Nagaland floods: Death toll rises to nine; four missing, over 7,400 affected
The death toll in the flash floods and landslides triggered by incessant rain in Nagaland has risen to nine with the recovery of five more bodies in Mon district, while…
Fresh floods hit Arunachal as 1.49 lakh remain affected; Assam flood toll rises to 11, train services disrupted
Fresh floods triggered by incessant monsoon rains battered five districts of Arunachal Pradesh over the last 24 hours, while neighbouring Assam continued to grapple with rising rivers, disrupted train services…
Arunachal Congress protests Rahul Gandhi’s detention, seeks Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation
The Arunachal Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) on July 21 staged a protest outside Raj Bhavan in Itanagar, condemning the detention of Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul…
Supporters of India’s youth-led ‘cockroach’ movement caned by police in attempt to march on parliament
Thousands of protesters have gathered in New Delhi to march on parliament and demand the resignation of India’s education minister.Protesters were caned by police, who denied permission for the protest.The…
Civil society organizations urge government to repeal repressive amendments to NGO foreign-funding rules
Amnesty International has joined seven other organizations in calling on the Indian government to withdraw recent amendments to the country’s Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Rules (FCRA) granting the authorities sweeping new…
Sonam Wangchuk, Indian activist rallying Gen Z against Modi
Indian social activist Sonam Wangchuk may be pushing 60, but he has become the face of a Gen Z movement demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s education minister…
Former Manipur CM Ibobi Singh slams BJP over exam paper leaks, says state lacks Education Minister
Okram Ibobi Singh attacked the BJP-led Centre and Manipur government over paper leaks, governance and law and order. He said the absence of an Education Minister and the wait for…
CJP march: Police lathicharge after protesters try to breach barricades near Parliament Street
Security forces resorted to a baton-charge near Parliament Street on Monday, July 20, after thousands of Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) protesters allegedly attempted to breach barricades while marching towards Parliament…
Senior RCMP officer’s ‘no evidence’ comment about India seems to contradict past statements
Perhaps the most surprising part of the announcement of the joint Operation Hard Ball last week was how much the RCMP’s description of the actors involved in the killing of…
CPI (ML) stages protest in Assam’s Dibrugarh over Kaziranga eviction drive, seeks release of activists
The Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) on July 16 staged a protest at Shaheed Bedi Tini Ali in Rajgarh, Tingkhong, demanding the immediate and unconditional release of land rights activists…