Citizenship Bill Row: Massive protests rock North-east; 6 tribal youths hurt in police firing in Tripura, normal life takes a toll in Mizoram
6 years ago

Citizenship Bill Row: Massive protests rock North-east; 6 tribal youths hurt in police firing in Tripura, normal life takes a toll in Mizoram

India TV News  

Six tribal youths protesting against the Citizenship Bill were injured in police firing in Tripura as normal life was hugely affected in Mizoram on Tuesday following an 11-hour shutdown called by the North-East Students Organisation. Ruling BJP's partner in Tripura IPFT and opposition Indigenous Nationalist Party of Tripura extended support to the 11-hour shutdown called by the NESO. The ruling BJP's partner IPFT's Assistant General Secretary Mangal Debbarma told IANS that the party has extended its moral support to the NESO's shutdown in north-eastern states, excluding Sikkim. BJP's veteran tribal leader in Tripura Rampada Jamatia, supporting the Bill, told IANS: "While considering the Citizenship Bill, the sentiment of parties of the northeastern region should not be ignored."

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Tripura tribal party to block highway for Constitutional solution
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Tripura tribal party to block highway for Constitutional solution

The Hindu  

Members of the Tipra Motha Party, Tripura’s main Opposition party, are scheduled to block National Highway 8 — the State’s lifeline — on Wednesday to protest the Centre’s delay in providing constitutional solutions to the issues of the indigenous communities. Mr. Debbarma, who returned to the State’s capital Agartala on Monday night after a meeting with Home Ministry officials in …

Tribal organisation to hold black day in Tripura on Jan 8 to protest against CAA
1 year ago

Tribal organisation to hold black day in Tripura on Jan 8 to protest against CAA

Hindustan Times  

The Twipra Students Federation, a tribal organisation and member of the North East Student Organisation would hold ‘ Black Day’ at areas in Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council on January 8 as part of their anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protest. in 2019, three persons were killed amidst clashes between police and agitators against the Citizenship Amendment Bill in Triupra’s Khumulwng. …

Tripura: CPM calls for nationwide protests amid fresh violence
1 year, 10 months ago

Tripura: CPM calls for nationwide protests amid fresh violence

The Hindu  

The Communist Party of India announced a nationwide protest against the BJP over alleged post-poll violence against its cadres in Tripura. Strongly condemning the “savage post-poll violence”, the party said, “Unwilling to accept that they won a wafer-thin majority losing over 10% of vote share and the coalition losing 11 of its sitting seats, the BJP is mounting such orgy …

A 'Bruing' crisis: 13 injured, many homeless in ethnic clash along Tripura-Mizoram border
3 years, 5 months ago

A 'Bruing' crisis: 13 injured, many homeless in ethnic clash along Tripura-Mizoram border

India Today  

At least 13 tribals were injured and several families rendered homeless in a clash between Bru refugees from Mizoram and Chorei community members in Tripura on Tuesday. Around 1,300 members of the Chorei community from Tripura were forced to take shelter in Assam’s Karimganj district after they were allegedly attacked by Bru refugees from Mizoram who are now living in …

Tripura firing: Death toll rises to 2 as protests continue
4 years, 1 month ago

Tripura firing: Death toll rises to 2 as protests continue

India TV News  

The death toll in the firing incident in Panisagar area of Tripura rose to two on Sunday with a fire service employee succumbing to his injuries, a police officer said. 43-year-old Srikanta Das, a carpenter who was among the protestors, was killed and at least 23 others were injured when police opened fire at picketers, who had blocked the Assam-Agartala …

One killed, 5 injured in police firing during refugee rehabilitation protests in Tripura
4 years, 1 month ago

One killed, 5 injured in police firing during refugee rehabilitation protests in Tripura

India TV News  

At least one died and five others suffered injuries as police opened fire on an agitating mob in Tripura on Saturday, according to news agency IANS. Police said five others were seriously injured as cops had to open fire on the agitating mob that subsequently attacked the security forces at Panisagar in North Tripura district. "Huge contingent of security forces …

Citizenship Bill: India military deployed to Assam and Tripura and internet shut down as protests rage
5 years, 1 month ago

Citizenship Bill: India military deployed to Assam and Tripura and internet shut down as protests rage

CNN  

CNN — Troops have been deployed to India’s ethnically diverse northeastern states of Assam and Tripura, amid violent protests against the passing of a controversial and far-reaching law that offers a path to Indian citizenship for non-Muslim minorities from three neighboring countries. People walk past vehicles set on fire by demonstrators protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Bill in Guwahati, India, …

