Northeast to have connectivity projects worth ₹1.76 lakh crore by 2025: Amit Shah
1 year, 8 months ago

Northeast to have connectivity projects worth ₹1.76 lakh crore by 2025: Amit Shah

The Hindu  

The northeast comprising eight States will have functional connectivity projects worth ₹1.76 lakh crore by 2025, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said at an official programme in Mizoram’s capital Aizawl on Saturday. The most significant of these road, railway, and aviation projects is the Kaladan Multimodal Transit Transport Project India has undertaken in Myanmar, he said after inaugurating and laying the foundation stones of 11 projects worth ₹2,500 crore in Mizoram. Apart from several road projects, the Home Minister laid the foundation stones for a smart city project and the Laldenga Cultural Centre worth ₹193 crore to be built in Aizawl. “The aspirations of the MNF and the people of Mizoram have been realised with the shifting of the Assam Rifles battalion headquarters and the initiation of the centre dedicated to Laldenga,” Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthanga said.

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Centre decides to shift select troopers of Assam Rifles from North-East to terror-hit Jammu region
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Centre decides to shift select troopers of Assam Rifles from North-East to terror-hit Jammu region

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The government has decided to move around 150 personnel of Assam Rifles from its core area North East for the first time and to deploy them in the Jammu region, which has witnessed terror attacks in recent times, officials said on Tuesday. The Assam Rifles is a unique paramilitary force, as its operational command is with the Indian …

CRPF to replace two battalions of Assam Rifles in Manipur; Kuki-Zo groups oppose the move
4 months, 3 weeks ago

CRPF to replace two battalions of Assam Rifles in Manipur; Kuki-Zo groups oppose the move

The Hindu  

The Central Reserve Police Force is all set to replace two battalions of Assam Rifles in the hill districts of Churachandpur and Kangpokpi in violence-hit Manipur, a government official told The Hindu. The Kuki Students’ Organisation said that “Assam Rifles after years of effort and dedication won the hearts and minds of the hill people”. Meitei civil society groups and …

Mizoram: Assam Rifles recovers heroin worth over Rs 25 lakh in Aizawl, one held
8 months, 1 week ago

Mizoram: Assam Rifles recovers heroin worth over Rs 25 lakh in Aizawl, one held

India TV News  

Heroin worth more than Rs 25 lakh was recovered by the Assam Rifles along with Special Narcotics Police Station and Crime Investigation Department, Aizawl in Aizawl's Zuangtui and apprehended one individual, police said. The operation that took place on Monday was carried out by a combined team of Assam Rifles and Special Narcotics Police Station, CID, Aizawl based on specific …

Mizoram: Assam Rifles recovers contraband worth over Rs 1 crore along India-Myanmar border
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Mizoram: Assam Rifles recovers contraband worth over Rs 1 crore along India-Myanmar border

India TV News  

Assam Rifles and Mizoram Police recovered drugs and foreign origin beer worth Rs 1.75 crore in the Champhai district along the India-Myanmar border in a joint operation, the officials said on Sunday. The forces recovered 95 grams of heroin worth Rs 66.50 lakh in Zokhawthar and 155 grams of heroin and 10 cases of foreign origin Beer worth Rs 1.08 …

Mizoram: 3 Myanmar nationals held with unaccounted cash worth over Rs 1 crore
10 months ago

Mizoram: 3 Myanmar nationals held with unaccounted cash worth over Rs 1 crore

India TV News  

Three Myanmar nationals have been arrested in east Mizoram's Champhai district with unaccounted cash worth over Rs 1 crore, an official said. A combined team of Assam Rifles and Mizoram Police conducted a joint operation at Murlen village in Champhai district near the Myanmar border on Thursday during which the unaccounted cash was recovered, she said. In another operation, the …

Centre sanctions over Rs 1,300 crore for vital Aizawl Bypass Tunnel in Mizoram
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Centre sanctions over Rs 1,300 crore for vital Aizawl Bypass Tunnel in Mizoram

