Bangladesh interim government’s Home Affairs Adviser Brigadier General (retd) M Sakhawat Hussain on Monday asked protesters to surrender by August 19 all illegal and unauthorised firearms, including the rifles looted from law enforcers during the recent violence.
The Union Minister said the decision to lift AFSPA from northeastern states was based on a careful assessment of the security environment, indicating a return to normalcy and peace in regions that were once affected by insurgency and violence.
Representatives of the Meitei and Hmar communities had reached an agreement at a meeting held at a CRPF facility in adjoining Assam's Cachar on Thursday.
The Government Railway Police is investigating the arrested individuals and working to uncover any broader connections and networks involved.
The police also arrested one active member of proscribed outfit Kangleipak Communist Party (Taibangnganba) from Tejpur IVR in Kakching District.
Around 2 lakh people in the state are still affected with Nagaon being the worst hit, according to sources. Cachar and Dhubri are the other two worst-affected districts in the state.
A massive fire has been reported in some coaches of the Gandhi Dham Express while it was passing from Bongaigaon in Assam.
Embankments, roads, bridges and other infrastructure have also been damaged by flood waters in Dhemaji, Golaghat, Nagaon, Tamulpur, Cachar, Chirang, Darrang, Dhubri, Goalpara and Karimganj, it said. The Brahmaputra is flowing above the danger mark at Nimatighat, Tezpur and Dhubri.
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The incident occurred at around midnight, after which the security was tightened in the area, the police said.
A high flood alert has been sounded in Namsai district and Wakro circle of Lohit district of the state as water levels of all the rivers have crossed the danger marks.
The three new criminal laws — Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, and Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam — will replace the Indian Penal Code of 1860, the Code of Criminal Procedure Act of 1898, and the Indian Evidence Act of 1872, respectively.
The latest operation marks the second huge seizure and arrest in nearly 10 days. Earlier, narcotics worth Rs. 8.5 crore was seized while 4 peddlers were arrested on May 24.
Cyclone remal created havoc in Northeastern states killing more than 30 people and injuring several others. Severe Cyclonic Storm Remal was a moderately intense and damaging tropical cyclone which also affected West Bengal and Bangladesh.
As Remal cyclone is expected to make landfall by midnight, the IMD chief Mrutyunjay Mohapatra has said that the rainfall has started around Sagar Island area and the rainfall is expected to exceed 25 cm. Meanwhile, the IMD has also issued rainfall alerts in Northeast and Bengal for upcoming days.
The individual identified as Solomona alias Hminga is the second accused to be arrested in the case. According to NIA, he had established a network in the bordering areas of Myanmar to procure and smuggle arms and ammunition along with explosives into Mizoram and Manipur.
Chief Minister Lalduhoma claimed that the state's financial condition is moving towards stability due to the austerity measures being implemented by legislators and officials.
Kriti Devi Singh changed her surname to Kriti Devi Debbarman by an affidavit before filing her nomination papers, as the Tripura East Lok Sabha seat is reserved for Scheduled Tribe candidates.
Weeks after a massive devastation in a thunderstorm causing damage to over 2500 homes, Mizoram faces another hit by heavy rainfall accompanied by a hailstorm.
PM Narendra Modi said that Manipur, which witnessed ethnic violence for months, has marked improvement in situation due to timely intervention by the Centre and efforts by the state government.
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