India bars Arunachal anti-dam activist from flying to Bangladesh

October 18, 2025

PARBATTANEWS DESK An Arunachal Pradesh-based human rights lawyer and environmental activist, Ebo Mili, was stopped from boarding a flight to Dhaka from Kolkata airport on Saturday. Police in his home state had issued a lookout notice against him, according to reports by Maktoobmedia.com and Northeast Now. Mili, known for opposing the proposed Siang Upper Multipurpose […]Continue Reading

India wants free, fair and inclusive election in Bangladesh: Misri

October 6, 2025

NEWS DESK Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri on Monday said they want to see a free, fair, inclusive and participatory election in Bangladesh at the earliest possible time. The Indian Foreign Secretary said they are ready to work with the democratically elected government following the results of an inclusive and participatory election. He made the […]Continue Reading

India claiming Bangladesh’s GI products as its own: Industries Secretary

September 30, 2025

NEWS DESK Industries Secretary Obaidur Rahman has said India has registered several of Bangladesh’s traditional Geographical Indication (GI) products in its own name, creating complications for Bangladesh in the international market. Speaking at a seminar titled ‘FGD on Branding and Marketing Challenges for CMSMEs: Unblocking Export Potentials’ organised by the Dhaka Continue Reading

India expelling Rohingyas to Bangladesh, Myanmar without protections: HRW

September 30, 2025

NEWS DESK Human Rights Watch (HRW) has alleged that Indian authorities have expelled scores of ethnic Rohingya refugees to Bangladesh and Myanmar without rights protections since May 2025. Authorities have arbitrarily detained several hundred more, mistreating some of them, said the New York-based rights body on August 29. In May, states in India governed by […]Continue Reading

Tripura king’s remarks on Bangladesh territory spark controversy

September 22, 2025

PARBATTANEWS DESK Tripura’s king, Pradyot Bikram Manikya Deb Barma, has sparked debate after calling for parts of Bangladesh to be included in a “Greater Tripura Land.” In interviews with ANI News and Republic Bangla, Deb Barma referred to Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus’s recent remarks on India’s “chicken’s neck” corridor. “We will occupy Greater Chittagong and […]Continue Reading

5 Bangladeshi students to face deportation over campus violence in Assam

September 15, 2025

NEWS DESK In a major development, five Bangladeshi students of the National Institute of Technology in Assam’s Silchar, who were studying under Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) scholarships, have been suspended for violent clashes inside the campus and authorities have decided to hand them over for deportation, NDTV reports. The students have also been Continue Reading

‘Idea that Islam won’t remain is not Hindu thinking’: RSS’s Mohan Bhagwat

August 29, 2025

PARBATTA NEWS DESK Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat has said the organisation does not believe in attacking anyone on religious grounds and insisted that Hindu thinking does not suggest that Islam will cease to exist, reports Press Trust of India. Speaking at the centenary celebrations of the RSS in New Delhi on Thursday, […]Continue Reading

China’s new mega dam triggers fears of water war in India 

August 26, 2025

India fears a planned Chinese mega-dam in Tibet will reduce water flows on a major river by up to 85% during the dry season, according to four sources familiar with the matter and a government analysis seen by Reuters, prompting Delhi to fast-track plans for its own dam to mitigate the effects, REUTERS reports. The […]Continue Reading

India’s Assam allows firearms licenses for residents along Bangladesh border

August 17, 2025

PARBATTA NEWS DESK Residents of remote areas along the Bangladesh border will now be able to apply online for firearms licences, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has announced, Anandabazar Patrika reports.  The move, first approved by the Assam cabinet in May, is aimed at what the government calls “sons of the soil” — indigenous […]Continue Reading

Awami League ‘party office’ set up in Kolkata: BBC

August 8, 2025

PARBATTA NEWS DESK The Awami League has opened an office in a commercial complex in a suburb near Kolkata, West Bengal, for leaders who left Bangladesh after the Aug 5, 2024 mass uprising, BBC Bangla has reported. Citing party sources, the report said the office is used by senior and mid-level leaders of the Awami […]Continue Reading