India TV News  

Mizoram: The Union Road Transport and Highways Ministry has sanctioned Rs 1,313.28 crore for the development of a 2.5 km twin tube uni-directional Aizawl Bypass Tunnel, along with a 2.1 km approach road on the Sairang-Phaibawk section of National Highway-6, officials said here on Sunday. A Mizoram government official said that spanning a total length of 4.60 km, the Aizawl …

The Assam Rifles | Guarding the northeast
1 year, 4 months ago

The Assam Rifles | Guarding the northeast

The Hindu  

The volatile situation in Manipur took a turn for the worse earlier this month after the State Police registered a case against the Assam Rifles, the oldest paramilitary force deployed in the region to restore peace. The Manipur Police claimed the Assam Rifles had disobeyed the law by “obstructing duty” and accused its personnel of blocking police vehicles and helping …

Assam Rifles removed from key checkpoint in Manipur: What is this central paramilitary force?
1 year, 4 months ago

Assam Rifles removed from key checkpoint in Manipur: What is this central paramilitary force?

Firstpost  

Assam Rifles has been replaced with civil police and CRPF at a vital check post in the Bishnupur district. This comes after Meira Paibis, Meitei women activists, held demonstrations across the Imphal valley on Monday, alleging the use of excessive force against the majority community protesters As tensions continue to simmer in Manipur between the majority Meiteis and the tribal …

Amit Shah In Manipur: HM To Arrive In Imphal Today For 3-Day Visit To Review Security Situation
1 year, 6 months ago

Amit Shah In Manipur: HM To Arrive In Imphal Today For 3-Day Visit To Review Security Situation

ABP News  

Guwahati: Union Home Minister Amit Shah will arrive in violence-hit Manipur on Monday on a three-day visit and hold meetings with various stakeholders to usher in peace in the hill state. The United People's Front and the Kuki National Organisation, which work for the welfare of the Kuki Zo community in Manipur, said they are looking forward to Union Home …

Assam Rifles to tighten security along India-Myanmar border to stop influx in Mizoram
1 year, 7 months ago

Assam Rifles to tighten security along India-Myanmar border to stop influx in Mizoram

The Hindu  

Assam Rifles will enhance vigilance along the 510-km stretch of the India-Myanmar border in Mizoram in a bid to prevent the influx of illegal immigrants from the neighbouring country, officials said. They also expressed concern over "rising number of crime incidents, including murder cases", after Myanmarese people started taking shelter in the northeastern State following a military coup in the …

Assam Rifles seized Rs 1,600 crore illegally traded goods in North East since 2020
3 years, 4 months ago

Assam Rifles seized Rs 1,600 crore illegally traded goods in North East since 2020

India TV News  

The Assam Rifles has seized over Rs 1,600 crore worth of illegally traded goods in the northeast region from Myanmar since 2020, the chief of the paramilitary force said. Such unlawful trade is alarming and detrimental to national development and India's Act East Policy, Assam Rifles Director General Lt Gen Pradeep Chandran Nair said at an event organised by industry …

Assam Police announces Rs 5 lakh reward for information on people involved in Mizoram border firing
3 years, 4 months ago

Assam Police announces Rs 5 lakh reward for information on people involved in Mizoram border firing

India Today  

The Assam police on Wednesday announced a reward of Rs 5 lakh for any information leading to the arrest of each of those involved in the killing of its personnel during the Mizoram border clash on Monday. “A team of Assam Police including officers of the Crime Investigation Department is leaving for Delhi to take lawful action related to the …

India pushes for strategic Kaladan transit project through Myanmar to ramp-up its Act East Policy
3 years, 8 months ago

India pushes for strategic Kaladan transit project through Myanmar to ramp-up its Act East Policy

New Indian Express  

ZORINPUI : Keeping an eye on the strategic interests of the country, the Indian government has mobilised its strategic road infrastructure to Myanmar through Mizoram, aiming to boost India’s Act East Policy even while disturbance prevails along the Indo-Myanmar borders, with refugees trickling in. Brigadier Digvijay Singh, 23 Sector Assam Rifles Commandant said, “The Kaladan Multi–Modal Transit Transport is progressing …

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