4 Rohingya held in India custody, kin say no riot links

August 12, 2023

Four Rohingya refugees, including two minors aged 14 and 16 years, have been apprehended for their alleged role in communal violence that broke out in Nuh, one of the 22 districts in the Indian state of Haryana, on July 31, Times of India reports. While two adults — 21 and 19 years old — were […]Continue Reading

Manipur: India’s Supreme Court hears plea by women in viral assault video

July 31, 2023

NEWS DESK India’s Supreme Court has questioned the federal government on “systemic” and “unabated” violence in the north-eastern state of Manipur while hearing a petition filed by two women who were seen in a video that sparked outrage, BBC reports. The viral video showed the women being paraded naked and molested by a mob. They were […]Continue Reading

3 killed, 4 injured in fresh violence in Manipur’s Imphal West district

June 5, 2023

Three persons were killed and four others injured in a gunfight between two armed groups in Manipur’s Imphal West district on Monday morning, police said, India’s PTI reports. The incident happened in Kangchup area of the district, they said. Those injured were admitted to a hospital in Imphal where their conditions were stated to be […]Continue Reading

What sparked deadly ethnic clashes in India’s Manipur?

May 9, 2023

Thousands of security personnel maintained vigil in India’s restive northeastern state of Manipur on Tuesday as a curfew was relaxed after days of rioting and ethnic clashes killed at least 60 people and displaced 35,000. The violence in the state bordering Myanmar began on May 3 when tribal groups clashed with a non-tribal group, the […]Continue Reading

54 dead after ethnic clashes in India’s Manipur

May 6, 2023

NEWS DESK The death toll after ethnic clashes in India’s remote northeast rose to 54 on Saturday, with fresh violence overnight despite authorities rushing in troops to restore order. Thousands of soldiers were sent to Manipur state after a protest march by a tribal group turned violent on Wednesday. Authorities imposed an internet blackout and […]Continue Reading

Manipur: Centre invokes Article 355, takes over Indian state’s security after fresh violence

May 5, 2023

NEWS DESK India’s central government Thursday promulgated Article 355 in Manipur to take charge of the security after a spate of arson and violence in the hills and valley areas following Wednesday’s Tribal Solidarity March, ThePrint reports. From Churachandpur to Imphal, the rupture in ethnic ties between the tribal Kukis and the the non-tribal Meitei […]Continue Reading

Shoot-at-sight order issued as Manipur violence flares

May 4, 2023

NEWS DESK Authorities in north eastern Indian state of Manipur today issued shoot-at-sight order in “extreme cases” to contain spiralling violence in the state between tribals and majority non-tribal Meitei community which has led to the displacement of more than 9,000 people from their villages. The order issued on behalf of the Manipur Governor said […]Continue Reading

6 Bangladeshi nationals arrested from Agartala airport without valid documents

April 28, 2023

NEWS DESK Six Bangladeshi nationals, including five women, were arrested from the premises of Agartala’s Maharaja Bir Bikram (MBB) Airport Thursday after they were allegedly found travelling without valid documents, The Indian Express reports. The arrested have been identified as Khaleda Begum, Munni Begam, Doli Begum, Zinnat Begum, Tania Begum and Ahad Hussein. They hail Continue Reading

An innocent Bawm villager killed by Bawm party terrorists in Mizoram

March 31, 2023

NEWS DESK It has been alleged that an innocent villager named Sanglianjual Bawm alias Passen Bawm (29) from Bandarban of Bangladesh was murdered by terrorists of Kuki-Chin National Front known as Bawm Party in Longtlai District of Mizoram State, India, HIll Voice reports. According to the sources, on March 19, 2023, the terrorists of the […]Continue Reading

‘Becoming visible’: India’s first female Rohingya graduate

March 28, 2023

Tasmida Johar, India’s first woman graduate from the displaced Rohingya community, says she is going through a “conflicting feeling” these days, AL Jazeera reports. “I feel happy about these headlines, ‘first this, first that’, but at the same time, it also makes me sad. I am happy because this is my achievement, of making it […]Continue Reading