ANINDITA DASGUPTA | Ever since the time of Independence, the constant political refrain in this pivotal state of the Indian northeast has been the ‘inundation’ it is said to be facing from East Bengali, later Bangladeshi, “illegal” migrants. It was this issue which fuelled the sons–of–soil Assam Agitation of the late 1970s and early 1980s;…
Read moreLOOKEAST REPORT | ‘Allowing movement of cargo through small mechanised boats along India–Bangladesh protocol route will benefit local economy and create livelihoods’, said Mohammad Abu Jafor Howlader, Director, Marine Safety Traffic Management Department, Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA), Government of Bangladesh. He was delivering the keynote address at the India–Bangladesh Dialogue on ‘Prospects of cross–border…
Read moreDHAKA | A border coordination conference between Jessore and Rangpur regions commanders of BGB and frontier IGs of North Bengal, South Bengal and Guwahati frontiers of Indian BSF began today at Siliguri. Additional Director General and Region Commander of South–West Region of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) Nahidul Islam Khan, is leading a 12–member Bangladesh delegation,…
Read moreLOOKEAST REPORT | THE India army has downplayed reports originating from US about heightened activity by the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) in the Doklam plateau and attributed this more to the rotation of troops and winter stocking than a desire by China to strengthen its presence in a region where armies of the two countries were locked in…
Read moreLOOKEAST REPORT | Nearly 4 million or 40 lakh people in Assam have been left out of a draft list of citizens released today. They face deportation if they cannot prove their citizenship after submission of claims. The state’s National Register of Citizens or NRC has been updated for the first time since 1951 to…
Read moreLOOKEAST REPORT | Assam will release the second draft of its National Register of Citizens. If the name of a resident of the state is on the list, then he or she is a citizen of Assam and therefore India if not, then he or she will have to prove his or her citizenship. The Supreme…
Read moreLOOKEAST REPORT | Facing eviction and possible deportation, Bangladeshis and Rohingyas went on a rampage in Manipur, protesting the contentious Manipur People’s Protection Bill, 2018, that was recently passed in the State Assembly by the Biren Singh government. Police retaliation wounded six protesters even as four cops, including a superintendent of police, were seriously injured….
Read moreLOOKEAST REPORT | Myanmar Army Tatmadaw has launched an operation against an unspecified number of camps of NSCN–K group in the country’s Sagaing Division since Wednesday. But the range and intensity of the operation was not yet clear. Neither the Myanmar nor the Indian army has come out with details so far but the rebel…
Read moreLOOKEAST REPORT | The Supreme Court has pulled up the Central Bureau of Investigation for the agency’s slow pace of investigation into the alleged extra–judicial killings by security forces in Manipur. The top court had earlier directed the CBI to constitute the team to examine records, file necessary FIRs and complete the investigation into the alleged…
Read moreNEW DELHI | Boeing on Friday said that it has carried out the first flights of India’s Apache and Chinook helicopters destined for delivery in 2019. “First flight of India’s Apache and Chinook helicopters are important milestones towards strengthening Indian armed forces capabilities,” Boeing India President Pratyush Kumar was quoted as saying in a statement….
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Election Commission of India has decided to deploy at least 480 companies of Central Forces in various troubled parts of West Bengal from March 1
