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Six Years After Massive Violence, Shillong's Punjabi Lane Road Opens
After a six-year gap following the 2018 unrest in Shillong, Punjabi Lane, also known as Them Iew Mawlong, is open for traffic. The Motphran-Mawlong route closure was initially implemented in response to security concerns after the unrest in Them Iew
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"Duty-Bound" To Protect People Of All Communities: Meghalaya Tells Punjab
The Meghalaya government assured a Punjab government delegation on Thursday that it was "duty-bound" to protect the people of all communities living in the state.
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After Threat To Punjabis In Shillong, Amarinder Singh Sends In Delegation
A week after militant group HNLC issued a threat to Punjabi settlers asking them to vacate the Punjabi Lane area of Shillong, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has sent a four-member delegation to the hill state to work out a solution.
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Shillong's Punjabi Lane Residents To Prove Legality Of Stay: Officials
The authorities have clamped prohibitory orders in Punjabi Lane area in Shillong and served notices to its residents directing them to furnish documents within a month to prove that they had settled in the area legally.
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Amid Improving Situation In Shillong, An Appeal For Peace By Meghalaya Governor
The situation in Shillong showed signs of improvement for the second day today even as Meghalaya Governor Ganga Prasad asked the people to help maintain peace in the state.
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Inside Shillong's Punjabi Lane, A Story Of Migrants In The Eye Of An Unrest
88-year-old Darshan Singh, a retired employee of the Shillong Municipal Corporation, hasn't slept a wink for the last five days. Mr Singh was born in Shillong after his father had migrated from Gurdaspur in Punjab during the British Raj in search of job. Now, he can't understand why he is being called an "outsider".
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Behind Shillong Clashes, A Long-Running Tension Over A Piece Of Land
Sanjana, the descendant of a Punjabi family who migrated to Meghalaya over a hundred years ago during the time of the British Raj, has been living in the state capital Shillong for 34 years. The woman who was born in his hilly town says the congested Punjabi Lane in the heart of Shillong, where clashes broke out last week, is her home
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Six Years After Massive Violence, Shillong's Punjabi Lane Road Opens
After a six-year gap following the 2018 unrest in Shillong, Punjabi Lane, also known as Them Iew Mawlong, is open for traffic. The Motphran-Mawlong route closure was initially implemented in response to security concerns after the unrest in Them Iew
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"Duty-Bound" To Protect People Of All Communities: Meghalaya Tells Punjab
The Meghalaya government assured a Punjab government delegation on Thursday that it was "duty-bound" to protect the people of all communities living in the state.
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After Threat To Punjabis In Shillong, Amarinder Singh Sends In Delegation
A week after militant group HNLC issued a threat to Punjabi settlers asking them to vacate the Punjabi Lane area of Shillong, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has sent a four-member delegation to the hill state to work out a solution.
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Shillong's Punjabi Lane Residents To Prove Legality Of Stay: Officials
The authorities have clamped prohibitory orders in Punjabi Lane area in Shillong and served notices to its residents directing them to furnish documents within a month to prove that they had settled in the area legally.
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Amid Improving Situation In Shillong, An Appeal For Peace By Meghalaya Governor
The situation in Shillong showed signs of improvement for the second day today even as Meghalaya Governor Ganga Prasad asked the people to help maintain peace in the state.
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Inside Shillong's Punjabi Lane, A Story Of Migrants In The Eye Of An Unrest
88-year-old Darshan Singh, a retired employee of the Shillong Municipal Corporation, hasn't slept a wink for the last five days. Mr Singh was born in Shillong after his father had migrated from Gurdaspur in Punjab during the British Raj in search of job. Now, he can't understand why he is being called an "outsider".
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Behind Shillong Clashes, A Long-Running Tension Over A Piece Of Land
Sanjana, the descendant of a Punjabi family who migrated to Meghalaya over a hundred years ago during the time of the British Raj, has been living in the state capital Shillong for 34 years. The woman who was born in his hilly town says the congested Punjabi Lane in the heart of Shillong, where clashes broke out last week, is her home
