Oil firm staff urge Assam, Bihar CMs to secure release of abducted employees
By IANS |
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Thu, Jan 21 2021 17:27 IST |
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Guwahati/Itanagar, Jan 21 : The staff of a private gas and oil drilling company have appealed to the Chief Ministers of Assam and Bihar to secure the release from captivity of two employees of the firm who were kidnapped by militants in Arunachal Pradesh a month ago, police officials said on Thursday.
Arunachal Pradesh Police chief R.P. Upadhyaya told IANS over phone from Itanagar that the militants had earlier demanded Rs 20 crore to release the two employees of the company. The security forces of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh are searching for the hostages who were abducted by the United Liberation Front of Asom-Independent (ULFA-I) on December 21 from the company s drilling site at Diyun in southern Arunachal Pradesh s Changlang district, bordering Myanmar and Assam.
January 5, 2021
On January 1, an assistant professor of Assam’s Dibrugarh University shared a small video clip on Twitter claiming, “Chinese radio broadcast in the highways of #Assam. A crash course on #Chinese language in English.
The radio propaganda needs to be juxtaposed with the scenario of #AIR stations here either getting shut or sized down. Stronger reception of radio China compared to Indian stations.”
There is nothing serious or unusual about it except the fact that China would keep resorting to such propaganda vis-a-vis India’s Northeast, especially Arunachal Pradesh, which Beijing calls ‘Southern Tibet’.
Chinese radio broadcast in the highways of #Assam. A crash course on #Chinese language in English. The radio propaganda needs to be juxtaposed with the scenario of #AIR stations here either getting shut or sized down. Stronger reception of radio China compared to Indian stations. pic.twitter.com/Vimtoispf3
NSCN-IM cadre marches with Indian tricolour flag & Naga flags
The Isak-Muivah faction of the NSCN, which is now holding peace talks with the Central government after signing a ceasefire pact in August 1997, has reportedly reprimanded one of its members for taking out a peace march carrying the Indian tricolour flag and the Nagalim flag, said government officials and NSCN-IM sources.
| 3 Jan 2021 5:31 AM GMT
KOHIMA: The Isak-Muivah faction of the NSCN, which is now holding peace talks with the Central government after signing a ceasefire pact in August 1997, has reportedly reprimanded one of its members for taking out a peace march carrying the Indian tricolour flag and the Nagalim flag, said government officials and NSCN-IM sources.
Covid-19 ravaged NE in 2020 more than insurgency
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Sujit Chakraborty ( IANS) |
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Fri, Jan 1 2021 21:48 IST |
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Nagaon: Worker wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) sprays disinfectant to sanitize a School to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Nagaon District of Assam on August 30,2020. . Image Source: IANS News
Guwhati/Agartala, Jan 1 : Bearing a resemblance to the entire world, at least 2,191 people died of Covid-19 in northeast in the past year, the region which usually remains distressed with terrorism and backwardness.
While the decades-old terrorism and economic backwardness have already battered the eight states of the region in the erstwhile years, the coronavirus pandemic in 2020 took a toll on the lives and economy of the northeastern region, which has a population of 45.58 million, with 28 per cent of tribal population.
An official of the Nagaland Home Department said in Kohima that the entire Nagaland on Wednesday was declared as a "disturbed area" for another six months by the Union Home Ministry.