North East

The blast, triggered by the insurgent group United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) during the celebration of Independence Day at the Dhemaji College playground, had left 13 persons dead.

BJP's Nemcha Kipgen, a state minister from the Kuki-Zo community has also decided to skip the Assembly session slated for August 29.

The Railways has constituted a high-level committee to probe the incident involving the under-construction bridge, one of the 130 bridges in the Bhairavi-Sairang New Railway Line project.

This is purportedly the third time in less than a month that the cabinet has taken a decision for a session of the Assembly.

The United Naga Council (UNC), Manipur’s apex Naga organisation, said the name “Kuki” was first heard sometime between 1830-1840.

Official sources said the office of the Governor did not issue any notification summoning the session of the House.

More than 160 people have been killed and several hundreds injured in clashes between Meiteis and Kukis in Manipur since May 3.

The 10 Kuki legislators have shot off a letter to Union Minister Amit Shah expressing their dismay over the Centre's statements in Parliament linking the ethnic cleansing to illegal immigration.

The earthquake took place at 8.19 pm, and the location was 49 km south-east of Cherrapunjee in Meghalaya, the National Center for Seismology said.

Dhemaji is the worst hit with 46,754 people affected, followed by Sivasagar (22,650).

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The number of LWE related violent incidents have come down by 76% in 2022 in comparison to the high of 2010, said the minister.

It was stated that the unlawful immigrants may be discovered by the installation of NRC using the base year of 1951.

They staged sit-in demonstrations in various localities blocking roads, demanding the removal of Assam Rifles from violence-hit areas and accusing the paramilitary force of "brutality

The three were gunned down while they were sleeping and later slashed with swords at Kwakta in the district, police said on Saturday morning, adding that the assailants came from Churachandpur.

Meanwhile, the Indigenous Tribal Leaders' Forum (ITLF), an organisation of the Kuki-Zo community, also agreed to conditionally postpone the burial for five days after requests from Shah.

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