New Delhi [India], July 27 (ANI): Amid violent clashes between Assam and Mizoram police forces over the border dispute, Union Minister Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday said that the matter is being looked into by the Union Ministry and also emphasised on maintaining peace in all the border areas.
New Delhi [India], July 27 (ANI): Four additional companies of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) have been deployed at the Assam-Mizoram border disputed site where five cops of Assam Police died in a fierce gun battle between the forces of the two states.
New Delhi [India], July 27 (ANI): Amid border dispute between Assam-Mizoram, Minister of State (MoS) for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai on Tuesday informed the Parliament that the government only acts as a facilitator for amicable settlement of an inter-state dispute.
Dispur (Assam) [India], July 27 (ANI): Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday paid floral tributes to the policemen who were killed in the Assam-Mizoram border clashes that took place on Monday.
New Delhi [India], July 27 (ANI): Congress MP Ripun Bora on Tuesday gave a short duration discussion notice in the Rajya Sabha under rule 176, demanding a discussion on the Assam-Mizoram border clash.
Dispur (Assam) [India], July 27 (ANI): Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday visited Silchar Medical College and Hospital to meet police personnel who were injured in the Assam-Mizoram border clash.
Dispur (Assam) [India], July 27 (ANI): In view of border tensions with Mizoram, the Assam government on Monday urged the neighbouring state to restrain its "people and Police personnel" from indulging in "wanton violence" and work towards restoring peace.
New Delhi [India], July 27 (ANI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah's quick intervention and timely action by the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) averted a major escalation after Assam and Mizoram police forces opened fire at each other following a dispute at the border on Monday.
Aizawl (Mizoram) [India], July 26 (ANI): Amid ongoing Assam-Mizoram border dispute, Mizoram Home Minister Lalchamliana on Monday claimed that around 200 Assam Police personnel forcibly crossed duty post and said that the inter-state border issue with Assam should be resolved soon.
Dispur (Assam) [India], July 26 (ANI): Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday informed that six jawans of Assam Police have lost their lives while defending the constitutional boundary of state at the Assam-Mizoram border.
New Delhi [India], July 26 (ANI): With an escalation in tensions on the Assam-Mizoram border, Chief Ministers of both the states on Monday engaged in a war of words with each other, tweeting videos of violence while the former urged Union Home Minister Amit Shah to intervene in the matter
Shillong (Meghalaya) [India], July 25 (ANI): Border disputes in India's northeastern states are a legacy of the colonial era and lasting peace between states is important to further development in the region, said Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthanga.