Guwahati: Tripura Police detained 10 Bangladeshi nationals, belonging to the Hindu community. These people entered India by fleeing their village due to unrest and tensions in the neighbouring country. A police officer said that the 10 Bangladeshi nationals including two women, three teenagers and an elderly person were detained from the Ambassa railway station in … Read more
Trinamool Congress on Tuesday demanded that the external affairs minister spell out in Parliament India’s stand on violence in Bangladesh against members of the minority Hindu community. Raising the matter in the Lok Sabha, Trinamool leader Sudip Bandyopadhyay also echoed party chief and West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee’s demand that India approach the United Nations … Read more
Guwahati: While Bangladesh is in turmoil, traders of Tripura and the neighbouring country on Tuesday took part in the ‘Border Haat’. Meghalaya government had suspended the operations of ‘Border Haats’ (markets) along the India-Bangladesh border. The trade took place in Srinagar (south Tripura)-Purba Madhugram (Bangladesh) and the weekly markets functioned normally. An official of Tripura … Read more
Two prominent Indian-American lawmakers have called for an immediate end to the ongoing brutal violence against the minority Hindu community in Bangladesh following the ouster of the Sheikh Hasina-led government. The Congressmen have also urged the prime minister-designate of the interim government, Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, to uphold the rule of law as he takes … Read more
Haridwar (Uttarakhand): Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev on August 06 condemned the targeted attacks on houses, temples and business establishments of Hindus in Bangladesh, and urged the Centre to do all it can diplomatically and politically to protect the Hindu minority in the neighbouring country. He also expressed concerns over the safety of Hindus living in … Read more
The Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Tuesday urged the government to take “every possible” step to ensure the safety of Hindus, Sikhs and other minorities in Bangladesh, claiming that “fundamentalists” are targeting them in several districts of the neighbouring country. Addressing a press conference, VHP president Alok Kumar called for strict security vigil on the … Read more
