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Names Of Over 6,000 Bru Voters Deleted From Mizoram's Voters List
The names of over 6,000 Bru voters have been deleted from Mizoram's voter list, officials said on Wednesday.
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Tripura Assembly Poll Remains "Largely Violence-Free": Election Body
The Election Commission on Thursday said the Tripura assembly polls remained "largely violence-free", with Bru migrant voters being able to exercise their franchise for the first time in many years.
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"Share Everything": Biplab Deb's Message At Resettlement Village For Brus
Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb on Thursday visited Hadukuluk, a small village in Dhalai district, where the Bru Refugees are being resettled to end over-two-decade-old impasse. The Brus fled Mizoram amid ethnic tension in 1997.
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11 Girls Trafficked From Bru Camp Rescued In Tripura
Taking advantage of the poor financial condition and the "stateless" circumstances of the Bru refugees who have been residing in relief camps in North Tripura since 1997, rampant trafficking has begun.
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Fire Service Personnel Dies In Violence Amid Ethnic Tension In Tripura
A Tripura fire service personnel, who was beaten on Saturday by those protesting against the state government's decision to settle Mizoram's Bru refugees in Kanchanpur sub-division in the state, died today, taking the death count in the violence to two.
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2 Dead, 23 Injured As Police Fire At Protesters In Tripura
Two people were killed and 23 were injured, five seriously, in North Tripura as police opened fire after a protest allegedly turned violent on Saturday. Reinforcements have been sent to affected parts of the state.
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Ethnic Tension In Tripura Over Bru Refugees, Shutdown Called
An indefinite shutdown has been called in northern Tripura's Kanchanpur subdivision as a protest against the state government's decision to rehabilitate thousands of tribal refugees, who had fled from Mizoram 23 years ago following ethnic violence.
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12-Hour Shutdown Observed In Tripura Town Over Bru Refugees Resettlement
A dawn to dusk 12-hour shutdown was observed today in North Tripura's Kanchanpur sub-division to protest against the resettlement of the Reang or Bru refugees.
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How Solving 23-Year-Long Bru Refugee Crisis Is Shot In The Arm For BJP
An agreement signed by representatives of Bru, the central, Tripura and Mizoram governments paved way for over 30,000 displaced Bru tribals from Mizoram to permanently settle in Tripura. The deal was signed on Thursday in presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah at North Block in New Delhi.
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Displaced Bru Tribals From Mizoram To Permanently Settle In Tripura; Pact Signed
More than 30,000 displaced Bru tribals from Mizoram, who have been living as refugees in Tripura since 1997, will permanently settle in Tripura, according to an agreement that was signed on Thursday.
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Plan To Send Bru Refugees From Tripura Fails, 32,000 Still In Camps
The latest initiative to send Bru refugees living in relief camps in north Tripura back to Mizoram failed, as only 171 families of the targeted 4,447 returned to their homeland, officials said on Saturday when the repatriation came to an end.
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Mizoram Civil Society Groups Call Poll Boycott Over Bru Refugees' Voting Location
An umbrella body of civil society groups in Mizoram said it will boycott the Lok Sabha elections if Bru refugees living in neighbouring Tripura are allowed to vote from designated booths along the state border, instead of letting them visit Mizoram to vote at regular camps.
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Reang Refugees Vote In Mizoram Polls Despite Uncertain Future
Amid prolonged uncertainty over return to their homes, Reang tribal refugees, sheltered in Tripura for 21 years, on Wednesday voted in large numbers in the Mizoram Assembly polls.
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Mizoram Polls: Displaced Once, Elderly Bru Tribal Beams As She Casts Vote
Ethnic violence broke-out between Mizo and Bru tribes in 1997, due to which scores of Bru families were forced to leave their home state and take shelter in the neighbouring Tripura.
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Biggest Challenge To Restore Public Faith: Mizoram's Poll Panel Chief
Mizoram's new chief electoral officer has said the "biggest challenge" for him has been to restore public faith in the election process after intense protests by civil society and political groups against his predecessor. Ashish Kundra, who took charge as the new CEO after S B Shashank was removed amid protests over allowing Bru voters lodged in Tr...
