Tripura CM Biplab Deb visits Bru resettlement colony in Dholai

Tripura chief minister Biplab Deb on Thursday visited a Bru resettlement colony in the state’s Dholai district to assess the development work being carried out there. Thanking Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah, Deb claimed that it was because of the foresight of these two leaders that the decades-old Bru problem […]

Eight girls among 10 Brus rescued in Tripura

Eight girls and two women from the Bru community were rescued in Agartala after they fled from a rehabilitation camp in North Tripura district in search of jobs, police said on Thursday. Acting on a tip-off, police raided Chandrapur bus terminus in Agartala on Wednesday and rescued the girls and the women who escaped the […]

Protest over Bru refugee rehabilitation turns violent in Tripura, 1 killed, several injured

An anti-Bru agitation has taken a violent turn in Kanchanpur in North Tripura district, with at least 1 killed and several injured in clashes, forcing police to fire. A fire service personnel, as well as a civilian identified as Biswajit Deb Banna and Srikanta Das respectively, were killed in the clashes. The incident occurred after […]

Mizo civil society bodies for immediate deletion of Bru voters

Civil society organizations and students’ bodies in Mizoram have asked the central and state governments to expedite the process of deletion of names of Bru voters living in relief camps in Tripura. The NGO coordination committee said that the Centre and Mizoram government has made at least nine attempts to repatriate the Bru refugees but […]

‘Brus to be resettled in Tripura’

In a big revelation, Mizoram chief minister Zoramthanga on Monday said that over 34,000 Bru refugees who were supposed to be repatriated to Mizoram will now be resettled in Tripura. The Chief Minister said that he will have a meeting with his Tripura counterpart Biplab Deb in New Delhi on January 16, under the chairmanship […]

Bru refugees residing in Tripura camps stares at starvation as state govt stops ration supply

Bru refugees residing in the refugee camps in Tripura are staring at a starvation like scenario with the Tripura state government stopping the supply of rations to the camps since November 30. Many of the Bru refugees who are residing in the Tripura camps have stayed back after rejecting the current repatriation process that has […]

Tripura govt writes to Centre seeking assistance to rehabilitate Brus

The Tripura government has written to Union Home Minister Amit Shah for sanctioning necessary assistance to rehabilitate the over 34,000 Brus staying in relief camps in the state. Speaking on the issue, BJP national general secretary, Ram Madhav stated that the Centre is poised to look into the resettlement of Brus in Tripura based on […]

Tripura Royal Scion writes to Amit Shah appealing for rehabilitation of Bru refugees

Pradyot Deb Barman has shot off a letter to Union Home Minister Amit Shah appealing for resettlement of Brus in Tripura. In the letter, the former Tripura congress chief expressed his concern and anguish over the suspension of ration supply to the Brus and mentioned that in accordance to the Rajamala, the Bru community stands […]

Delegation of Mizoram Bru Displaced People’s Forum return to Tripura from New Delhi

A delegation of the Mizoram Bru Displaced People’s Forum (MBDPF) has arrived in Tripura after camping in the national capital for more than a week to meet the central leaders. Talking exclusively to Northeast Live, Mizoram Bru Displaced Forum President Daubunga Reang had said that they tried to meet Home Minister Amit Shah to discuss […]