By Jahanvi on February 20, 2014
Arunachal Pradesh, Delhi, Delhi racism, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nido Taniam
ARTICLES
There is uproar again in the nation. Protests are being carried out, police is asked to speed up their investigations and the common plea ‘We want Justice’ is resonating in the capital and, also, in other parts of the nation. Advertisements This time it is not any anti-corruption movement or the new political drama for […]
By Times of Assam Bureau on November 18, 2013
Abhizeet Asom, AFSPA, amnesty international, Armed Forces Special Powers Act 1958, Assam, Assam Rifles, barbaric indian army, Chairman of ULFA, Christof Heyns, Dr. Abhizeet Asom, Indian Army, Iron Lady from Manipur, Justice B P Jeevan Reddy, Manipur, Mohandas Karam Chand Gandhi, Naga Nationalist Council, Naga rebellion, Nagaland, South Asia Human Rights Documentation Centre, The Assam Disturbed Areas Act of 1955, ULFA, United Liberation Front of Asom, United Liberation Front of Asom(Independent), United Nations
ARTICLES, HEADLINES
By- Dr. Abhizeet Asom Advertisements The Indian administration has extended the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act 1958 Assam and Manipur by another six months to continue to subdue all aspects of the rebellion against India’s occupational presence in our region. As per reports, this time the so called Maghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh (Nan Zang, excluding […]
By Ayekpam Basanta Mangang on September 07, 2013
AFSPA, Arunachal Pradesh, India, Indian Army, izoram, Kashmir, Manipur, Myanmar, North East, oppression, Pakistan, Pakistan Army, United Nations
EXCLUSIVE
India is aiming to become a developed nation by the year of 2020. But my questions are – will she become a developed nation if armed conflicts in Jammu and Kashmir or in North East continue to exist? Will she be on top of the world if the oppressed people of the country continue to […]
By Hiranya Saikia on June 13, 2013
AFSPA, AFSPA nullifies the Right to Life, Armed Forces Special Powers Act, Army, Assam, disappearances of arrested persons, extrajudicial killings, fake encounters, Human Rights, human rights violation, independence from India, Indian Army, Indian Parliament, Jeevan Reddy Committee, killing its own citizens, Manipur, mass arrests, Meghalaya, molestation, Naga National Council, occupational army, Operation Bajrang, torture, Tripura, ULFA, Why the AFSPA should be repealed
ARTICLES, HEADLINES
The Indian Constitution which came into force on 26th January 1950 guaranteed the Right to Life and the Equality before Law to the people of India along with social, economic and political justice, freedom of thought and expression on which Indian democracy thrives. These pillars of democracy on which India claims to be the largest […]
By Ayekpam Basanta Mangang on May 31, 2013
AFSPA, Armed Forces Special Powers Act, Assam, Bhanimai Dutta, Col Ajay Chowdhury, Counter Insurgency, divide and rule policy, Dulumaya Tamang, Gopinath Bordoloi, guerrilla, Heirangoithong Massacre, Hindu refugees, Human Rights, human rights violation, India, Indian Army, Indian Army atrocities, Indian Army smuggling, Kakopathar Massacre, Kilonser Thuingaleng Muivah, lethal weapon, liberation guerrillas, Malom Massacre, Mamoni Koch, Manipur, Miss Luingamla, Miss Rose, Nagaland, North East, NSCN, Oinam Massacre, Operation Rhino, Raju Barua, RMC Massacre, Sandimaya Tamang, Tera Bazar Massacre, Thangjam Manorama, Ujanmaidan incident
EXCLUSIVE
What more can I write about the North East, which I must here, used the term Prison of Nations? While New Delhi continues to wait and watch like a jailer since her independence, she let AFSPA complete 55 years, turning the entire north east region into a slaughter house. Heirangoithong Massacre, Oinam Massacre, Operation Rhino, […]
By Times of Assam Bureau on May 16, 2013
Andaman and Nicobar, Assam, Barak valley, Brahmaputra, Cyclone Mahasen, Deputy Director General of Meteorology Mahesh Kumar Gupta, Mahasen, Mahesh Kumar Gupta, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, Regional Meteorological Centre, Tripura
HEADLINES
By- Staff Reporter An alert has been sounded across Assam as cyclone Mahasen is likely to hit the North-Eastern states tonight, officials said today. All boats and ferry services on Brahmaputra have been closed for the next three days and fishermen have been directed not to venture out to the river. A control room has been […]
By Ayekpam Basanta Mangang on May 12, 2013
AFSPA, Agartala, arbitrary detention, are we in a state of war, Armed Forces Special Power Act 1958, Armed Forces Special Powers Act, arrest, Assam, Bangladesh, BBC report, BHUTAN, China, detain, extra judicial killings, Human Rights, human rights violation, insurgents, Irom Sharmila, Irom Sharmila Chanu, Mahatma Gandhi, Manipur, Mizoram, Myanmar, Nagaland, outright killing, Supreme Court, torture
EXCLUSIVE, REGIONAL
Starting with the Naga insurgency since India’s independence in 1947, the north eastern region which has international borders with China, Myanmar, Bhutan and Bangladesh continues to be in the grip of secessionist insurgency. These demands for secession however, evoke strong reactions from the Indian State and deployment of a large number of security forces in […]
By Ayekpam Basanta Mangang on April 01, 2013
Arabinda Rajkhowa, Armed Forces Special Powers Act, Counter Insurgency, fundamental rights, Indian Constitution, Insurgency, Isak Chisi Swu, Khaplang, liberation movement, Manipur, Mizo Accord, Mizo National Front, Nagaland, national liberation movement, National Security Act, New Delhi, North East India, Northeast, Northeast India, NSCN, Paresh Baruah, Prevention of Seditious Meetings Act, revolutionary, revolutionary movements, Supreme Court, Tripura, ULFA, Unlawful Activities Prevention Act, Zomi Revolutionary Organization
ARTICLES, HEADLINES
By- Ayekpam Basanta Mangang The Northeast which is known for its natural beauty, scenic landscape and peaceful environment is connected to the rest of India by a narrow strip of land which is known as the Siliguri Corridor in West Bengal. The region’s population which constitutes only about 3.8 percent of the total population of […]
By Times of Assam Bureau on February 25, 2013
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HEADLINES, NATIONAL
By- Correspondent A Colonel of the Indian Army and an Assistant Manager of a private airline are among six persons apprehended by Thoubal district police commandos for their alleged involvement in smuggling of psychotropic drugs worth nearly Rs 30 crores. The army officer has been identified as Public Relations Officer of Public Information Bureau, Defence […]
By Dhruba Jyoti Deka on December 30, 2012
AFSPA, Ajmal Kasab, Armed Forces Special Power Act 1958, Army, Bhanimai Dutta, Delhi, Delhi Gang Rape, Delhi gang rape victim died, Indian Army, Indian police, Mahesh Bhat, Manipur, Manmohan Singh, North Eastern states, Parag Kumar Das, Raju Barua, Raju Baruah, Raju Bhanimai, Shabana Azmi, Shahrukh Khan, Sonia Gandhi, Thangjam Manorama, Thangjam Manorama Chanu
ARTICLES, HEADLINES
India can’t hide itself now, no matter what prime minister Manmohan Singh or Congress(INC) chief Sonia Gandhi’s promise is on justice for the recent Delhi gang rape victim. The gang rape victim died, but it left public anger among all citizens of India with doubts and questions against the governance of India. It is not […]
