 men are arrested from across the state for allegedly marrying girls below 18 and...

Detention centers can never be a legitimate state response to migration and no human being is illegal: Public statement

Collective Against Detention (CAD) and Right to Nationality and Citizenship Network (RNCN), two rights watchdogs, unequivocally demand an end to arbitrarily declaring people as foreigners in Assam.
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68 ‘foreigners’ shifted to Assam’s new “Transit Camp”

The first batch of at least 68 people declared as “foreigners” by Assam authorities were moved to the newly built Matia Transit Camp — the large detention camp at Goalpara...

Tripura: Seven Opp parties hold massive rally against poll violence by BJP

Under the banner of “Secular Democratic Forces”, seven Opposition parties held a huge rally in Agartala against poll violence unleashed by BJP on Saturday.
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Assam Muslim declared ‘foreigner’ by tribunal: Gauhati High Court quashes 2018 decision

The Gauhati High Court on Tuesday set aside an order declaring a Muslim man, Assam resident, as a foreigner, observing that the Foreigners Tribunal did not take note of the material on record while passing the decision.

Assam eviction: 500 families, mostly Bengali speaking Muslims, go homeless

In Assam's Lakhimpur district, the Himanta Biswa Sarma-led government has evicted around 500 families, alleging that they have encroached on forest land. Most of those who were forcibly evicted are Bengali-speaking Muslims who live on the 10,000 acres that are part of the Pabha Reserve Forest.
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Assam: Christians boycott police survey on activities of Church

Christians in Assam have decided not to cooperate with the state police, who began a survey aiming to gather details of Christians, their churches, institutions, and religious conversions.

Madrasa teachers outside Assam should appear in police station, says Assam CM; “It’s not a foreign country,” replies Owaisi

“Assam is not a foreign country where Indians have to ask for your permission,” said AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi MP responding to Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma who has said that all teachers who came from outside Assam to teach in Madrasas in the state may be asked to appear "from time to time" in the nearest police station.
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Large scale anomalies in Assam NRC updation, says CAG report

The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has detected anomalies in the updating of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam while the audit body is recommending action against a former State Coordinator and system integrator Wipro.

India mourn death of Army personnel in Sikkim road mishap

Sixteen soldiers of the Indian Army lost their lives in a road accident in the northern part of Sikkim on Friday.
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