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25 Jul

Manipur Govt ask reports from Assam Rifles about immigrants

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Manipur Government orders illegal Myanmar nationals to go back. On Monday, Manipur Government asked reports about how the immigrants entered into the state. According to the reports, about 718 Myanmar nationals illegally entered India on July 22-23. The people who transgressed onto the Indian side also include 301 children. The Myanmar Nationals entered into the state without proper documents, and asked the Assam Rifles to push them back. “In connection with similar issues in the past, the state government had clearly informed the Assam Rifles, being border guarding force, to take strict action to prevent the entry of Myanmar nationals…

24 Jul

Case filed against civil society in Manipur

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The Assam Rifles has registered a sedition and defamation case in Manipur. And the FIR was lodged in the Churachandpur police station. According to the sources, the FIR was lodged against the Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity (COCOMI), a civil society body of the state’s Meitei community as the people were asked to surrender the looted weapons from the Police stations. Further, various civil society organizations have alleged that many women protesters were assaulted on different occasions by the Army and Assam Rifles. However, Defense sources have denied the allegations made by the people there. And the Assam Rifles have…

24 Jul

No harm reported towards meiteis in Mizoram

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Amidst violence in Manipur, the video of two Kuki women paraded being stripped naked in the daylight gone viral; the Meitei communities in different region of the Northeast have been witnessing hate. Soon the Mizoram Government has asked the Meitei community to go back till the situation gets normalize in the state, Mizoram, for their safety. To reports, at least 40 Meiteis have reached Assam from Mizoram and they have been kept at the building of the Lakhipur Development Block in Binnakandi area. Also the community reported the media no attacks in Mizoram towards the community as of now. The…

22 Jul

Assam CM hits back on opposition parties for rape case

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Recently, a video from Manipur hit violence was surfaced over the internet making the world in shock for the inhumanity, which showed two women being paraded naked in the daylight crowded with men. On Friday, Assam Chief Minister interacting to the media on a press conference questioned the timing of the video which got leaked before the commencement of the Monsoon Session of the Parliament as the incident took place on May 4, 2023. Sarma also claimed that incidents of rape are much higher in some opposition-ruled states like West Bengal, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh than BJP-ruled Manipur or other northeastern…

22 Jul

Prohibition of single use plastic in Assam

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The Assam Government planning to ban single use plastics; and also outlaw manufacturing of these plastics in the state, Assam. According to the sources, PET drinking bottles that are less than 1 litre in capacity are also to get prohibited by the state. The law is to be effective from 2nd October of this year. The Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said, “The state cabinet has approved to prohibit the production and use of drinking water bottles made of PET that are less than 1 litre in volume and strict implementation of the ban on single-use plastic in the state as per…

21 Jul

Nagaland and Assam DIG-rank officers transferred to Manipur

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Amidst ongoing violence in Manipur since May 3, 2023 the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) Director General, Sujoy Lal Thaosen has redefined the operational ranges in the region and transferred two senior DIG-rank officers from Nagaland and Assam to the state, Manipur. The official order states, “In view of the present security scenario in Manipur and increased level of CRPF deployment, supervision of senior officers of DIGs across strategic places of the state has been felt essential and crucial. Accordingly, to have effective control and supervision over the existing and additional companies deployed in Manipur, DIG (Ops) Kohima and DIG…

21 Jul

APMCC demands justice for two Manipur women incident

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On Wednesday, a video from Manipur violence has been surfing over the internet and the whole nation is on shock seeing the humiliation done towards the Kuki community in Manipur by the Meitei mob. In the video two women were being parade naked by thousands of Meitei mob together and gang raped one woman who was 21 years old. Along with it a video was made while walking naked through the streets, the incident took place on May 4, 2023 the second day since the violence started in the state Manipur. The Assam Pradesh Mahila Congress Committee (APMCC) has come…

20 Jul

Draft delimitation, Assam 2023 public hearings in Assam

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On Wednesday, the Election Commission of India (ECI) reached Assam to hold a series of public hearings on draft delimitation proposals for the Assembly and Parliamentary constituencies of Assam for three days in state. As per reports, hearings are taking place in three different halls with Kumar, Pandey and Goel hearing people's suggestions. Following the schedule of the public hearings for three days, on the first day, suggestions for Kamrup Metropolitan, West Karbi Anglong, Chirang, Baksa, Dima Hasao, Kamrup, Udalguri, Karbi Anglong and Kokrajhar districts were heard. For the second day, Goalpara, Bongaigaon, Barpeta, Nalbari, Sonitpur, Karimganj, Darrang, Hailakandi, Cachar, South Salmara,…

20 Jul

Assam’s Elvis becomes first Swimmer from Northeast to swim 78 Kms across English Channel two ways

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On Wednesday, ace swimmer Elvis Ali Hazarika becomes the first from the North East to cross the English Channel both ways. Hazarika tweeted, ''I have been waiting for this day for a long time. After a lot of effort and hours of pushing myself to work harder, every day, I successfully have become the first Assamese (North East) to cross the English Channel two ways.”According to sources, Hazarika completed the 78 km distance to and fro, clocking a time of 31 hours by swimming it in a relay from England's Hampshire to Calis in France and then back.

19 Jul

Assam CM deleted India from Twitter bio

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The opposition camp finalized its coalition name "INDIA," which stands for Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance. After the finalization Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma removed "India" from his Twitter bio and added "Bharat" to it. Along with it Sarma tweeted, “The British named our country as India. We must strive to free ourselves from colonial legacies. Our forefathers fought for Bharat, and we will continue to work for Bharat." According to the sources, earlier Assam CM old Twitter bio read, “Chief Minister of Assam, India” now has been changed to "Chief Minister of Assam, BHARAT."