Assam, Mizoram agree to resolve border tensions through dialogue after talks with Amit Shah
3 years, 8 months ago

Assam, Mizoram agree to resolve border tensions through dialogue after talks with Amit Shah

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Chief Minister Zoramthanga urged the people of Mizoram to refrain from posting provocative messages and misuse of social media in order to de-escalate the ongoing tension Aizawl: Union home minister Amit Shah spoke to Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and Mizoram CM Zoramthanga over the phone on Sunday to defuse the border tension between the two Northeastern states. “As per telephonic discussion with Home Minister and Assam chief minister, we agreed to resolve the Mizoram-Assam border issue amicably through meaningful dialogue,” he tweeted. Zoramthanga also urged the people of Mizoram to refrain from posting provocative messages and misuse of social media in order to de-escalate the ongoing tension. Tension continued at the border areas after the violent clash that took place near Vairengte town in Mizoram’s Kolasib district on 26 July, leaving at least seven people from Assam, including six police personnel, dead.

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Assam, Mizoram to hold chief minister-level talks to resolve border dispute
2 years, 6 months ago

Assam, Mizoram to hold chief minister-level talks to resolve border dispute

India TV News  

Highlights Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma will now meet his Mizoram counterpart Zoramthanga They'll hold another round of talks on pending Assam-Mizoram border issue In July last year, border dispute turned violent resulting in death of 7 cops from Assam police Assam-Mizoram border issue : Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma will now meet his Mizoram counterpart, Zoramthanga to …

Mizoram, Assam CMs to hold border talks on Sep 19
2 years, 6 months ago

Mizoram, Assam CMs to hold border talks on Sep 19

India TV News  

Highlights The meeting will take place in the national capital but venue is yet to be decided. Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthanga and his Assam counterpart Himanta Biswa Sarma will hold talks on September 19 to find an amicable solution to the border dispute between the two northeastern states, an official said on Friday. "The two chief ministers conversed over the …

Assam-Mizoram Border Dispute: High-level Delegations Hold Talks, Agree to Four-point Peace Plan
2 years, 7 months ago

Assam-Mizoram Border Dispute: High-level Delegations Hold Talks, Agree to Four-point Peace Plan

News 18  

A high-level delegation from Assam and Mizoram on Tuesday agreed to promote and maintain peace along the borders during talks held at the Aizawl Club. After hours of discussion and deliberation from both sides Assam and Mizoram agreed to work upon four broad points: affirm the Joint Statement of August 5, 2021 in letter and spirit; agree to promote and …

Border Dispute: Assam, Mizoram Agree To Maintain Peace & Harmony Post Centre’s Intervention
3 years, 7 months ago

Border Dispute: Assam, Mizoram Agree To Maintain Peace & Harmony Post Centre’s Intervention

ABP News  

Guwahati/Aizawl: In the wake of the escalating tension post the border clashes between both sides, Assam and Mizoram have agreed to maintain peace in inter-state border areas and welcomed deployment of neutral force by the Central government in this regard. “For this purpose, both the states shall not send their respective Forest and Police forces for patrolling, domination, enforcement or …

Assam, Mizoram agree to resolve border row, focus on peace measures: Key points from joint statement
3 years, 7 months ago

Assam, Mizoram agree to resolve border row, focus on peace measures: Key points from joint statement

Firstpost  

The Assam government also announced that it will cancel an advisory warning its residents against travelling to Mizoram in the first cabinet minister-level talks in Aizawl A week after the unrest at the Assam-Mizoram border, the neighbouring states on Thursday issued a joint statement agreeing to lower tensions and “find lasting solutions to the disputes” through dialogue. Assam and Mizoram …

Assam, Mizoram cut the ice over border tension, hold first round of talks since deadly clashes
3 years, 7 months ago

Assam, Mizoram cut the ice over border tension, hold first round of talks since deadly clashes

India TV News  

Days after violent border clashes which claimed the lives of 6 policemen, Assam and Mizoram on Thursday held the first round of talks where the states agreed to take forward the initiatives taken by Ministry of Home Affairs and their Chief Ministers to ease the prevailing tensions. Earlier in the day, Assam minister Atul Bora who participated in the high-level …

Mizoram-Assam Border Row: Issue To Be Resolved Through Dialogue, Says CM Zoramthanga
3 years, 8 months ago

Mizoram-Assam Border Row: Issue To Be Resolved Through Dialogue, Says CM Zoramthanga

ABP News  

Following the Assam-Mizoram border conflict, the Chief Minister of Mizoram, Zoramthanga, said that the dispute between the two states will be resolved through dialogue and negotiation in an amicable way. He conveyed this message after having telephonic discussions with the Chief Minister of Assam, Himanta Biswa Sarma, and the Union Home Minister, Amit Shah. “As per telephonic discussion with Union …

Centre trying peaceful solution to Assam-Mizoram dispute; no plans for CBI probe in border clashes
3 years, 8 months ago

Centre trying peaceful solution to Assam-Mizoram dispute; no plans for CBI probe in border clashes

India TV News  

The Centre has no plans to order an inquiry by a neutral agency like the CBI into the recent fatal clashes along the Assam-Mizoram border but is trying to defuse the situation as early as possible in a peaceful manner. They said the Central government wants a peaceful resolution of the current border dispute between Assam and Mizoram and Union …

Assam, Mizoram agree to ease border tension
3 years, 8 months ago

Assam, Mizoram agree to ease border tension

The Hindu  

The Chief Ministers of Assam and Mizoram have sought to ease tension along their troubled inter-State border after a telephonic discussion with Union Home Minister Amit Shah. Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthanga on Sunday took to Twitter to say he had a telephonic discussion with Mr. Shah and his Assam counterpart Himanta Biswa Sarma. The Mizoram police had booked four senior …

