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 […]
NEW DELHI — In a horrific incident, 13 villagers were shot and killed by army, who thought the villagers were “militants” in Nagaland. The incident took place in and around Oting village in Mon district during a counterinsurgency operation conducted by members of the Assam Rifles, a part of Indian security forces deployment in the […]
NEW DELHI — Veteran journalist Vinod Dua, arguably one of India’s most popular and influential news broadcasters, died here on Saturday. He was 67. Dua was known for questioning the government of the day in shows he anchored and had recently been hounded by the police in states ruled by the Bharatiya Janata Party for […]
NEW DELHI — Top Indian genome scientists have recommended a booster dose of COVID-19 vaccines for those above 40 years with preference to high-risk and high-exposure population. The recommendation was made in the weekly bulletin of the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Sequencing Consortium (INSACOG), a network of national testing labs set up by the government to […]
NEW DELHI — Uttar Pradesh told the Supreme Court that polluted air was mostly coming from Pakistan, during the hearing on pollution in Delhi and nearby cities. This provoked a question from Chief Justice of India NV Ramana that UP’s lawyers could not answer. “Uttar Pradesh is downwind. Air is mostly coming from Pakistan. Whatever […]
HYDERABAD — A woman accused of sexually assaulting her 14-year-old nephew was booked under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act on Thursday, the New Indian Express reported. Banjara Hills police said the accused, who is from Bengaluru, assaulted the boy, who studies in class 9, multiple times. She had also allegedly taken […]