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Elections 2024
In West Tripura, voter turnouts of 105.30%, 100.15%, and 109.09% prompt CPIM demand for re-election
In a letter to the Election Commission, Communist Party of India (Marxist) flagged “official claims” of voter turnouts of more than 100 per cent having been recorded in three Assembly segments in West Tripura Lok Sabha constituency.
Elections 2024
“Public emergency”: Almost 0% voting in six Nagaland districts amid shutdown over statehood demand
Almost zero voting was recorded in six districts in Nagaland during the Lok Sabha polls on Friday after...
India
“I know where your house is…”: Assam BJP MLA threatens voters with bulldozer
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lawmaker Bijoy Malakar allegedly threatened voters in Assam’s Karimganj district to support the Hindutva party or face demolition by bulldozers.
Elections 2024
‘No peace, no vote’: As violence continues in Manipur, Kuki-Zo communities boycott elections
Speaking to Maktoob, many youths and leaders from Manipur belonging to the Kuki-Zo community have said that they do not want to vote as there is no point.
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“It’s a trap”: Why Bengali Hindus in Assam are opting out of Citizenship through CAA
Forty-three-year-old Montu Das was happy after the Indian government announced the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) rules on March...
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“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.
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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...
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India
‘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...
India
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...
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India
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...
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India
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...
India
Guwahati HC asks Assam govt to file report on demolition of Muslim homes within four weeks
The Guwahati High Court sought an explanation from the Assam state government and asked to submit an updated report in connection with the demolition of the homes of five Muslims who were accused of setting a police station on fire.
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“Manipur symbol of BJP, RSS’s hatred,” Rahul Gandhi kicks off Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra
“We don’t want to tell you about our ‘mann ki baat’ but to hear about your ‘mann ki baat’. We want to know about your pain. We want to share a vision of brotherhood and harmony," former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi Sunday said while addressing a large gathering at Khongjom in Manipur for the second leg of the Congress’s countrywide campaign, the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra.
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Manipur: Four Meitei Muslims shot dead, curfew reimposed in valley districts
At least four Meitei Muslims were shot dead after a group of armed miscreants attacked them at the Lilong town in Manipur’s Thoubal district on Monday evening.
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