NEW DELHI — Expressing regret over the Nagaland firing incident, Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday said that a probe by a Special Investigation Team (SIT) will be completed within a month and asserted that all agencies must ensure such happenings do not recur while taking action against insurgents. In his statement in Lok Sabha, […]
NEW DELHI — Following the killing of over two dozen civilians by government forces Nagaland chief minister Neiphiu Rio called for the repeal of the Armed Forces (Special Power) Act, 1958, saying the “law has blackened the image of the country” “We are asking the central government to remove Afspa from Nagaland,” Neiphiu Rio was […]
LUCKNOW — Waseem Rizvi, the former chairman of the Uttar Pradesh Shia Central Waqf Board, renounced Islam and converted to Hinduism Monday, taking the name Jitendra Narayan Singh Tyagi. It was Yati Narsinghanand Saraswati, the controversial chief priest of Ghaziabad’s Dasna Devi temple, who officiated the conversion. In a statement, Rizvi also said that when […]
NEW DELHI — Congress’s Lok Sabha MP Shashi Tharoor has stepped down as the host of a talk show on Sansad TV to show solidarity with the 12 Opposition MPs who were suspended from the Rajya Sabha. In a Twitter post, Shashi Tharoor said he was stepping down as the host of talk show ‘To […]
KOHIMA — The Eastern Naga Students’ Federation condemned the “inhuman massacre of our Konyak brothers” by the Indian Army personnel at Oting village under Mon district. “The inhuman act of the security forces leading to the killing spree of the innocent civilians cannot be accepted and tolerated when the Nagas are at the zenith of yearning […]
KOHIMA — Within hours of the killing of more than a dozen civilians allegedly by the security forces in Mon district in Nagaland, demands are being raised from various quarters for the repeal of the Armed Forces Special Forces Act, 1958-which gives power to the security forces, such as to use force without a warrant […]
KOHIMA — Nagaland residents once again demanded the repealing of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) following the shocking killing of 13 civilians in Mon district on Saturday. The news of the death has essentially put an end to the festive mood of the Hornbill Festival. On Sunday, Kisama heritage village, which would have […]
KOHIMA — State president of the BJP Nagaland Temjen Imma Along has said he was deeply anguished and heartbroken by the killing of 13 civilians last evening by the Assam Rifles in Mon district, East Mojo reported. “There can never be any justification for such kind of massacre targeting innocent civilians. The innocent victims were […]
NEW DELHI — Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday attacked the Centre over the killing of civilians during an anti-insurgency operation in Mon district of Nagaland, saying the government must give a “real reply” as to what is the home ministry doing when “neither civilians nor security personnel are safe in our own land”. Police […]
NEW DELHI — Shiv Sena MP Priyanka Chaturvedi on Sunday stepped down as anchor for a show on Sansad TV after being suspended from the Rajya Sabha for the entire winter session of the Parliament. In a letter to the Chairman of the Upper House M Venkaiah Naidu, the Shiv Sena MP said: “It is with great […]