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. Watch | Watch: Assam seeks apology from Mizoram over deadly clashes People from Chorei, Tripuri and Halam communities, who are now taking shelter in different schools and clubs in Manikband area under Patharkandi assembly constituency in Karimganj district, alleged that Brus attacked their villages and torched their properties. Lal Sangpui, a Chorei tribal woman, who took refuge along with her family in a school building, told India Today TV, “The Brus not only attacked us but also destroyed our houses and properties.

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More than 37,500 Bru tribal refugees rehabilitated in Tripura: Union Home Ministry
3 weeks, 2 days ago

More than 37,500 Bru tribal refugees rehabilitated in Tripura: Union Home Ministry

The Hindu  

“More than 37,500 Bru tribals, who were affected by the ethnic violence in Mizoram in the late 1990s and 2009, have been rehabilitated in Tripura at a cost of ₹821 crore provided by the Union Home Ministry,” officials said in Tripura’s Ambassa. Union Home Minister Amit Shah visited some of these refugees in Tripura, on Sunday “On January 16, 2020, …

11 Bangladeshi nationals including three minors held in Tripura: Police
8 months, 1 week ago

11 Bangladeshi nationals including three minors held in Tripura: Police

Hindustan Times  

Agartala: The Tripura police on Sunday said they arrested eight Bangladeshi nationals while also detaining three minors from two separate places in the northeastern state’s Dhalai district for allegedly entering the Indian side of the border without legal documents. The arrested persons have been identified as Mohammad Mamun Sardhar, Ruma Begam, Mohammad Rabin Sardhar, Mohammad Chan Miah Akhon, Mohammad Maharaj …

Manipur Voting Hurdles: No voting arrangement for people who left the State after ethnic violence
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Manipur Voting Hurdles: No voting arrangement for people who left the State after ethnic violence

The Hindu  

People who fled the ethnic violence in Manipur and took refuge in the neighbourhood, specifically Mizoram, will be able to vote in the Lok Sabha elections only if they return to their home State. Manipur’s Chief Electoral Officer Pradeep Kumar Jha said no voting arrangement had been made for people who left the State after the ethnic violence broke out …

Last batch of Mizoram Bru refugees permanently settled in Tripura
1 year ago

Last batch of Mizoram Bru refugees permanently settled in Tripura

The Hindu  

The Tripura government has allocated land for the rehabilitation of the last batch of Mizoram Bru refugees, who were granted permanent settlement in Tripura through a Home Ministry-initiated quadripartite agreement signed on January 16, 2020. As per the agreement, a total of 6,959 Bru tribe families comprising 37,136 persons, were to be permanently settled in 12 different locations across four …

Manipur Violence: Over 5,800 people flee to Mizoram, take shelter in relief camps
1 year, 8 months ago

Manipur Violence: Over 5,800 people flee to Mizoram, take shelter in relief camps

Firstpost  

Over 5,800 people in violence-hit Manipur have left for Mizoram and taken shelter in different districts of the state, officials said on Sunday. A total number of 5,822 people, belonging to the Chin-Kuki-Mizo community, have lodged in temporary relief camps across six districts of Mizoram. Meanwhile, Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh, along with his four cabinet ministers, rushed to …

Manipur violence: Over 5,800 people fled to Mizoram after violent clashes
1 year, 8 months ago

Manipur violence: Over 5,800 people fled to Mizoram after violent clashes

India TV News  

Manipur violence: More than 5,800 people from violence-hit Manipur have fled to Mizoram, following the recent inter-ethnic clashes in the northeastern state. In the wake of the violent clashes, 10 Kuki MLAs, including seven from the BJP, urged the Centre to create a separate administration, claiming that tribal people could no longer live under the Manipur government. Manipur violence The …

Civil society groups in Aizawl protest outside Governor’s house demanding Kuki-Chin refugees’ entry to India
2 years ago

Civil society groups in Aizawl protest outside Governor’s house demanding Kuki-Chin refugees’ entry to India

The Hindu  

Civil society groups in Mizoram protested outside the Governor’s house in Aizawl on January 9, 2023 demanding that the Kuki-Chin refugees from Bangladesh be allowed to enter the State as they were not safe in the neighbouring country. In a memorandum, CYMA said that on January 4, several ethnic Mizos from Bangladesh were pushed back by the Border Security Force …