Assam-Mizoram border clashes: Centre steps in; both state govts agree to resolve issue amicably
3 years, 8 months ago

Assam-Mizoram border clashes: Centre steps in; both state govts agree to resolve issue amicably

India TV News  

Assam-Mizoram border clashes: Centre steps in; both state govts agree to resolve issue amicably ​The northeastern states of Assam and Mizoram on Wednesday agreed to amicably resolve the ongoing border conflict which left five policemen and a civilian dead. The northeastern states of Assam and Mizoram on Wednesday agreed to amicably resolve the ongoing border conflict which left five policemen …

Opinion | Assam-Mizoram border dispute: Centre must find out a permanent solution
3 years, 8 months ago

Opinion | Assam-Mizoram border dispute: Centre must find out a permanent solution

India TV News  

Opinion | Assam-Mizoram border dispute: Centre must find out a permanent solution A dawn-to-dusk bandh was called on Wednesday in Assam’s Barak valley to protest over the killing of policemen. When news came about the death of five Assam policemen on Monday night, I had briefly broken the news in my prime time show ‘Aaj Ki Baat’ on India TV, …

Assam-Mizoram border row: CAPF to be deployed as MHA steps in, both states to withdraw own forces
3 years, 8 months ago

Assam-Mizoram border row: CAPF to be deployed as MHA steps in, both states to withdraw own forces

India Today  

The Centre on Wednesday held a meeting with senior Assam and Mizoram officials -- chief secretaries and DGPs -- following violence along their border. Both Assam and Mizoram have agreed on the deployment of paramilitary forces in disturbed border areas along the National Highway 306, Assam chief secretary said after the meeting. Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla chaired the meeting which …

Dangerous conflagration: The Hindu Editorial on Assam-Mizoram border clash
3 years, 8 months ago

Dangerous conflagration: The Hindu Editorial on Assam-Mizoram border clash

The Hindu  

Following a dangerous and avoidable escalation of an otherwise dormant border dispute, five policemen and a civilian from Assam were killed in the Mizo border town of Vairengte in clashes between police from the State and their counterparts in Mizoram, on Monday. The sequence of events, beginning October 2020, suggests that what began as skirmishes between residents close to the …

Assam MP asks Mizoram to apologise for clashes at border
3 years, 8 months ago

Assam MP asks Mizoram to apologise for clashes at border

Hindustan Times  

Ruling Bharatiya Janata Party national general secretary Dilip Saikia on Tuesday asked Mizoram to apologise over the clashes triggered by its border dispute with Assam on Monday that left five Assamese policemen dead. A damaged security force vehicle at the site of the Monday's clashes at Lailapur on the Assam-Mizoram border, in Cachar distric. He added Assam has border disputes …

Assam-Mizoram Border Standoff: Neutral Force CRPF Faces Flak
3 years, 8 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 …

Assam, Mizoram CMs spar on Twitter over border clashes; Amit Shah intervenes
3 years, 8 months ago

Assam, Mizoram CMs spar on Twitter over border clashes; Amit Shah intervenes

Hindustan Times  

Home minister Amit Shah on Monday stepped in to restore calm after tensions erupted at the Assam-Mizoram border, people familiar with the developments told news agency ANI. Mizoram deputy inspector general of police Lalbiakthanga Khiangte said that unidentified persons set fire to eight unoccupied farm huts near Aitlang stream on Sunday around 11:30pm, news agency PTI reported. Later on in …

Assam-Mizoram Border Dispute: War Of Words Erupts Between CMs On Twitter; Centre's Intervention Sought
3 years, 8 months ago

Assam-Mizoram Border Dispute: War Of Words Erupts Between CMs On Twitter; Centre's Intervention Sought

ABP News  

Dispur/ Aizawal: Amid the ongoing dispute along the Mizoram-Assam border, a war of words ensued between Chief Ministers of both the states asking for Centre's intervention to bring an immediate end to the crisis. The border tension turned violent days after Union Home Minister Amit Shah visit Meghalaya during the weekend and even held a close-door meeting with Chief Ministers …

Assam CM asks Mizo counterpart why civilians are inciting violence
3 years, 8 months ago

Assam CM asks Mizo counterpart why civilians are inciting violence

Op India  

Chief Minister of Assam, Himanta Biswa Sarma, on Monday urged Chief Minister of Mizoram Zoramthanga to investigate why civilians from his states were holding sticks and trying to incite violence on the Assam-Mizoram border. He said, “Honble Zoramthanga Ji, could you please investigate why are civilians from Mizoram holding sticks and trying to incite violence? We urge civilians to not …

Fresh violence along Assam-Mizoram border triggers Twitter spat between chief ministers
3 years, 8 months ago

Fresh violence along Assam-Mizoram border triggers Twitter spat between chief ministers

India Today  

Just two days after Union Home Minister Amit Shah met chief ministers of all northeastern states, the Assam-Mizoram border saw fresh violence on Monday, prompting the CMs of both states to seek the home minister's intervention in the matter. "Dear Himanta Ji, after cordial meeting of CMs by Hon'ble Shri Amit Shah Ji, surprisingly 2 companies of Assam Police with …

Assam CM Speaks to Modi, Shah on Violent Border Clash with Mizoram Leaving Several Hurt
4 years, 5 months ago

Assam CM Speaks to Modi, Shah on Violent Border Clash with Mizoram Leaving Several Hurt

News 18  

Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal spoke to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday over the situation at the state's border with Mizoram where a violent clash left several people injured, officials said. Sonowal informed the prime minister about his discussion with Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthanga and the steps taken by the Assam government to diffuse …

Tension at Assam-Mizoram border as many injured in violent clash, Sarbananda Sonowal dials PMO, CM Zoramthanga
4 years, 5 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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