India’s Amit Shah for deporting Bangladeshis, Rohingyas from Delhi

March 1, 2025

Union home minister of India Amit Shah on Friday instructed the top brass of the Delhi police to have a clear and swift legal approach while dealing with unauthorised migrants, including Bangladeshis and Rohingyas, in New Delhi city, reported NDTV. ‘At present, an audit is being done in colonies which have a major chunk of […]Continue Reading

Ten armed men killed in India’s Manipur after firefight with security forces

November 11, 2024

Ten armed men were killed in a gunfight with security forces in India’s remote northeastern state of Manipur on Monday, officials said, after they allegedly tried to attack a police station, Reuters reports. Sporadic violence had rocked Manipur since last year when the majority Meitei community and the tribal Kukis clashed after a court ordered […]Continue Reading

Arakan Army targets Myanmar Junta’s Rakhine power hub

November 10, 2024

Fighting between Myanmar’s junta and the Arakan Army (AA) has been reported in Maungdaw, Gwa, Taungup and Ann townships in Rakhine State, The Irrawaddy reports. In Ann and Gwa, the AA said it seized two battalion headquarters and two outposts on Wednesday. The Tai Kyoe and Pagan Taung outposts in Gwa fell after a day […]Continue Reading

Mother of 3 raped, killed in Manipur, 17 homes torched

November 10, 2024

A 31-year-old tribal mother of three was allegedly raped and burned to death in her village home in India’s Manipur’s Jiribam district late Thursday by armed intruders who terrorised the settlement with indiscriminate gunfire, looting and arson that left 17 dwellings gutted.An FIR based on a complaint filed by the victim’s husband with Jiribam police […]Continue Reading

India extends unprecedented invite to Myanmar’s anti-junta forces, sources say

September 25, 2024

India has invited political and military opponents of Myanmar’s ruling junta to attend a seminar in New Delhi, sources said, a significant move by the South Asian power that has maintained ties with the top generals shunned by Western nations, Reuters reports. A civil war in Myanmar since its military unseated an elected civilian government […]Continue Reading

Army officer stabbed to death in Cox’s Bazar’s operation

September 24, 2024

NEWS DESK An army officer was killed by miscreants during a joint forces operation in the Dulahazara area of Chakaria upazila, Cox’s Bazar. The deceased Lieutenant Tanjim Sarwar Nirjan, 23, was part of the 39 ST Battalion, according to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) on Tuesday. The incident occurred late Monday night during a raid […]Continue Reading

5 injured as hill attackers vandalise mosque, shops in Rangamati

September 20, 2024

STAFF CORRESPONDENT, RANGAMATI Hundreds of armed hill attackers vandalised a mosque and several shops in Rangamati’s Banarupa area on Thursday, leaving five people injured. The attack took place around 10:00am on Friday, when a group of armed individuals launched a sudden assault on the area, locals said. The attackers also set fire to auto-rickshaws and […]Continue Reading

Over 50 shops burned in Khagrachari clash during student protest

September 20, 2024

STAFF CORRESPONDENT, KHAGRACHHARI More than 50 shops were set on fire and five people were injured in a clash that broke out during a student protest in Dighinala upazila of Khagrachari on Thursday. The violence erupted after a group of hill youths reportedly attacked a student procession organised by general students of Dighinala Government College […]Continue Reading

Three cadres of banned militant outfit held in Manipur; IEDs, arms recovered

September 20, 2024

Security forces in Manipur arrested three cadres of a banned militant outfit and recovered several IEDs, arms and ammunition in separate operations in Imphal West and Imphal East districts, officials said, PTI reports. According to police, the three cadres belonging to the outlawed Kanglei Yawol Kanba Lup (KYKL) outfit were apprehended in Ghari area of […]Continue Reading

At least five killed as ethnic violence flares in India’s Manipur

September 8, 2024

At least five people, including one civilian, have been killed as violence flared between two warring ethnic communities in the restive northeastern Indian state of Manipur, according to authorities, Al Jazeera reports. Manipur has been rocked by periodic violence for more than a year between the predominantly Hindu-majority Meitei and the mainly Christian Kukis over […]Continue Reading