Refugee crisis on Mizoram border
2 years ago

Refugee crisis on Mizoram border

The Hindu  

As another round of refugee crisis brews on the Mizoram-Bangladesh border, several members of the Kuki-Chin community were “pushed back” by the Border Security Force on Friday, according to K. Vanlalvena, a Rajya Sabha member from Mizoram. He said not allowing the “ethnic Mizo” from Bangladesh to enter India would amount to “discrimination on ethnic grounds” as in the 1970s …

Tripura Chief Minister discusses Bru rehabilitation with the Union Home Minister
2 years, 8 months ago

Tripura Chief Minister discusses Bru rehabilitation with the Union Home Minister

The Hindu  

Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb discussed issues over rehabilitation of the Mizoram Bru refugees with Union Home Minister Amit Shah at latter’s office in New Delhi Monday night. Chief Minister in his social media page earlier informed that he met Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh to request him to establish a Sainik School in Tripura. During the meeting Chief …

Assam - Mizoram border tension tense after blast
3 years, 2 months ago

Assam - Mizoram border tension tense after blast

Deccan Chronicle  

Guwahati: The two-month-long relative peace on the restive Assam-Mizoram border was broken again with a high-intensity bomb blast at a border outpost, resulting in the arrest of a Mizoram policeman on Saturday by the Assam police from the area with cordex wire that was used to trigger the blast remotely. The arrest of a member of Mizoram police’s India Reserve …

Tribals from Tripura fled to Assam after attacked by refugees from Mizoram
3 years, 5 months ago

Tribals from Tripura fled to Assam after attacked by refugees from Mizoram

Op India  

Even as the border tension between Assam and Mizoram remains delicate, fresh tensions have emerged on the Mizoram – Tripura border. Around 1500 locals from Tripura were forced to take shelter in neighbouring Assam after they were attacked by Bru refugees from Mizoram living in the state. The people from Bru community, also known as Reang, was displaced by the …

Assam govt issues advisory, asks people to avoid travelling to Mizoram amid border row
3 years, 5 months ago

Assam govt issues advisory, asks people to avoid travelling to Mizoram amid border row

India Today  

The Assam government has issued an advisory asking local residents to refrain from travelling to Mizoram amid the ongoing inter-state border row that has claimed lives of six Assam Police personnel. "Given the critical prevailing situation, the people of Assam are advised not to travel to Mizoram and the personal safety of people of Assam cannot be accepted," the advisory …

Centre holds meeting with Assam, Mizoram police chiefs over border violence
3 years, 5 months ago

Centre holds meeting with Assam, Mizoram police chiefs over border violence

India Today  

The Centre on Wednesday held a meeting with senior Assam and Mizoram officials - chief secretaries and DGPs following violence along their border. Chaired by Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla, the meeting had a focussed discussion on the Assam-Mizoram border dispute and the recent escalation of violence. However, violence broke out at the Assam-Mizoram border only two days after Amit …

Days after border clash with Mizoram, Assam govt decides to create 5 new police battalions
3 years, 5 months ago

Days after border clash with Mizoram, Assam govt decides to create 5 new police battalions

India Today  

Two days after inter-state violence broke out in Lailapur area in Cachar district along the Assam-Mizoram border, the Assam government on Wednesday decided to create five new Assam police battalions. On July 27, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma had said that the state government will raise three commando battalions for Karimganj, Cachar and Hailakandi and 3,000 personnel will be …

Assam-Mizoram border clashes: What has happened so far
3 years, 5 months ago

Assam-Mizoram border clashes: What has happened so far

India TV News  

Border clashes between the northeastern states of Assam and Mizoram are not new, however, the one witnessed on Monday was the bloodiest. Assam's Barak Valley districts of Cachar, Karimganj and Hailakandi share a 164 km long border with Mizoram's three districts of Aizawl, Kolasib and Mamit. The violence came just two days after Union Home Minister Amit Shah held talks …

Assam-Mizoram Border Standoff: Neutral Force CRPF Faces Flak
3 years, 5 months ago

Assam-Mizoram Border Standoff: Neutral Force CRPF Faces Flak

News 18  

A day after a violent clash and exchange of fire between police forces of Assam and Mizoram left at least six people dead and over 50 injured, the Central Reserve Police Force deployed along the disputed interstate border on Tuesday received criticism from the Mizoram home minister and others for allegedly failing to carry out its responsibility as a neutral …

