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

Tripura protest demands action against Bangladesh’s PCJSS Santu group

August 4, 2025

INTERNATIONAL DESK, PARBATTA NEWS Hundreds have marched in Tripura, India, calling for the arrest and expulsion of members of the Bangladesh-based armed group Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti, known as PCJSS Santu, over allegations of drug trafficking and anti-India activities. Indian media report it is the first organised protest in the country against an armed Continue Reading

3 top ULFA-I leaders ‘killed’ in Myanmar, Indian Army denies role as insurgent group alleges involvement

July 14, 2025

Three top leaders of banned insurgent group United Liberation Front of Asom-Independent (ULFA-I) were “killed” in Myanmar, following what it claimed were “drone attacks” by the Indian Army, a charge flatly denied by the forces, The Print reports. The banned group, headed by Paresh Baruah, issued multiple statements Sunday, as reported by news agency PTI, […]Continue Reading

Calcutta High Court seeks report on deportation of six Bengali-speaking Indians to Bangladesh

July 12, 2025

PARBATTA NEWS DESK The Calcutta High Court on Friday ordered India’s Ministry of Home Affairs to submit a report on the recent deportation of six people—including an eight-year-old boy and other family members—to Bangladesh by the Delhi Police, The Times of India reported. The court gave the central ministry until Wednesday to respond and also […]Continue Reading

Priyanka Gandhi slams India’s UN abstention on Gaza, calls it ‘shameful’

June 16, 2025

PARBATTA NEWS DESK Indian National Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has described the Indian government’s decision to abstain from a recent UN resolution on protecting civilians and upholding humanitarian obligations in Gaza as “shameful” and “disappointing,” India Today reported. According to the India Today report, Vadra argued that the move marked a Continue Reading

Revealed: How Mizoram became entry point for mercenaries headed to Myanmar

June 12, 2025

PARBATTA NEWS DESK In June last year, Mizoram police arrested Daniel Newey at Aizawl’s Lengpui airport. The Britisher, returning from Myanmar, had one live bullet in his bag – a crime punishable under the Arms Act, 1960 – but not the kind of news anyone would normally follow, according to The Times of India. The […]Continue Reading

13 suspected Bangladeshi infiltrators detained in Tripura

June 4, 2025

PARBATTA NEWS DESK In a development that has raised fresh concerns over border security, NDTV reports that thirteen individuals, including two women, have been detained by Amtali police from a residence on the outskirts of Agartala, Tripura. Authorities suspect they illegally entered from Bangladesh. According to the Indian news channel, after extended interrogation by Continue Reading

India landslide kills three soldiers after heavy rains

June 2, 2025

Torrential rains in northeast India resulted in a deadly landslide that crushed and killed three soldiers with six more missing, the Indian army said Monday, AFP reports. Flash floods and landslides in the annual monsoon rains have killed at least 30 people in India’s northeast states in the past week. The landslide that killed the […]Continue Reading