Reported By Ratnadip Choudhury Edited By Chandrashekar Srinivasan

Army Chief General MM Naravane said "appropriate action" will be taken against troops involved in the killing of 14 civilians during an operation that went horrifically wrong in Nagaland last month.

Christmas was disrupted in Assam's Silchar on Saturday after men claiming to be members of the Bajrang Dal - a right-wing group with ties to the ruling BJP - forced their way into a church and said Hindus could not celebrate the Christian festival.

Furious protests over the killing of 14 civilians in Nagaland's remote Mon district earlier this month - during and after an Army counter-insurgency op that went horrifically wrong - have now spread to state capital Kohima.

The Congress in Manipur has vowed to push for "the immediate and complete removal of AFSPA" from the entire state if it is elected to power in the 2022 polls.

Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio has joined his Meghalaya counterpart, Conrad Sangma, in slamming the central government over the continued imposition of the hugely controversial AFSPA - Armed Forces Special Powers Act.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah today told Parliament the centre regretted the deaths of 14 civilians in Nagaland after a botched Army op. Mr Shah read out statements in both Houses as opposition MPs shouted objections and demanded repeal of AFSPA.

Despite widespread protests, the management, development and operation of Guwahati's Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport was today handed over to the Adani Guwahati International Airport Limited in a "restricted ceremony".

Tripura Congress leader Pijush Kanti Biswas resigned as chief of the party's state unit today. Late on Saturday, AICC in-charge for Sikkim, Tripura and Nagaland, Dr Ajoy Kumar tweeted that Mr Biswas had decided to take his resignation back

24 Rohingya refugees have been arrested in Assam over the past two days, including 15 from the Badarpur Railway Station in Karimganj on Saturday and nine from the Guwahati Railway Station on Sunday.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah is in Meghalaya's Shillong today to begin a two-day visit to the northeastern part of the country

The BJP suffered a a massive defeat in the Tripura Autonomous District Council polls, where the party and ally IPFT won only nine of 28 seats; former Congress leader Pradyot Dev Burman's new TIPRA won 18 seats

Assam Election: Six polling officials have been suspended after the Election Commission found that 181 votes had been cast at a booth in Assam's Dima Hasao district that had only 90 registered voters

The Election Commission has refused to intervene in the matter of Rangja Khungur Basumatary - the Bodoland People's Front (BPF) candidate from Assam's Tamulpur who joined the BJP this week, just days before polling in his constituency

Assam minister and senior BJP leader Himanta Biswa Sarma hit back Sunday morning after his comment - there is "no Covid in Assam... (so) there is no need to wear a face mask" - triggered a row

Assam Election 2021: Assam's Bodoland People's Front (BPF) moved the Supreme Court on Sunday seeking postponement of polling in Tamulpur, after its candidate - Rangja Khungur Basumatary - defected to the BJP less than a week before voting

Army Chief General MM Naravane said "appropriate action" will be taken against troops involved in the killing of 14 civilians during an operation that went horrifically wrong in Nagaland last month.

Christmas was disrupted in Assam's Silchar on Saturday after men claiming to be members of the Bajrang Dal - a right-wing group with ties to the ruling BJP - forced their way into a church and said Hindus could not celebrate the Christian festival.

Furious protests over the killing of 14 civilians in Nagaland's remote Mon district earlier this month - during and after an Army counter-insurgency op that went horrifically wrong - have now spread to state capital Kohima.

The Congress in Manipur has vowed to push for "the immediate and complete removal of AFSPA" from the entire state if it is elected to power in the 2022 polls.

Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio has joined his Meghalaya counterpart, Conrad Sangma, in slamming the central government over the continued imposition of the hugely controversial AFSPA - Armed Forces Special Powers Act.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah today told Parliament the centre regretted the deaths of 14 civilians in Nagaland after a botched Army op. Mr Shah read out statements in both Houses as opposition MPs shouted objections and demanded repeal of AFSPA.

Despite widespread protests, the management, development and operation of Guwahati's Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport was today handed over to the Adani Guwahati International Airport Limited in a "restricted ceremony".

Tripura Congress leader Pijush Kanti Biswas resigned as chief of the party's state unit today. Late on Saturday, AICC in-charge for Sikkim, Tripura and Nagaland, Dr Ajoy Kumar tweeted that Mr Biswas had decided to take his resignation back

24 Rohingya refugees have been arrested in Assam over the past two days, including 15 from the Badarpur Railway Station in Karimganj on Saturday and nine from the Guwahati Railway Station on Sunday.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah is in Meghalaya's Shillong today to begin a two-day visit to the northeastern part of the country

The BJP suffered a a massive defeat in the Tripura Autonomous District Council polls, where the party and ally IPFT won only nine of 28 seats; former Congress leader Pradyot Dev Burman's new TIPRA won 18 seats

Assam Election: Six polling officials have been suspended after the Election Commission found that 181 votes had been cast at a booth in Assam's Dima Hasao district that had only 90 registered voters

The Election Commission has refused to intervene in the matter of Rangja Khungur Basumatary - the Bodoland People's Front (BPF) candidate from Assam's Tamulpur who joined the BJP this week, just days before polling in his constituency

Assam minister and senior BJP leader Himanta Biswa Sarma hit back Sunday morning after his comment - there is "no Covid in Assam... (so) there is no need to wear a face mask" - triggered a row

Assam Election 2021: Assam's Bodoland People's Front (BPF) moved the Supreme Court on Sunday seeking postponement of polling in Tamulpur, after its candidate - Rangja Khungur Basumatary - defected to the BJP less than a week before voting