Ratnadip Choudhury

"Send To Bangladesh": Family Of Man Declared Foreigner In Assam Rejects Body

India News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhury, Edited by Stela Dey | Wednesday October 16, 2019

For four days now, a deadlock continues in Assam over a dead body. The family of a mentally unstable man who died while in detention after being declared a foreigner on Sunday in Assam's Tezpur, continues to reject his body unless the administration declares him an Indian citizen.

BJP MLA Accused Of Raping Woman Doctor In Arunachal's Itanagar

India News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhury | Tuesday October 15, 2019

A woman doctor has accused a BJP MLA of raping her at a hotel in Arunachal Pradesh's Itanagar, and then threatening her with dire consequences if she breathed a word about her ordeal to anybody.

Nagaland Governor To Meet Church Leaders Amid Discontent Over Peace Talks

India News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhury | Monday October 14, 2019

Nagaland Governor RN Ravi will meet regional church leaders and civil society representatives in state capital Kohima on Friday amid rising discontent over the slow progress in the Naga peace talks. Representatives of 14 Naga tribes from the northeastern state and the United Naga Council from neighbouring Manipur will be among those attending it.

Man Declared Foreigner Dies In Assam, Family Refuses To Accept Body

India News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhury | Monday October 14, 2019

The family of a man who died while in detention after being declared a foreigner, has refused to accept his body unless the administration declares him a Indian citizen. Dulal Chandra Paul, a 65-year-old man from Alisinga village of Assam's Sonitpur district, died at the Guwahati Medical College on Sunday after an illness.

Amit Shah Offers A Tweak In Citizenship Amendment Bill To Dispel Mizoram's Fears

India News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhury | Sunday October 6, 2019

Union Minister Amit Shah on Saturday assured Mizoram that the draft Citizenship Amendment Bill will be tweaked to accommodate a "special safeguard" aimed at ensuring that it does not override a long-standing provision that checks the unabated entry of outsiders into the state.

Amit Shah In Mizoram Today To Discuss Citizenship Bill With State Leaders

India News | Reported by Ratnadip Choudhury, Edited by Arun Nair | Saturday October 5, 2019

Civil society organisations and student groups in Mizoram have said that their leaders will meet with Home Minister Amit Shah when he comes to the state today. The Mizoram organisations earlier said they would hold a rally in protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, which seeks to give citizenship to Hindus, Buddhists, Sikhs and Christian,...

6 Bodoland Militants Caught In Assam; M16 Rifle, Other Weapons Recovered

India News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhury, Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Tuesday October 1, 2019

Six members of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (Songbijit), including the outfit's self-styled "cultural secretary", were arrested and a cache of arms recovered from their hideout during a raid in Assam's Kokrajhar district on Tuesday.

Day After Poll Body Relief, Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang Stands For By-Elections

India News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhury | Monday September 30, 2019

Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang filed his nomination for the upcoming bypolls in the state from the Poklok-Kamrang assembly constituency on Monday, a day after the Election Commission drastically reduced his disqualification period from six years to one.

Election Body's Big Reprieve For Thousands Left Out Of Assam Citizens' List

India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Ratnadip Choudhury, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Friday September 27, 2019

Registered voters in Assam not included in the National Register of Citizens (NRC) will not be marked "doubtful" and can keep voting in elections until a Foreigners' tribunal takes a decision on their case, the Election Commission has decided.

3 Assam Excise Officials Out On A Raid Die in Accident, Cops Suspicious

India News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhury | Friday September 27, 2019

Three officials with the state excise department died and an equal number suffered critical injuries when a dumper truck smashed into their vehicle while they were travelling along National Highway-39 in Assam's Golaghat district on Thursday. The victims -- one of whom was an excise inspector -- were on their way to conduct a raid when the incident...

Tripura Woman Says Gangraped By 10 People, Family Alleges Police Inaction

Cities | Reported by Ratnadip Choudhury, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Thursday September 26, 2019

A 32-year-old woman from Tripura capital Agartala and her family have alleged that she was abducted and gangraped by 10 people while returning from a hospital on Tuesday.

Assam May Reintroduce Citizenship Bill, Says BJP Strategist Himanta Sarma

India News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhury | Wednesday September 25, 2019

A day after Assam minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said the BJP plans to reintroduce the Citizenship Amendment Bill by November, he said the draft bill will be tweaked and more conditions added. "Citizenship Bill will be moved in parliament once again, but it will have a lot of new features. It will have a cut-off date of December 30, 2014. It will be ...

Will Get Citizenship Bill Passed In Parliament By November: Himanta Sarma

India News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhary, Edited by Vaibhav Tiwari | Tuesday September 24, 2019

Weeks after Assam's list of citizens excluded over 19 lakh people, the BJP has announced that passing the Citizenship (Amendment) bill-which makes it easier for non-Muslim immigrants to get Indian citizenship-in parliament is next on the party's agenda.

Tripura Congress Chief Quits, Accuses Boss of Taking BJP's Advice

India News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhury | Tuesday September 24, 2019

Tripura Congress chief Pradyot Manikya Deb Barman has resigned as the party chief, after falling out with the central leadership over the Assam Citizens' list and how the party wants to run its state units in the northeast.

Helicopter Carrying Assam Chief Minister Sonowal Makes Emergency Landing

India News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhury, Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Monday September 23, 2019

A helicopter carrying Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal was forced to make an emergency landing in Lakhimpur district today after being affected by heavy turbulence