Explained | The Assam-Meghalaya border firing
2 years, 1 month ago

Explained | The Assam-Meghalaya border firing

The Hindu  

The story so far: A bid by the Assam police and forest personnel to catch alleged timber smugglers from Meghalaya led to the killing of six people at a place claimed by each State to be within its territory. Apart from heightening tensions along a stretch of the interstate boundary, the incident sparked protests and stray cases of violence in Meghalaya’s capital Shillong and a temporary suspension of vehicular movement between the two States. The complications arising out of the Mukroh incident also delayed the process of resolving the boundary dispute between the two States in the remaining six of the 12 sectors. Although the Assam government claims to the contrary, the fact that the two governments refer to the place of the incident by two names makes it apparent that the boundary dispute is intertwined. On that panel’s recommendations, areas of the present-day East Jaintia Hills, Ri-Bhoi and West Khasi Hills districts of Meghalaya were transferred to the Karbi Anglong, Kamrup and Kamrup districts of Assam.

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WATCH: Fresh clash along Assam-Meghalaya border, villagers use bows, arrows to attack
1 year, 3 months ago

WATCH: Fresh clash along Assam-Meghalaya border, villagers use bows, arrows to attack

Firstpost  

The situation remained calm but tense on Wednesday morning as police forces from both states prevented villagers from congregating at the spot where the clash occurred A fresh clash occurred at a disputed village along the Assam-Meghalaya interstate boundary as locals from both sides used bows and arrows and catapults to attack each other, officials said on Wednesday. However, no …

Assam, Arunachal ink deal to end border dispute; Amit Shah calls it historic
1 year, 8 months ago

Assam, Arunachal ink deal to end border dispute; Amit Shah calls it historic

Hindustan Times  

Assam and Arunachal Pradesh governments on Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding in the national Capital in the presence of union home minister Amit Shah to resolve the long pending border dispute along the boundaries of both northeastern states. The MoU was signed by Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and his Arunachal Pradesh counterpart Pema Khandu in presence of …

Months After Interstate Border Clash, CM Sarma Says Mukroh Village Part of Assam
1 year, 10 months ago

Months After Interstate Border Clash, CM Sarma Says Mukroh Village Part of Assam

News 18  

Almost four months after a bloody clash claimed six lives along the Assam-Meghalaya border, the Himanta Biswa Sarma government on Monday stated that the disputed Mukroh village, where the incident had taken place, falls under its jurisdiction. In a written reply to a query by BJP MLA Bidya Sing Engleng, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said Mukroh village is a …

Deaths in police firing fan tensions near Assam-Meghalaya border
2 years, 1 month ago

Deaths in police firing fan tensions near Assam-Meghalaya border

Hindustan Times  

At 7 am on the morning of November 22, Skhem Myrten was attending to her three grandchildren in her two room hut in the village of Mukroh, on the Assam Meghalaya border. While the Assam police did not issue any official statement, the state’s information department issued a press release which claimed Mukroh as a part of Assam’s West Karbi …

Disquiet in the Northeast: The Hindu Editorial on Assam-Meghalaya boundary dispute
2 years, 1 month ago

Disquiet in the Northeast: The Hindu Editorial on Assam-Meghalaya boundary dispute

The Hindu  

On November 22, five villagers from Meghalaya and an Assam forest guard were killed and two others were seriously injured in a firing incident along the boundary between the two States. Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma said on Twitter that the Assam police and Assam forest guards entered Meghalaya and “resorted to unprovoked firing”. In March, Assam and Meghalaya resolved …

Meghalaya killings not tied to Assam boundary row: Centre
2 years, 1 month ago

Meghalaya killings not tied to Assam boundary row: Centre

The Hindu  

A day after five Meghalaya villagers and an Assam forest guard were killed in a firing incident on the Assam-Meghalaya border, a Union Home Ministry official said on Wednesday that the incident was not related to the border dispute between the two States. Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said in Delhi that Assam forest guards and villagers clashed over …

Boundary violence | Assam opts for CBI probe into clash with Meghalaya villagers
2 years, 1 month ago

Boundary violence | Assam opts for CBI probe into clash with Meghalaya villagers

The Hindu  

In the backdrop of violent clashes with villagers from Meghalaya, the Assam Cabinet on Wednesday decided to hand over the investigation to the Central Bureau of Investigation, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said. The Ministers expressed concern and condolences at the death of six persons in an “unfortunate police-civilian conflict situation” in West Karbi Anglong district, Mr. Sarma added. Earlier, …

Assam-Meghalaya border violence | Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge says BJP's NEDA failed Northeast
2 years, 1 month ago

