The volatile scenario in Bangladesh post the ousting of the Sheikh Hasina government has put the focus on what should be India’s immediate and long-term response to the current situation. Amid this, the Society to Harmonise Aspirations for Responsible Engagement (SHARE), a think tank, which was established recently to cater to the concerns of the Northeast, has made some recommendations on policy options for India in dealing with the current Bangladesh situation considering the Northeast perspective.
<p>The escape of some leaders of terrorist groups after mob-aided jailbreaks in Bangladesh could have a debilitating effect in eastern India, specifically Assam and Tripura, says SHARE.read More</p>
A set of policy recommendations has been formulated by the Society to Harmonise Aspirations for Responsible Engagement (SHARE) on how India should move forward in the context of recent developments in neighbouring Bangladesh.
Former Chief of Eastern Command, Lt General RP Kalita (Retd) says, "Our primary focus is on the development of Northeastern states and highlight the importance of Northeast India in Southeast Asia and South Asia. We will also focus on making the aspirations of the northeastern people reach the policymakers.
While dealing with ways to counter religiously motivated terrorism or violent extremism, it is essential to begin by understanding the fundamental nature of violent extremism as an evolutionary concept that morphs based on temporal, cultural and geopolitical circumstances (Borum 2011, 1-6).read More
As a transit for other north-eastern states, and with 1.5-2 million of its people working across the country, Assam was worried about covid-19 from the very beginning. Thus, the state had not only started preparing for the worst by setting up exclusive hospitals and quarantine facilities, read More
Currently the fifth-largest GDP in the world, India is at the crossroads of its growth trajectory. A focus on equity and social justice would be crucial to reap the best out of its demographic dividend. For this, we collectively need to contextualize some of the critical spheres where interventions...
Around 75 per cent votes were polled in Meghalaya on Tuesday and the Assembly elections were by and large peaceful, Chief Electoral Officer F R Kharkongor said. The election office is awaiting data from remote places in the Garo Hills and East Jaintia Hills districts, he added. read More
For the Congress, ruling Meghalaya for nine years, hopes of retaining power rest on the division of anti-Congress votes three ways, party leaders said ahead of Tuesday’s election. The BJP, which has put in its best effort ever to capture the hill state, did not go for a pre-poll alliance, as it did with regional parties in Assam and Manipur.
The Meghalaya assembly elections have been marked only by a major battle between the ruling Congress and the BJP, which has whipped up a vigorous campaign, but also as a battle for power between two important political families of the state. read More
Sohan D Shira, Meghalaya’s most wanted militant leading the Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA), was killed in an encounter by state police commandos on Saturday, three days short of voting day in the hill state. A police officer in Shillong said Shira was tracked down at Achakpek, 120 km from Tura, read More
A day after Army chief General Bipin Rawat described the rise of All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) in Assam as “faster” than the BJP, the party’s president and Lok Sabha member Maulana Badruddin Ajmal on Thursday called it a political statement, and said he would take up the matter with the Prime Minister, Home Minister as well as the President. read More
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