GUWAHATI: Manipur CM N Biren Singh led a delegation of about 20 MLAs to Raj Bhavan Sunday and handed governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya a memorandum that purportedly recommends revoking the 2008 tripartite agreement on suspension of operations against tribal militant groups suspected to be behind the resurgence of violence in the state.Late in the evening,…
On the night of August 14, we planned that a group of female doctors and students from the hospital would march till Shyambazar to join the “reclaim the night” procession. They were about to leave, when a large mob gathered outside the hospital. Police failed to stop them and, soon, most of them – all…
DHAKA: The head of Bangladesh’s interim govt, “chief adviser” Prof Muhammad Yunus, condemned on Saturday the attacks on minority communities, calling them “heinous”. “Are they not people of this country? You have been able to save the country, can’t you save some families,” he asked as the Hindu community held its biggest street demonstration yet,…
SRINAGAR: Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar Friday said Election Commission was committed to holding assembly elections in Jammu & Kashmir at the earliest, but the suspense over poll dates continued as he underscored that the timeline would be finalised only after a final security assessment in New Delhi.Addressing a presser in Jammu on the…
NEW DELHI: Large groups of people have gathered at the India-Bangladesh border amid the ongoing political crisis in the country. Over the past few days, the BSF has foiled several attempts by large groups to sneak into India.Visuals captured from the Indian side at Pathantuli in Sitalkuchi, Cooch Behar, West Bengal, show a massive crowd…
NEW DELHI: The Houthi militant group in Yemen claimed responsibility for attacking two civilian vessels and a US Navy destroyer in the Red Sea and Arabian Sea on Sunday. According to Yahya Saree, the Houthi military spokesperson, the group launched ballistic missiles targeting the American warship, naval missiles against a vessel named “Captain Paris,” and…