Assam-Meghalaya border violence | Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge says BJP's NEDA failed Northeast

The Hindu  

A day after violence at the Assam-Meghalaya border, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on November 23 alleged that the BJP's North-East Democratic Alliance has failed the Northeast and called on Home Minister Amit Shah to resolve the border dispute between the two States. Six people, including a forest guard, were killed in violence at the disputed Assam-Meghalaya border in the early …

Assam-Meghalaya border violence: Congress calls it 'deliberate incident', says both CMs were aware of it
2 years, 1 month ago

Assam-Meghalaya border violence: Congress calls it 'deliberate incident', says both CMs were aware of it

India TV News  

Assam-Meghalaya border violence : A day after the violence at the Assam-Meghalaya border, Assam Congress has alleged that this was a "deliberate incident" and both Chief Ministers of Assam and Meghalaya were aware of it. Six persons including five from Meghalaya and one Assam Forest Guard were killed in the firing incident that took place at the Mukroh area in …

Internet services suspended in parts of Meghalaya after 4 people killed in violence on border dispute with Assam
2 years, 1 month ago

Internet services suspended in parts of Meghalaya after 4 people killed in violence on border dispute with Assam

Firstpost  

Following the incident, the Assam police sounded an alert in all the districts bordering Meghalaya to thwart any possible law and order situation New Delhi: Following the firing incident in Meghalaya’s Mukoh where four persons were killed, the state government has suspended mobile internet services in 7 districts for 48 hours. According to Meghalaya DGP LR Bishnoi, “Four persons, including …

Meghalaya villagers protest boundary pact with Assam
2 years, 4 months ago

Meghalaya villagers protest boundary pact with Assam

The Hindu  

: Villagers of Meghalaya living along the boundary with Assam and pressure groups have resumed their opposition to the partial boundary pact between the two States. Their protests followed the decision of the Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and his Meghalaya counterpart, Conrad K. Sangma to go ahead with the second phase of talks to resolve the remaining six …

Assam, Meghalaya decide to start work on resolving border disputes in 6 areas
2 years, 4 months ago

Assam, Meghalaya decide to start work on resolving border disputes in 6 areas

India Today  

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and his Meghalaya counterpart Conrad K Sangma on Sunday decided to start work on resolving the inter-state boundary dispute in six areas over which differences persist. The Assam CM said the areas involved in the second phase are a “little complicated” compared to the first phase as it involved sites like Lampi in Assam's …

Assam, Meghalaya to form committees to resolve decades-old boundary row
2 years, 4 months ago

Assam, Meghalaya to form committees to resolve decades-old boundary row

India Today  

The Assam and Meghalaya governments will form three regional committees headed by cabinet ministers from both states to resolve boundary disputes in six areas of differences. Glad to share that Assam & Meghalaya will form 3 Regional Committees headed by Cabinet Minister from both States to resolve boundary disputes in 6 remaining areas of differences. pic.twitter.com/HJW3Fgh2WW — Himanta Biswa Sarma …

Meghalaya-Assam border dispute: Both CMs to meet on Sunday, talk on six disputed areas
2 years, 4 months ago

Meghalaya-Assam border dispute: Both CMs to meet on Sunday, talk on six disputed areas

India TV News  

Meghalaya-Assam border dispute: The Meghalaya-Assam border talks have reached the second phase. The two northeastern states had signed a memorandum of understanding for ending the five-decade-old border dispute in six of the 12 disputed areas in New Delhi on March 29 in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah. “Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma and Assam Chief Minister …

Assam, Arunachal form regional panels to resolve border dispute
2 years, 5 months ago

Assam, Arunachal form regional panels to resolve border dispute

The Hindu  

Assam and Arunachal Pradesh have formed 12 regional committees to expedite the process of identification and early resolution of disputed areas along their 804.10 km boundary. "At the Assam Regional Committee meeting held today, we decided that the regional panels of both the States would jointly visit the disputed areas before submitting their reports to both the CMs by September …

Towards a resolution of the Arunachal-Assam border dispute
2 years, 8 months ago

Towards a resolution of the Arunachal-Assam border dispute

The Hindu  

The story so far: Less than a month after the Union government gave the seal of approval to an agreement to partially resolve the disputed sectors on the Assam-Meghalaya border, Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu and his Assam counterpart Himanta Biswa Sarma decided to form district-level committees for settling their inter-state boundary disputes. The issue with Arunachal Pradesh has …

Will Find Solution to Border Dispute with Assam in Remaining 6 Areas in Limited Time: Meghalaya CM
2 years, 9 months ago

