Search For "bru refugees"
Bru refugees vote in Tripura for Lok Sabha elections, marking a milestone
Updated : 2 years ago IST
In a landmark shift from past practices, the Bru refugees settled in Tripura cast their votes for the Lok Sabha elections, marking the second time they participated in the electoral process without having to return to Mizoram.
Read More
Assam Rifles organises medical camp for Bru refugees in Tripura
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The objective of the camp was to give free medicine, and medical advice and refer them for specialized treatment/surgery if required. Doctors have also carried out basic medical check of all refugees.
Read More
Tripura outfit calls off anti-Bru protest, CM says refugees to be settled
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Agartala (Tripura) [India], November 25 (ANI): As the government invited the leaders of the Joint Movement Committee (JMC), which was leading the protest against the settlement of the Bru refugees in Tripura, to discuss their demands, the latter called off its indefinite strike in Kanchan
Read More
Ruling BJP ally among tribal organisations questions govt failure to tackl
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Agartala (Tripura) [India], November 23 (ANI): As demonstrations in Kanchanpur area of North Tripura district continued on Sunday against the government's decision to rehabilitate Bru refugees from Mizoram in the state, various tribal organisations in Agartala, including the ruling BJP's
Read More
Demonstrators block NH in Tripura, protest against rehabilitation of Bru r
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Dolubari (Tripura) [India], November 21 (ANI): Demonstrators blocked the national highway in Dolubari village of North Tripura district in protest against the rehabilitation of Bru refugees from Mizoram in the state on Saturday.
Read More
Solved insurgency problems in North East, ensured peace: PM Modi
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 4 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday asked BJP's parliamentary party members to reach out to the people and apprise them about the historic agreements to thwart insurgency and ensure peace in the North East.
Read More
For Bru refugees in Tripura, hope after years of struggle for settlement
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Agartala (Tripura) [India], Jan 30 (ANI): Successful rehabilitation of Bru refugees in Tripura has brought smiles and cheer to tribal folk in Tripura. The major decision came after the tripartite agreement was signed by the centre, Tripura, Mizoram state governments and Bru representatives.
Read More
Bru-Reang refugees India's first line of defence along Bangladesh border:
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 19 (ANI): Former Governor of Mizoram Swaraj Kaushal on Sunday welcomed the Central government's agreement with stakeholders to settle Bru-Reang refugees in Tripura and termed the tribe as India's first line of defence along Bangladesh border.
Read More
Swaraj Kaushal praises PM, Shah for Bru repatriation pact, says it's a gra
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 19 (ANI): Former Mizoram Governor Swaraj Kaushal on Sunday praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah for the Bru-Reang repatriation agreement, aimed at settling 34,000 refugees of the community in Tripura, saying it sends a grand message that the
Read More
Erstwhile Tripura's Left government could not see beyond red, Swaraj Kaush
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 19 (ANI): Alluding to the delay by the erstwhile Left government in taking steps to repatriate Bru refugees in Tripura, former Mizoram Governor Swaraj Kaushal on Sunday said that they lacked national perspective and could not see beyond 'red'.
Read More
Not ad-hoc arrangement but lasting solution: Swaraj Kaushal on Bru refugee
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 19 (ANI): The repatriation agreement to resettle around 34,000 Bru refugees in Tripura is not an ad-hoc arrangement but a solution that will last, said former Mizoram Governor Swaraj Kaushal on Sunday.
Read More
SC asks Centre to explain why it has stopped supply of ration to Mizoram B
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 9 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Centre to explain within two weeks why it has stopped the supply of ration to the Mizoram Bru refugees in seven relief camps in Tripura that led to starvation deaths.
Read More