5 Assam policemen killed in border clash with Mizoram
3 years, 5 months ago

5 Assam policemen killed in border clash with Mizoram

The Hindu  

Five Assam police personnel were killed in an exchange of fire with their Mizoram counterparts after the protracted border row between the two northeastern States took a violent turn on Monday. ‘CRPF post attacked’ Mizoram’s Home Minister Lalchamliana said the chain of events began at 11.30 a.m. when some 200 Assam police personnel came to the Vairengte auto-rickshaw stand and …

Assam, Mizoram deploy police in border areas as inter-state border dispute intensifies
3 years, 5 months ago

Assam, Mizoram deploy police in border areas as inter-state border dispute intensifies

India Today  

With tension flaring between Assam and Mizoram over an inter-state border dispute, both states have deployed sizeable contingents of police personnel along border areas. Cachar Superintendent of Police Nimbalkar Vaibhav Chandrakant stated, "The police officers are camping along the inter-state border in Cachar district at Khulicherra and Dholakhal." Assam-Mizoram border dispute flares again Tension along the interstate border with Mizoram …

Several injured in Mizoram-Assam border clash
3 years, 11 months ago

Several injured in Mizoram-Assam border clash

India TV News  

Several people were injured in a clash due to a fresh dispute on the Mizoram Assam border near Bairabi town in Mizoram's Kolasib district on Tuesday, state police said. The clash between the border residents of the two states took place when two employees of Mizoram power and electricity department and a member of Bairabi village council who had gone …

Enforcement Of Bru Community Accord- "Court Must Allow Administration To Evolve Political Resolution": Tripura High Court
3 years, 11 months ago

Enforcement Of Bru Community Accord- "Court Must Allow Administration To Evolve Political Resolution": Tripura High Court

Live Law  

Observing that the stage has not yet arisen for interception of the Court in such process, the Tripura High Court on Tuesday disposed of a plea seeking full proper enforcement of the Resettlement-Accord For Bru Community. Importantly, the Court observed "In such extremely sensitive and complex socio-economic and political questions, the Court must allow the administration to evolve a political …

Tripura violence over Bru refugee settlement: All you need to know
4 years, 1 month ago

Tripura violence over Bru refugee settlement: All you need to know

Op India  

Violence erupted in Tripura on Saturday during protests against the settlement of Bru Refugees in the Kanchanpur sub-division of the state. Ratan Lal Nath, state Law Minister, said, “The magisterial inquiry will be conducted by North Tripura District Nagesh Kumar B and the probe report will be submitted within one month.” Were Bangladeshis or Bangladeshi refugees involved in the protests? …

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 …

Assam-Mizoram Border clash: Here is all you need to know
4 years, 2 months ago

Assam-Mizoram Border clash: Here is all you need to know

Op India  

Clashes erupted at the Assam-Mizoram border between the people of the two states on Saturday night, injuring people and leaving more than 20 temporary bamboo huts incinerated. According to officials, the flare-up took place as villagers of Lailapur in Cachar district of Assam entered into a brawl with residents of Vairengte in Kolasib district of neighbouring Mizoram. The deputy commissioner …

Mizoram objects to construction of Temple at Phuldungsei village
4 years, 3 months ago

Mizoram objects to construction of Temple at Phuldungsei village

Op India  

The Mizoram government has registered its objection with the Tripura government to the construction of a Temple at the Phuldungsei village near the Tripura-Mizoram interstate border. Mizoram Home Secretary Lalbiaksangi, in a letter to his counterpart in Tripura, claimed that any work at the “disputed” inter-state border could create law and order problems and sought an “immediate and indefinite” stop …

[Resettlement-Accord For Bru Community] 'Matter Predominantly Socio-Political In Nature; Will Intervene At The Appropriate Stage', Tripura HC [Read Order]
4 years, 3 months ago

[Resettlement-Accord For Bru Community] 'Matter Predominantly Socio-Political In Nature; Will Intervene At The Appropriate Stage', Tripura HC [Read Order]

Live Law  

The Tripura High Court on Monday heard a Public Interest Petition, wherein the Counsel for the petitioner submitted before the Court, the concerns and anxiety of the petitioners regarding the full implementation of the resettlement accord of the displaced Bru community. About The Bru Community The Brus, aka Reangs, are spread across Tripura, Mizoram and southern Assam. Resettlement-Accord Of Bru …

Brus vs non-tribal Bengalis: It’s a clash among the displaced in Tripura
4 years, 10 months ago

Brus vs non-tribal Bengalis: It’s a clash among the displaced in Tripura

The Hindu  

February 22, 2020 12:15 am | Updated December 04, 2021 10:35 pm IST Anandabazar, a commercial centre in northern Tripura’s Reang tribal domain, means Market of Happiness. The internally displaced people, removed from their roots and with nowhere else to go, are easy to blame for every ill,” said A. Sawibunga, president of the Mizoram Bru Displaced People’s Forum. If …

Who are the Brus, and what are the implications of settling them in Tripura?
4 years, 11 months ago

Who are the Brus, and what are the implications of settling them in Tripura?