Will Find Solution to Border Dispute with Assam in Remaining 6 Areas in Limited Time: Meghalaya CM

News 18  

Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma described as the “best solution” his state’s agreement with Assam to end their five-decade-old border dispute in six contested locations and said a resolution will be achieved for the remaining six areas in a limited time. We have laid principles on the basis of which not just Meghalaya or Assam, but other states may …

Step by step: The Hindu Editorial on Assam-Meghalaya border accord
2 years, 9 months ago

Step by step: The Hindu Editorial on Assam-Meghalaya border accord

The Hindu  

Tuesday’s agreement between Assam and Meghalaya to end their boundary dispute in six of the 12 areas, where discord persisted, is a welcome first step. The agreement signed by Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and his Meghalaya counterpart Conrad Sangma, in the presence of Home Minister Amit Shah, also sets the stage to resolve differences in the remaining six …

The Assam-Meghalaya boundary dispute resolution
2 years, 9 months ago

The Assam-Meghalaya boundary dispute resolution

The Hindu  

The story so far: Two months after signing a draft resolution on January 29, Assam and Meghalaya partially resolved a 50-year-old dispute along their 884.9 km boundary. The agreement is expected to pave the way for resolving disputes in the remaining sectors of the Assam-Meghalaya boundary and similar areas of difference between Assam and three other northeastern States. Reactions are …

Assam, Meghalaya sign MoU to resolve 50-yr-old border dispute
2 years, 9 months ago

Assam, Meghalaya sign MoU to resolve 50-yr-old border dispute

Deccan Chronicle  

Guwahati: In a major breakthrough, Assam and Meghalaya on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding in the presence of Union home minister Amit Shah in New Delhi to resolve five-decades old border disputes between the two states. Congratulating the two chief ministers for resolving the dispute, the Union home minister said, “Today, a 50-year-old pending boundary dispute between Assam and …

BJP Leader Against Meghalaya-Assam Border Agreement, Says 'Consent of People Should Be Taken'
2 years, 9 months ago

BJP Leader Against Meghalaya-Assam Border Agreement, Says 'Consent of People Should Be Taken'

News 18  

Senior BJP leader AL Hek on Tuesday lambasted the Meghalaya and Assam governments for signing the boundary agreement in a piecemeal manner amidst opposition from all quarters. Assam and Meghalaya today signed an agreement to resolve their five-decade-old border dispute in six of the 12 locations, with Union Home Minister Amit Shah calling it a “historic day” for the Northeast. …

Assam, Meghalaya sign boundary settlement ending border dispute
2 years, 9 months ago

Assam, Meghalaya sign boundary settlement ending border dispute

Op India  

The north-eastern states of Assam and Meghalaya have signed a settlement, that has been termed ‘historic‘, concerning the border dispute between the states. Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and Meghalaya CM Conrad Sangma signed the accord in presence of Home Minister Amit Shah in Delhi on Tuesday. https://t.co/hvHL4lipun — Amit Shah March 29, 2022 Taking a step forward in …

Assam, Meghalaya sign agreement to resolve border dispute
2 years, 9 months ago

Assam, Meghalaya sign agreement to resolve border dispute

The Hindu  

Assam and Meghalaya have partially resolved a 50-year-old border dispute in six of the 12 sectors along their 885-km boundary. Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and his Meghalaya counterpart Conrad K. Sangma on Tuesday signed a “historic” agreement for a closure in six disputed sectors that were taken up for resolution in the first phase. The six disputed sectors …

70% resolved: Amit Shah as Assam, Meghalaya sign pact over decades-old border row
2 years, 9 months ago

70% resolved: Amit Shah as Assam, Meghalaya sign pact over decades-old border row

India Today  

Assam and Meghalaya on Tuesday signed an agreement to resolve the 50-year-old boundary dispute between their states. The chief ministers of the two states - Himanta Biswa Sarma and Conrad Sangma - signed the agreement in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah, the chief secretaries of the two states and other officials of the Home Ministry. The agreement, …

Assam-Meghalaya Border Dispute: MoU Signed Between CMs Of Both States In Presence Of HM Amit Shah
2 years, 9 months ago

Assam-Meghalaya Border Dispute: MoU Signed Between CMs Of Both States In Presence Of HM Amit Shah

ABP News  

New Delhi: A memorandum of understanding was signed between Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, and Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Kongkal Sangma to resolve the border dispute between the two states, on Tuesday at 3:30 pm. #WATCH Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma and Meghalaya CM Conrad K Sangma sign an agreement to resolve the 50-year-old pending boundary dispute between their …