Anti-Citizenship Bill protests: Army deployed in Assam, Tripura; Internet suspended
5 years, 1 month ago

Anti-Citizenship Bill protests: Army deployed in Assam, Tripura; Internet suspended

The Hindu  

Two columns of the Army were deployed in Guwahati and in Kanchanpur and Manu areas of Tripura on Wednesday as protests against the Citizenship Bill, 2019, continued for the second day. Another column, requisitioned in western Assam’s Bongaigaon district, has been put on standby and the paramilitary Assam Rifles have been deployed in the Ananda Bazar area of Kanchanpur, where …

CAB protests in Northeast: Tripura remains tense but peaceful
5 years, 1 month ago

CAB protests in Northeast: Tripura remains tense but peaceful

India Today  

The Northeast state of Tripura remained tense but peaceful on Wednesday, as widespread protests spread to tribal areas. But by late evening as Rajya Sabha passed the contentious Citizenship Amendment Bill, Tripura got some respite as the protesting bodies called off the strike. Addressing media, after his meet with CM Biplab Deb, Anthony said, "We are not just asking for …

North East erupts in protest against Citizenship (Amendment) Bill: SMS, internet suspended in Tripura; protests in Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal throw normal life out of gear
5 years, 1 month ago

North East erupts in protest against Citizenship (Amendment) Bill: SMS, internet suspended in Tripura; protests in Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal throw normal life out of gear

Firstpost  

The protests come even as the revised Citizenship Bill excluded all states with an Inner Line Permit and the Sixth Schedule regions in Tripura, Assam, and Meghalaya. An 11-hour North East bandh called by an umbrella body of students’ organisations of the region to protest the Citizenship Bill began at 5 am on Tuesday. A government notification, issued by the …

Anti-Citizenship Amendment Bill strike, protests disrupt life in Tripura
5 years, 1 month ago

Anti-Citizenship Amendment Bill strike, protests disrupt life in Tripura

The Hindu  

Strike calls and protests on Monday against the introduction of the Citizenship Amendment Bill in the Lok Sabha severely disrupted normal life and business mainly in areas under the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council. At least 10 teachers of the Ratanpur and the Birchandrapur high schools in Khowai district received injuries in attacks allegedly by supporters of the Indigenous …

Tripura tribals take out mammoth rally against Citizenship Bill
5 years, 11 months ago

Tripura tribals take out mammoth rally against Citizenship Bill

The Quint  

Agartala, Jan 30 Several tribal parties led by the Congress held a joint rally near here on Wednesday to protest against the Citizenship Bill. Led by Congress General Secretary in-charge of Sikkim Pradyot Kishore Manikya Debburman participants in the rally held 20 km from here -- the headquarters of Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council -- unitedly planned to obstruct …

Backlash in Tripura
5 years, 11 months ago

Backlash in Tripura

The Hindu  

TRIPU RA is on the boil. Six people were reportedly injured in police firing and around 20 shops were destroyed as tribal organisations, including the Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra, the Twipra Students Federation and the Indigenous People’s Front of Tripura, an ally of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party in the State, staged a violent protest against the proposed Citizenship …

Citizenship Amendment Bill protests: Five tribal outfits call bandh on 12 January against police firing in Tripura's Madhabbari
6 years ago

Citizenship Amendment Bill protests: Five tribal outfits call bandh on 12 January against police firing in Tripura's Madhabbari

Firstpost  

Five tribal political parties have called a dawn-to-dusk bandh in Tripura to protest against unprovoked police firing during Citizenship Amendment Bill protests at Madhabbari earlier this week. Agartala: Five Indigenous political parties have called a dawn-to-dusk bandh in the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council on Saturday to protest against unprovoked police firing at Madhabbari in West Tripura district earlier …

Protests against Citizenship Bill continue in Assam
6 years ago

Protests against Citizenship Bill continue in Assam

Deccan Chronicle  

Guwahati: Protests over the contentious Citizenship bill continued in Assam on Thursday with students, lawyers and doctors raising their voice against the legislation across the state. Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti, which has been leading the agitation along with its 70 partner organisations, had vowed on Wednesday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union ministers would not be allowed to enter …

Citizenship bill: Police open fire as protests turn violent in Tripura
6 years ago

Citizenship bill: Police open fire as protests turn violent in Tripura

India Today  

Several protesters were injured in clashes with the police in Tripura during an agitation against the Citizenship Bill. The protests were being carried out by the indigenous Twipra Students' Federation as part of the day-long shutdown call across the northeastern states called by the umbrella body North East Students' Organisation against the Modi government's move to pass the proposed Citizenship …

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