The Hindu  

A quadripartite agreement in New Delhi on January 16 allowed some 35,000 Bru tribal people, who were displaced from Mizoram and are living in Tripura as refugees since 1997, to settle permanently in Tripura. The Centre, State governments of Tripura and Mizoram, and representatives of Bru organisations signed the agreement in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah. Delhi-based …

Bru settlement deal may set bad precedent, caution activists
4 years, 11 months ago

Bru settlement deal may set bad precedent, caution activists

The Hindu  

The agreement to settle some 35,000 Bru tribal people in Tripura and not in Mizoram from where they were displaced, could encourage the creation of ethnocentric States in the northeast, rights activists have said. Others agree the “solution” has the potential of creating conflicts between the Brus and indigenous communities of Tripura, but addresses the insecurities of a tribe that …

Bru refugees from Mizoram to be permanently settled Tripura
4 years, 11 months ago

Bru refugees from Mizoram to be permanently settled Tripura

Op India  

On Tuesday, the Home Ministry announced that it has brought to an end a 23-year old wait for over 30000 Bru tribals living in Tripura, after a “historic agreement” had been signed among the union government, the governments of Mizoram and Tripura; and the Mizoram Bru Displaced People’s Forum. Over 30,000 displaced Bru tribals from Mizoram to permanently settle in …

Mizoram govt determined to complete repatriation of Bru refugees, final repatriation process likely to begin in October
5 years, 7 months ago

Mizoram govt determined to complete repatriation of Bru refugees, final repatriation process likely to begin in October

Op India  

The Mizoram government is determined to complete the repatriation of 33,000 Bru refugees who have been lodged in six relief camps at Tripura for the past 22 years. The repatriation process of Bru people, also known as Reang people, touted to be the last repatriation process, is likely to begin in October this year. The Mizoram Bru Displaced People’s Forum, …

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 …

Bru community: Mizoram's tribals who fled to Tripura 21 years ago over ethnic strife are struggling in refugee camps
6 years, 1 month ago

Bru community: Mizoram's tribals who fled to Tripura 21 years ago over ethnic strife are struggling in refugee camps

Firstpost  

The over 30,000 tribals now lodged in refugee camps in Tripura for over 21 years, demanded setting up of polling stations near them so that they could cast their votes. Over 30,000 tribals have been lodged in Tripura refugee camps for over 21 years, and have demanded setting up of polling stations near them so that they could cast their …

Mizoram Assembly Elections 2018: Bru refugees may find it tough to vote
6 years, 2 months ago

Mizoram Assembly Elections 2018: Bru refugees may find it tough to vote

The Hindu  

The Bru refugees stranded in makeshift camps in north Tripura will find it tough to join in the election exercise in Mizoram owing to stiff protests from hardliner Mizo social groups. NGO Coordination Committee, a new forum, spearheaded massive protests mainly in Mizoram capital Aizawl to oppose any special arrangements for the refugees to exercise their franchise in the November …

Mizoram Elections: Amid Congress opposition to their voting rights, Bru refugee camps urge political parties to stay away
6 years, 2 months ago

Mizoram Elections: Amid Congress opposition to their voting rights, Bru refugee camps urge political parties to stay away

Op India  

An Apex body representing the Bru refugees from Mizoram living in Tripura has appealed to the political parties in Mizoram not to come for election campaigning. Vice president of Mizoram Bru Displaced People’s Forum R Laldawngliana said that the community members were not keen on attending election campaign meetings by parties from Mizoram. More than 30,000 people belonging to the …

Mizoram, where displaced Brus seek a better rehabilitation package to return
6 years, 3 months ago

Mizoram, where displaced Brus seek a better rehabilitation package to return

The Hindu  

The displacement of some 40,000 Bru people from Mizoram in 1997 got much less traction than that of the Kashmiri Pandits seven years before. Talks of repatriation began in 2009 but Bru extremists allegedly killed a Mizo teenager, triggering another round of retaliatory attacks and exodus of Brus to Tripura. The package covers 32,876 members of 5,407 Bru families, entailing …

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