Desh Deshantar – Politics behind death sentences, Rajya Sabha TV

Why does violence continue to plague Assam?, Aljazeera

Aljazeera As India boosts security in the northeastern state we ask what has kept tensions alive in the region for decades.  Dozens have been killed and tens of thousands more displaced as violence breaks out in India’s northeastern Assam state. Indian security forces are patrolling the streets in the state after days of rioting, […]

Rights group terms it largest incident of making people ‘stateless’ in decades

The HinduPublished on 31 August 2019SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT A New Delhi-based rights group has termed the exclusion of 19,06,657 people from the Assam National Register of Citizens (NRC) as the largest incident of making people “stateless” in decades. Sri Lanka’s 1948 declaration of about 9,75,000 descendants of Indian-origin Tamils as ‘non-nationals is the next largest purging move’, the […]

Maldives’ Rigged Presidential Election: India Needs a New Approach

The Quint SUHAS CHAKMA The Maldives is all set to hold another deeply-rigged Presidential election on 23 September to ensure the return of President Abdullah Yameen to power for another term. The European Union and the United Nations have decided not to send election observers as Maldives has failed to “create the necessary atmosphere and […]