Assam, Meghalaya agree to resolve border row in six of twelve disputed areas
2 years, 10 months ago

Assam, Meghalaya agree to resolve border row in six of twelve disputed areas

Firstpost  

Meghalaya was carved out of Assam as a separate state in 1972. It had challenged the Assam Reorganisation Act, 1971, leading to disputes in 12 locations along the two states’ 884.9-km-long border New Delhi: Assam and Meghalaya have agreed to resolve their boundary disputes in six locations and are ready to find solutions to six other such areas soon, Meghalaya …

Tension along Arunachal, Assam border
2 years, 11 months ago

Tension along Arunachal, Assam border

Deccan Chronicle  

Guwahati: A day after the chief ministers of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh met to find a solution to the decades-old inter-state border dispute, tensions once again cropped up along the disputed area amid allegations and counter-allegations of police action and firing by locals from the Arunachal Pradesh side on Wednesday night. The problem started over the ongoing Likabali-Durpai PMGSY road …

Assam CM Holds All-Party Meet To Resolve Border Row With Meghalaya
2 years, 11 months ago

Assam CM Holds All-Party Meet To Resolve Border Row With Meghalaya

The Quint  

Sarma also added that a roadmap for an amicable resolution has been prepared as per the recommendations of three regional committees with representatives from both the northeastern states. We have briefed all political parties in Assam Legislative Assembly and all are welcoming the decision to resolve this conflict," Assam Education Minister Ranoj Pegu said. Meanwhile, Bodoland People's Front MLA Durga …

Assam - Meghalaya vow to resolve border friction by December-end
3 years, 1 month ago

Assam - Meghalaya vow to resolve border friction by December-end

Deccan Chronicle  

Guwahati: In a significant step forward in resolving their border rows, Assam and Meghalaya on Tuesday committed to taking all the necessary steps to settle inter-state border disputes in six areas by the end of this year. Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and Meghalaya CM Conrad Sangma, at a joint press conference on Tuesday, told reporters that the border …

Fresh tension at Assam-Meghalaya border after faceoff between police, locals of border areas
3 years, 4 months ago

Fresh tension at Assam-Meghalaya border after faceoff between police, locals of border areas

India Today  

Tension has flared up again along the Assam-Meghalaya border following a faceoff between the police forces of the neighbouring states near the inter-state border. The area between Assam’s West Karbi Anglong district and Meghalaya’s Ri-Bhoi district has been tense since Tuesday and the situation turned critical on Wednesday when some people from Meghalaya along with the local police allegedly tried …

Assam-Meghalaya border dispute - India Today
3 years, 4 months ago

Assam-Meghalaya border dispute - India Today

India Today  

Fresh trouble has begun at the Assam-Meghalaya border. Assam-Meghalaya border dispute is an old problem attributed to different readings of the demarcation of the boundaries from the agreement inked at the time of the creation of Meghalaya as a separate state from Assam in 1972. During the 12-year-long chief ministerial tenure of former Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, border dispute …

Border clashes: Bomb blast damages school in Assam’s Hailakandi district near Mizoram border
3 years, 5 months ago

Border clashes: Bomb blast damages school in Assam’s Hailakandi district near Mizoram border

India TV News  

After a brief lull, tension along the Assam-Mizoram border escalated again on Saturday after unidentified miscreants bombed a government educational institute in Hailakandi district, triggering fear among locals, a senior police officer said. Two Assam ministers Atul Bora and Ashok Singhal visited Aizawl and both the state governments subsequently issued a joint statement pledging to maintain the status quo and …

Border dispute with Arunachal at 1,200 places: Himanta Biswa Sarma
3 years, 5 months ago

Border dispute with Arunachal at 1,200 places: Himanta Biswa Sarma

The Hindu  

Assam has boundary dispute with Arunachal Pradesh at 1,200 places, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma told the 126-member State Assembly on Friday. He also said Mizoram’s insistence on economic activities for its people in the inter-State boundary forest despite an obligation to maintain status quo has stalled a tripartite agreement with the Centre. We have 12 areas of differences …

Assam Has Most Inter-State Border Disputes in India, Home Ministry Data Shows
3 years, 5 months ago

Assam Has Most Inter-State Border Disputes in India, Home Ministry Data Shows

News 18  

Assam is part of four of at least seven border disputes India is currently witnessing, the Union Home Ministry data shows. Assam has border disputes with Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Meghalaya and Mizoram, Rai pointed out. At least five Assam police personnel were killed and more than 60 injured, including a superintendent of police over escalation of the long-standing border dispute …

