Thursday, May 2, 2024

North East India

BJP leader seen slapping Tripura polling official in viral video, arrested

A Tripura BJP leader was arrested on 29 April assaulting a presiding officer at a polling station on Friday during phase 2 polls for Tripura East constituency.

Manipur: Man killed in gun fight, 3 injured

One person was killed and three were injured in cross-firing at the border area between Meitei-dominated Imphal West district and Kuki-Zo-dominated Kangpokpi, in the early hours of Sunday.

“We seek a govt that does not discriminate based on religion,” say voters of Nagaon in Assam

"Since independence, no Miya representative has been sent to parliament. This time, Muslim voters want to elect an AIUDF candidate," Mufti Abdul Karim, a supporter of the AIUDF, expressed hope while discussing the minority Muslim support for AIUDF.

In post-delimitation Assam, why division of Muslim votes can diminish their electoral prospects

“Ensure that not a single vote goes to the Congress and no Bodo votes get wasted to the BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) as the Bodo-identity has an existential threat from it”, an invigorated All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) MLA from Dalgaon assembly constituency, Majibur Rahman, asked the mixed crowd of Bodos and Muslims supporting Durga Das Boro of Bodoland People’s Front (BPF) party in Udalguri just before filing the nomination papers on 3 April 2024.

Arunachal Pradesh: Landslide cuts off Dibang valley near China border

Heavy landslides hit Arunachal Pradesh's Dibang Valley on Wednesday, due to heavy rainfall over the past few days, authorities said.

AAP files complaint against Assam CM for PPE kits corruption

The Aam Aadmi Party on Monday filed a police complaint against Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, his wife and his son’s associates for allegedly supplying PPE, kits above market rates during the first wave of coronavirus.

Assam: Hours after arrest, Muslim youth killed after being run over by police vehicle

Ashikul Islam, a Muslim youth who was booked for allegedly inciting a mob to burn down the Batadrava police station in Assam’s Nagaon last week following the custodial death of Safikul Islam, run over by a police vehicle while he was allegedly trying to escape custody.
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Uber driver who assaulted Muslim journalist arrested in Assam

An uber driver named Prakash Gogoi in Assam's Guwahati was arrested after being accused of beating up a Muslim journalist with an iron rod Saturday.

Assam: UAPA against wife, daughter for protesting Muslim man’s death in custody

Two days after a fish trader Safiqul Islam died in police custody in Assam, the cops arrested his wife, Rashida Khatun, and his daughter, a Class 8 student.
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Assam: Govt demolishes house of Muslim man day after killed in police custody

The Nagaon administration in Assam on Sunday demolished the homes of Muslims who had set the Batadraba Police Station in the district on fire a day earlier over a case of custodial death of fish trader, Safikul Islam.

Assam: Teacher sent to jail for carrying beef to school

The Assam police have arrested a teacher of a government school in western Assam’s Goalpara district for allegedly carrying beef to school.
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Assam flood: 6 lakh affected, death toll rises to 9

More than 6 lakh people across 27 districts in Assam have been displaced as rains continue to batter the Northeast state.

Assam flood: Nearly 2 lakh people affected, 7 died

Around 2 lakh people in 20 districts of Assam have been affected by floods and at least seven people have died across the state due to the floods and landslides triggered by incessant rains.
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Tripura chief minister Biplab Deb steps down a year ahead of elections

Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb on Saturday said he has submitted his resignation to Governor SN Arya. Deb made the announcement after meeting the governor at the Raj Bhavan.

Northeast: Anti-CAA voices get louder as Amit Shah visits Assam

Several organisations based in the northeast states have threatened to resume their protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) if the Union government tries to implement it.
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Meghalaya against ‘CUET’, will take it up with Union govt

Problems arising out of the Common University Entrance Test (CUET) are "real", says the Meghalaya education minister Lahkmen Rymbui for a state that has only one university, which is a central university, whereby all the colleges are affiliated.

“A police state is simply unthinkable:” Court slams Assam Police on case against Jignesh Mevani

An Assam court has sharply criticised the state police for trying to implicate Gujarat MLA and Dalit leader Jignesh Mevani in a "manufactured case" of assault on a woman police officer.
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