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Months After Interstate Border Clash, CM Sarma Says Mukroh Village Part of Assam
1 year, 9 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 …

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Deaths in police firing fan tensions near Assam-Meghalaya border
2 years 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 …

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Assam Police allows goods-laden trucks to enter Meghalaya amid border dispute
2 years, 1 month ago

Assam Police allows goods-laden trucks to enter Meghalaya amid border dispute

The Hindu  

Assam Police on November 25 allowed the goods-laden trucks to enter Meghalaya, for the first time after tensions rose between the two States following a clash in a disputed border area, in which six persons were killed four days ago, according to an official. According to Mustafa Ahmed, Vice president of All India Road Transport Workers Federation, Assam Unit, the …

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Why Himanta Sarma talked about Rahul Gandhi's beard, love jihad when Assam-Meghalaya border clash claimed six lives
2 years, 1 month ago

Why Himanta Sarma talked about Rahul Gandhi's beard, love jihad when Assam-Meghalaya border clash claimed six lives

India Today  

On November 22, six people were killed and several others injured during an alleged clash between an Assam police team and a mob in an area bordering the West Karbi Anglong district of Assam and Mukroh village in Meghalaya’s West Jaintia Hills district. While Meghalaya chief minister Conrad K. Sangma condemned the Assam police and forest guards for “entering Meghalaya” …

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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, …

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Why Karbi Anglong Accord is Important for India’s Long Border with Resurgent China
3 years, 3 months ago

Why Karbi Anglong Accord is Important for India’s Long Border with Resurgent China

News 18  

The Northeast region is strategically important to India due to its geographical location, which connects the entire region to rest of the country by just a 23 km-wide Siliguri Corridor. Looking at the past, in the period immediately after India’s Independence, most insurgent groups demanded secession from India to set up independent nations which later mellowed down to demanding separate …

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

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Assam: 7 DNLA Terrorists Killed In Encounter By Security Forces, Arms And Ammunitions Recovered
3 years, 7 months ago

Assam: 7 DNLA Terrorists Killed In Encounter By Security Forces, Arms And Ammunitions Recovered

ABP News  

Dispur: At least seven terrorists belonging to the rebel outfit National Liberation Army were neutralised in a joint operation of Assam Police and Assam Rifles in West Karbi Anglong district, along the Assam-Nagaland border, on Sunday. According to a news report by ANI, A huge cache of arms and ammunition, including four AK-47 rifles, has also been recovered from the …

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How wildlife trade features in the day-to-day politics of Assam
3 years, 8 months ago

How wildlife trade features in the day-to-day politics of Assam

The Hindu  

As we wind our way down to Diphu from Guwahati through large farms and rolling hills, our driver tells us that this “vastness” is what attracts Bangladeshi immigrants to India. Those who are involved get protection from powerful people.” Nature at the apex As we walk across Diphu, a town painted in the traditional Karbi colours of black, red and …

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