Guwahati/Imphal, Jan 13 (IANS) A crucial meeting of Kuki-Zo community MLAs, leaders of the Kuki-Zo Council (KZC), and representatives of Kuki-Zo armed groups under the Suspension of Operations (SoO) was held on Tuesday. The meeting urged the Central government to resolve its political demands before the Manipur Assembly elections scheduled for 2027. Since the outbreak of ethnic violence in Manipur in May 2023, all Kuki-Zo tribal organisations, including their apex body KZC, the ten MLAs belongin…
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Aizawl, Jan 13 (IANS) The Central government has waived the requirement for the Mizoram government to pay for the depreciated cost of buildings and infrastructure vacated by the Assam Rifles in Aizawl, Chief Minister Lalduhoma said.The Chief Minister, in a Facebook post, said that Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai conveyed the decision through a letter, in response to a similar letter sent by the Mizoram government in May last year. As per the earlier Memorandum of Agreement…
Kolkata, Jan 13 (IANS) The Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, on Monday, had filed a petition at a single-judge Bench of the Calcutta High Court seeking a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe in the alleged attack on his convoy at Chandrakona in West Midnapore district on the night of January 10. The single-judge Bench of Justice Suvra Ghosh has admitted the petition, though the date of the first hearing has not been scheduled as yet.The matter o…
Kolkata, Jan 12 (IANS) After controversies over the raid and search operations by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) at the Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC)’s office and residence of its co-founder Pratik Jain last week, the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel, on Monday, have now been deployed for security cover from the central probe agency’s office at the Central Government Office (CAG) complex at Salt Lake in Kolkata. As of now, personnel of a private security agency were re…
Chennai, Jan 12 (IANS) Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) leader Vijay is scheduled to appear before the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) at its New Delhi headquarters on Monday for questioning in connection with the deadly stampede at a political rally in Karur district, Tamil Nadu. The tragic incident took place on September 27 at Veluchamipuram near Karur, when a massive crowd gathered for a campaign rally attended by Vijay. Amid severe overcrowding and alleged lapses in crowd control, a sta…
Kolkata, Jan 10 (IANS) The Regional office of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in Kolkata, on Saturday, sent a detailed report to its headquarters in New Delhi on the sequence of events on January 8 in relation to the simultaneous raid and search operations by the central agency officials at the Kolkata office of the India Political Action Committee (I-PAC) and the residence of I-PAC co-founder Pratik Jain.Now, after examining the report sent by ED’s Kolkata regional office, the same will be f…
Kolkata, Jan 9 (IANS) The Union Home Ministry has sought a detailed report from the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on the sequence of events on January 8 in relation to the simultaneous raid and search operations by the central agency officials at the Kolkata office of the India Political Action Committee and the residence of I-PAC co-founder Pratik Jain.On Thursday, while simultaneous raid and search operations were taking place at the I-PAC office located in Salt Lake on the northern outskirts o…
Kolkata, Jan 6 (IANS) The deadline for the Director General of West Bengal Police, Rajeev Kumar, to submit an action taken report to the Election Commission of India on an incident of heckling and attack on the ECI-appointed special observer in the South 24 Parganas district expires on Tuesday. The ECI-appointed special roll observer, C. Murugan, an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer, was at Magrahat in the South 24 Parganas district reviewing and supervising the hearing sessions there …
New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) Indian Intelligence agencies have warned that the ISI would continue to try and expand its espionage network in India. While many such cases were busted last year, the agencies say that the Pakistan spy agency has been working relentlessly to expand the network.In addition to this, Pakistan also plans to run a massive disinformation campaign against India.Campaigns would be around spreading false narratives about the Indian armed forces.Further, the ISI also plans on ropi…
Chennai, Jan 3 (IANS) A senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader from Tamil Nadu has approached the Union Home Ministry and the Ministry of Law and Justice seeking urgent action against a publication that he alleges defames a sitting judge of the Madras High Court and poses a serious threat to judicial independence. In a detailed representation addressed to the Union Home Secretary and the Secretary, Department of Legal Affairs, TN BJP spokesperson A.N.S. Prasad has objected to a book, allegin…