Category: north-east

Sarma said Assam also experiences flooding due to the water coming from China and Bhutan but his administration has "set a scientific response" rather than blaming the governments of those countries.

After 54 days, movement of vehicles carrying essentials resumed along the NH-2 as the economic blockade, imposed by various organisations in the wake of the ethnic violence in Manipur, was lifted on July 2.

Security forces in separate operations since Saturday night have seized heroin and foreign-origin cigarettes valued at around Rs 29.43 crore smuggled in from Myanmar, an official said on Sunday, adding six persons have been arrested in this connection.

In the midst of heightened controversy on the deployment of central forces and especially Assam Rifles in violence-hit Manipur, the security personnel and officers are plunging into the aid of local farmers.

Amid the demand for a separate state for the Kuki-Zomi tribals in ethnic violence-hit Manipur, the ruling Mizo National Front (MNF) in Mizoram continues their campaign to establish a homeland for all the Zohnahthlak (Zo ethnic tribes) across the northeastern region.

The unknown assailants shot her on the face at her residence in the Sawombung area. The security forces immediately rushed to the spot and launched a search operation to nab the armed criminals.

Two persons have been arrested here after gold bars -- smuggled from Bangladesh valued at Rs 34 lakh --  were found in their possession,  an official said on Saturday. The police said the gold was seized on Friday night during a special operation. 

Nandita Gorlosa, Minister for Sports and Youth Welfare, Government of Assam on Saturday unveiled the three magnificent Durand Cup trophies in a grand ceremony here at a city hotel.

The principal of a college in Assam's Bajali district has allegedly been suspended after he participated in a protest against the draft delimitation proposal in the state published recently by the Election Commission of India (ECI).

A youth from Assam's Cachar district was arrested along with a sizable quantity of explosives that had been brought from the nearby state of Meghalaya, police said on Saturday.

MHRC Chairperson, Justice Utpalendu Bikas Saha (retd), had to cancel his visit to Churachandpur district on Saturday for the second time as the police informed the Commission that the “situation is tensed” there, commission sources said on Friday.

Gauhati High Court's former Chief Justice Ajai Lamba (retd), who is heading the three-member Commission of Inquiry to probe the ethnic violence in Manipur, on Thursday requested everyone to join hands in bringing peace in the state

Several district administrations in Assam have been put on alert prior to Bhutan's plan to release extra water from the Kurichu dam, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Thursday.

The Manipur Police have registered a criminal case against Meitei Leepun chief Pramot Singh for criminal conspiracy and promoting enmity between groups, among other charges

An 85-year-old man was swept away by swift currents while taking a bath in the Brahmaputra river in Majuli island on Thursday morning, officials said. The deceased was identified as Bhogeswar Bora, a resident of Gayan village in Majuli.

The Assam cabinet has decided that government employee in Assam irrespective of his or her class of service, must work in "difficult" (Durgam) areas of the state at least for a period of three to five years in their whole service period.

According to the latest bulletin of the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), of the 48,747 affected people,  29,757 are in in Lakhimpur district, 15,461 in Biswanath and 2,715 in Dhemaji. 

Cash, amounting to at least Rs 1 crore, was reportedly stolen from an Axis Bank branch in Manipur's Churachandpur district, closed since May 4 over ethnic violence in the state, as it reopened on Monday and the burglary was detected, police said

Sarma said that the state government will spend Rs 5 crore for infrastructure development at the high schools located in the villages of Assam in the next few years. These grants will be disbursed to the respective schools in a phased manner.

“Based on a secret tip-off, a special police team conducted an operation on Sunday night in Howly area of the district and seized brown sugar weighing 939.88 gm, a police official said.

A Village Defence Volunteer was killed and two villagers injured on Monday during armed clashes between two groups in two villages located in Manipur's Imphal West and Kangpokpi districts, officials said.

Rupam Nandi Purkayastha, chief adviser of the students’ organisation - All Cachar Karimganj Hailakandi Student’s Association (ACKHSA), said that police must locate the evading suspects engaged in the rape incidents and punish them through police encounters.

The violence, which broke out after a tribal organisation held a rally on May 3 opposing recognition of Meitei communities as Scheduled Tribe, so far has claimed over 150 lives and injured around 600 people of different communities. 

A police official said that 2,207 additional security personnel would be provided in seven districts and the Superintendents of Police concerned, would deploy security in consultations with the Agricultural Department and the local farmers.

As sporadic incidents of violence continued in Manipur, the state government on July 5 extended the suspension of internet services for the 13th time till July 10, to curb the spread of rumours and videos, photos, and messages, which might deteriorate the law and order situation.