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Names Of Over 6,000 Bru Voters Deleted From Mizoram's Voters List
The names of over 6,000 Bru voters have been deleted from Mizoram's voter list, officials said on Wednesday.
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Tripura Assembly Poll Remains "Largely Violence-Free": Election Body
The Election Commission on Thursday said the Tripura assembly polls remained "largely violence-free", with Bru migrant voters being able to exercise their franchise for the first time in many years.
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"Share Everything": Biplab Deb's Message At Resettlement Village For Brus
Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb on Thursday visited Hadukuluk, a small village in Dhalai district, where the Bru Refugees are being resettled to end over-two-decade-old impasse. The Brus fled Mizoram amid ethnic tension in 1997.
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11 Girls Trafficked From Bru Camp Rescued In Tripura
Taking advantage of the poor financial condition and the "stateless" circumstances of the Bru refugees who have been residing in relief camps in North Tripura since 1997, rampant trafficking has begun.
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Fire Service Personnel Dies In Violence Amid Ethnic Tension In Tripura
A Tripura fire service personnel, who was beaten on Saturday by those protesting against the state government's decision to settle Mizoram's Bru refugees in Kanchanpur sub-division in the state, died today, taking the death count in the violence to two.
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2 Dead, 23 Injured As Police Fire At Protesters In Tripura
Two people were killed and 23 were injured, five seriously, in North Tripura as police opened fire after a protest allegedly turned violent on Saturday. Reinforcements have been sent to affected parts of the state.
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Ethnic Tension In Tripura Over Bru Refugees, Shutdown Called
An indefinite shutdown has been called in northern Tripura's Kanchanpur subdivision as a protest against the state government's decision to rehabilitate thousands of tribal refugees, who had fled from Mizoram 23 years ago following ethnic violence.
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12-Hour Shutdown Observed In Tripura Town Over Bru Refugees Resettlement
A dawn to dusk 12-hour shutdown was observed today in North Tripura's Kanchanpur sub-division to protest against the resettlement of the Reang or Bru refugees.
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How Solving 23-Year-Long Bru Refugee Crisis Is Shot In The Arm For BJP
An agreement signed by representatives of Bru, the central, Tripura and Mizoram governments paved way for over 30,000 displaced Bru tribals from Mizoram to permanently settle in Tripura. The deal was signed on Thursday in presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah at North Block in New Delhi.
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Displaced Bru Tribals From Mizoram To Permanently Settle In Tripura; Pact Signed
More than 30,000 displaced Bru tribals from Mizoram, who have been living as refugees in Tripura since 1997, will permanently settle in Tripura, according to an agreement that was signed on Thursday.
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Plan To Send Bru Refugees From Tripura Fails, 32,000 Still In Camps
The latest initiative to send Bru refugees living in relief camps in north Tripura back to Mizoram failed, as only 171 families of the targeted 4,447 returned to their homeland, officials said on Saturday when the repatriation came to an end.
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Mizoram Civil Society Groups Call Poll Boycott Over Bru Refugees' Voting Location
An umbrella body of civil society groups in Mizoram said it will boycott the Lok Sabha elections if Bru refugees living in neighbouring Tripura are allowed to vote from designated booths along the state border, instead of letting them visit Mizoram to vote at regular camps.
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Reang Refugees Vote In Mizoram Polls Despite Uncertain Future
Amid prolonged uncertainty over return to their homes, Reang tribal refugees, sheltered in Tripura for 21 years, on Wednesday voted in large numbers in the Mizoram Assembly polls.
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Mizoram Polls: Displaced Once, Elderly Bru Tribal Beams As She Casts Vote
Ethnic violence broke-out between Mizo and Bru tribes in 1997, due to which scores of Bru families were forced to leave their home state and take shelter in the neighbouring Tripura.
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Biggest Challenge To Restore Public Faith: Mizoram's Poll Panel Chief
Mizoram's new chief electoral officer has said the "biggest challenge" for him has been to restore public faith in the election process after intense protests by civil society and political groups against his predecessor. Ashish Kundra, who took charge as the new CEO after S B Shashank was removed amid protests over allowing Bru voters lodged in Tr...
