Friday, March 29, 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.

Manipur: Opposition parties protest, demand PM Modi’s statement in Parliament

MPs from the Opposition-front INDIA staged protests near the Gandhi Statue in the Parliament, demanding Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s statement on the Manipur violence in Parliament.

Kuki Teen gang-raped in Manipur after Meitei women hand her over to armed men

According to The Hindu's accessed copy of the First Information Report (FIR), the woman recounted the harrowing details of her abduction. She claimed that she was handed over to four armed Meitei men wearing black clothes by a group of Meitei women identified as "Meira Paibis" or "Mothers of Manipur.”
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Christian hunt is happening in Manipur under guise of riot: Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said Saturday that a Christian hunt is happening in Manipur under the guise of a riot.

NCW ignored complaint about Manipur video for 38 days, condemned it on Twitter after video went viral

the NCW had been previously alerted to the matter through a formal complaint sent on June 12. The complaint, filed by two Manipuri women and a Manipur tribal association based abroad, detailed the distressing incident, stating that the victims were subjected to public humiliation, physical assault, and rape by a marauding Meitei mob
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Manipur: House of man, who paraded women naked, set on fire by women

The house of Huirem Herodas Meitei, the prime accused in the Manipur sexual assault video case, was Thursday set on fire by a group of Meitei women in his village.

Assam: Muslim woman shot dead by forest officials after returning to evicted land due to flooding in makeshift

A Muslim woman, identified as Rahima Khatun was killed in gunfire by forest guards on Monday in Assam’s Burha Chapori Wildlife Sanctuary after a clash between people who had been evicted from the area and forest department officials.
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Centre asks Twitter, other social media platforms to take down Manipur video

The Centre has asked Twitter and other social media platforms to pull down the video of the two Manipur women paraded naked as the matter is under investigation, The Indian Express...

Narendra Modi talks about Manipur after 79 days of violence

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has addressed the situation in the northeastern state approximately seventy-nine days after the eruption of intense ethnic conflict in Manipur, with around 150 fatalities and tens of thousands of people displaced and currently residing in temporary camps.
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Manipur visuals point to “gross constitutional failure”: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Thursday said it is deeply disturbed by the video of sexual assault of Kuki women that has surfaced from Manipur and took suo motu cognizance of the case.

Kuki women paraded naked, gang-raped amid Manipur violence; tribal body demands justice as video sparks outrage

Violence-hit Manipur saw fresh outrage this week as a video of two Kuki-Zo tribal women being paraded naked and then gang-raped by a mob, apparently Meiteis, went viral.
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Assam delimitation: 9 opposition parties move to SC against EC proposal

Nine Opposition parties in Assam have moved the Supreme Court challenging the methodology adopted by the Election Commission in creating a delimitation draft for the state. The ECI notification on 20...

Activists say Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma instigating public to boycott Miya Muslims

In yet another brazen call for ousting Bangali-speaking Muslims from their livelihood options, Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has threatened to drive out the community members involved in...
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