All you need to know about Assam Mizoram border dispute
3 years, 5 months ago

All you need to know about Assam Mizoram border dispute

Op India  

On Monday evening, a violent clash took place between the locals of Lailapur village in Assam and Vairengte village in Mizoram. I have expressed my willingness to visit Aizawal and discuss these issues if need be.” While responding to the said tweet, Mizoram Chief Minister confirmed the meeting with Himanta Biswa Sarma and urged the withdrawal of Assam police from …

What is Assam-Mizoram border dispute: Explained
3 years, 5 months ago

What is Assam-Mizoram border dispute: Explained

India TV News  

At least six Assam Police personnel were killed and several others suffered injuries in clashes at Assam-Mizoram border on Monday, July 26. Dispute dates back to British era The border dispute between Assam and Mizoram dates backs to the British era. Both the states now claim land on the border between Assam's Cachar and Mizoram's Kolasib district. READ MORE: 6 …

Why the Northeast has hot internal borders
3 years, 5 months ago

Why the Northeast has hot internal borders

Hindustan Times  

NEW DELHI: Peace in India’s northeast, home to a dazzling array of ethnic communities and distinct cultures, was shattered when police forces of Assam and Mizoram clashed over a border dispute on Monday. Assam’s many longstanding interstate border disputes have their roots in how the state was carved up to form other states in the region. The Constitution’s Sixth Schedule, …

Assam-Mizoram border dispute, blames, counter-blames and a spiral of violence: All you need to know
3 years, 5 months ago

Assam-Mizoram border dispute, blames, counter-blames and a spiral of violence: All you need to know

Firstpost  

The heart of the conflict is an unresolved border issue — a 164.6-kilometre long inter-state border, which separates Assam and Mizoram. Three districts of Mizoram — Aizawl, Kolasib and Mamit — share about a 164.6 km border with Assam’s Cachar, Karimganj and Hailakandi districts. Mizoram’s MNF MLA Lalrintluanga Sailo said that his state is not hostile to Assam or its …

Decoded | Assam-Mizoram border dispute: A row unresolved for almost 150 years
3 years, 5 months ago

Decoded | Assam-Mizoram border dispute: A row unresolved for almost 150 years

India Today  

At the time of Independence, Northeast India consisted of Assam and the princely states of Manipur and Tripura. A COLONIAL LEGACY Ironically, the border dispute between Assam and Mizoram did not arise in 1987 when Mizoram got its present identity. Assam said Mizoram carried out these activities ten kilometres inside Hailakandi — one of the bordering districts on Assam’s side. …

Situation in Meghalaya-Assam border under control: Conrad Sangma
3 years, 5 months ago

Situation in Meghalaya-Assam border under control: Conrad Sangma

India Today  

A day after an escalation of tension between Assam and Meghalaya on the inter-state border, Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma on Tuesday said the situation is under control and asked people and district administrations of both states to refrain from taking any aggressive stand. Read | Decoded | Assam-Mizoram border dispute: A row unresolved for almost 150 years Inter-state border …

The Hindu Explains | What triggered the unrest on the Assam-Mizoram border?
4 years, 2 months ago

The Hindu Explains | What triggered the unrest on the Assam-Mizoram border?

The Hindu  

The story so far: The recent violence and tension on the Assam-Mizoram border underlines the differences the two States have had since 1972, when Mizoram was carved out of Assam as a Union Territory. In November, the death of a man from Assam in custody in Mizoram threatened to snowball into a major crisis until top officials of the two …

Assam-Mizoram Border Row Typifies the Deep-set Boundary Feuds Between India's Northeastern States
4 years, 2 months ago

Assam-Mizoram Border Row Typifies the Deep-set Boundary Feuds Between India's Northeastern States

News 18  

Decades of unresolved boundary disputes between India’s northeastern states often lead to ethnic conflicts, and the October 17 flare-up on the Assam-Mizoram border was no exception. In the latest incident, violence erupted over a Covid-19 testing centre set up by Mizoram — within territory claimed by Assam — to sample Mizoram-bound truckers and other people, NDTV reported. A group of …

Tension at Assam-Mizoram border as many injured in violent clash, Sarbananda Sonowal dials PMO, CM Zoramthanga
4 years, 2 months ago

Tension at Assam-Mizoram border as many injured in violent clash, Sarbananda Sonowal dials PMO, CM Zoramthanga

India Today  

Tension prevailed on the Assam-Mizoram border and several people were injured after violent clashes broke out between two groups from both states. According to reports, several people were injured during the clash between the two groups from Assam and Mizoram at Lailapur area in Assam's Cachar district on Saturday evening. Police and administration officials have now said that the overall …

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