The Assam government has extended the existing "disturbed area" status of the state for another six months from February 27 under the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA).
Why are Indians so preoccupied with what Nagas eat, whether it is dogs, bats or falcons?
Debates about Naga food overlook the perspective that situates it in relation to other aspects of their cultural and political life. Feb 22, 2021 · 11:30 am A woman prepares her stall with containers of fresh water insects and frogs for sale at a food market in Dimapur, Nagaland. | Caisii Mao/AFP
All of humanity emerged from a rock on my family’s rice field. This is what I was taught. The field, though small, boasts a perennial spring which comes out from below the rock that is the source of all of humanity, keeping the field permanently flooded and amenable for growing rice. The first time I descended down the stone terraces from the village to the field, my aunties and uncles showed me where to place my hands on the rock to feel the polished grooves where, they say, the first people stepped and climbed up into the world, in what is now our small rice field.
Kidnapped Oil Employees Likely to be Released, Family Grateful to Paresh Baruah
On February 21, Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi urged Amit Shah to take action for the safe release of the two oil sector staff from the clutches of ULFA (I).
| 22 Feb 2021 1:05 PM GMT
GUWAHATI: In what it could be a breather for the family members of the abducted Quippo employees as a ray of hope came in when the United Liberation Front of Assam-Independent (ULFA-I) decided to spare the lives of the employees.
Meanwhile, hearing the news one of the kidnapped employees Pranab Gogoi s wife and daughter thanked (ULFA-I) chief Paresh Baruah.
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The Army had found prima facie evidence that troops had exceeded powers.
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Encounter site in Amshipora area of Shopian in south Kashmir on July 18, 2020.
| Photo Credit: NISSAR AHMAD
The Army had found prima facie evidence that troops had exceeded powers. The Army captain involved in the fake encounter in Kashmir s Shopian district last July and two other civilian accused haven t provided any information about the source of weapons planted on the three slain youths and had also attempted to destroy the evidence, a police charge sheet said.
Captain Bhoopendra Singh had also provided wrong information to his superiors and the police about the recovery made during the staged encounter, the charge sheet filed by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the Jammu and Kashmir Police before the chief judicial magistrate here said.