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  Home Ministry alerts state governments of possible attacks on Northeast people

  India | March 12, 2015 0:01 IST

  New Delhi: In the aftermath of lynching of a rape accused in Dimapur, the Union Home Ministry is expecting a backlash against people from the Northeast region living in Bengaluru, Pune and Gurgaon. The ministry

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  Delhi tops in discrimination against NE people: panel to HC

  India | August 21, 2014 21:24 IST

  New Delhi: The national capital has the dubious distinction of being ahead of the rest of the country in “racial discrimination” against people from the northeast region, a committee has told the Delhi High Court.

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  Delhi Police's new FB, Twitter pages for northeast people

  India | February 13, 2014 10:32 IST

  New Delhi: Faced with criticism over its perceived lack of sensitivity and outreach to the northeast community in the capital, Delhi Police is set to launch a Facebook page and a Twitter account for people

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  Govt serves ultimatum to Twitter to block offending webpages

  India | August 22, 2012 21:15 IST

  New Delhi, Aug 22: Government has given an ultimatum to social networking site Twitter to block nearly 30 of its webpages which continue to host morphed and inflammatory contents or face punitive action.The move comes

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  Rumours triggering exodus originated from Pakistan, says Home Secretary R K Singh

  India | August 18, 2012 22:09 IST

  New Delhi, Aug 18: Bulk of the rumours that triggered panic among people of northeastern states in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra were sourced from Pakistan, Union Home Secretary R K Singh said today.  “A

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  No direct threats, only rumours prompted return: Returnees

  India | August 18, 2012 21:05 IST

  Guwahati/Rangiya, Aug 18: For the 1,700-odd people who reached Assam this morning in two special trains from Bangalore, the decision to return home was driven by rumours rather than any direct physical threat.  All of

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  Govt bans bulk SMS, MMS for 15 days across India

  India | August 18, 2012 7:30 IST

  New Delhi, Aug 17: To check spread of rumours which has led to exodus of north eastern people from certain states, government banned from today bulk SMSes and MMSes for 15 days across the country.“We

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  Both houses of parliament unanimously vow action against rumour mongers

  Politics | September 23, 2012 14:02 IST

  New Delhi, Aug 17: Both houses of Parliament, led by Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, today in a rare sense of unanimity vowed to take stringent action against unknown rumour mongers who conspired a sudden

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  Both houses of parliament unanimously vow action against rumour mongers

  India | August 17, 2012 14:38 IST

  New Delhi, Aug 17: Both houses of Parliament, led by Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, today in a rare sense of unanimity vowed to take stringent action against unknown rumour mongers who conspired a sudden

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  Exodus of Northeast people continues from Karnataka

  India | August 17, 2012 19:40 IST

  Bangalore, Aug 17: Appeals and assurances of safety by the Karnataka government notwithstanding, people from North East continued to flee the state in hordes for the third consecutive day today, driven by rumours of impending

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  Badruddin Ajmal responsible for mass exodus, alleges AASU

  India | August 16, 2012 17:25 IST

  Guwahati, Aug 16: The influential All Assam Students Union today held prominent minority leader and president of the All India United Democratic Front Badaruddin Ajmal responsible for the mass exodus and fear psychosis among students

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  Rumour mills fuelled fear among North East people fleeing Bangalore

  India | August 16, 2012 18:11 IST

  Bangalore, Aug 16: It is sheer fear fuelled by rumour mills that has prompted North East people like Disen Basumataray, a technology student from Kokrajhar in Assam, to leave the city as they huddled together

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  Gadkari blames Illegal migrants for attacks on Northeast people

  India | August 16, 2012 16:38 IST

  New Delhi, Aug 16: BJP president Nitin Gadkari today alleged that illegal migrants living in Assam and other parts of the country are responsible for the attacks on people from the North East and the

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  Arunachal CM requests Karnataka CM to provide security to Northeast people

  India | August 16, 2012 16:36 IST

  Itanagar, Aug 16: Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Nabam Tuki today requested his Karnataka counterpart Jagadish Shettar to provide security to the people of the Northeast following reports that they were fleeing Bangalore fearing attacks on

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  Two special trains on way to Guwahati, says Gogoi

  India | August 16, 2012 16:36 IST

  Guwahati, Aug 16: Two special trains carrying panic-stricken students and professionals of Northeast have left Bangalore for here, Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said today.“Two special trains left Bangalore yesterday and the government has taken

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  6,800 NE people flee Bangalore, Centre warns rumour mongers

  India | August 16, 2012 19:50 IST

  Bangalore, Aug 16: Fear-struck people from the northeast continued to flee the city for the second day today as the Karnataka government assured them safety and launched confidence building measures, including police patrolling in areas