President Droupadi Murmu on Wednesday conferred Padma awards to distinguished honorees across diverse fields, including former Union Minister SM Krishna and Narendra Chandra Debbarma, the late president of the Indigenous Peoples Front of Tripura.
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Tipra Motha chief Pradyot Deb Barman on Wednesday said an "interlocutor" will be appointed shortly by the Centre as part of a process set in motion by Union Home minister to arrive at a constitutional solution to issues affecting the indigenous people of Tripura.
Seeking to set at rest speculations over his meeting with Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday, Tipra Motha chief Pradyot Deb Barman said there was no discussion on an alliance with the ruling BJP and the discussions broadly centered on the "interest of dopha" (indigenous people).
BJP national spokesperson Sambit Patra on Wednesday said a meeting was held between his party, which secured a second, straight mandate in Tripura, and the Indigenous People's Front of Tripura (IPFT) on how they can come together and work for the development of the Northeast state.
The Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP)- Indigenous People's Front of Tripura (ITFP) alliance won four Assembly seats, as per the latest counting trends shared by the Election Commission (EC) at 1.30 pm on Thursday.
The ruling party Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Tripura and the Indigenous Peoples Front of Tripura (IPFT) on Saturday decided to continue with their alliance for the upcoming assembly polls, the two parties said on Saturday.
The processions were a part of protests against the settlement of non-natives in Sindh, the usurpation of the rights of the indigenous people and the Pakistan People's Party government's attempt to tear apart Sindh's integrity.
Further integration of the indigenous people in Northeast borderlands online without adequate knowledge of the various impacts technology could have on them is incomprehensible, writes Suanmuanlian Tonsing, an author, in a report for Border Lens, an Assam based publication.