Mischievous text messages claiming that people from the north-east will be targeted in Delhi, particularly after Ramzan, have started circulating with police today urging the community not to belie

Gripped by rumour fuelled fears of impending attacks on them, people from North East continued to flee the city for the third consecutive day on Saturday with hundreds thronging the railway station

The exodus of North Easterners from the city to their home states on fears of attacks showed signs of subsiding on the fourth day on Saturday since they started fleeing, according to indications fr

The situation in lower Assam on Saturday remained peaceful with no report of any violence even as two special trains arrived here carrying 1700 people who had fled the southern states after rumours

The Centre today said adequate protection is being given by state governments in the South to people of the North East fleeing on rumours of attacks and termed as 'false' and 'fabricated' reports that they are not being provided enough security.

JD-U chief Sharad Yadav on Saturday advocated temporary ban on social networking sites to check rumour mongering in view of exodus of people hailing from the northeast from various parts of the countr

Bulk of the rumours that triggered panic among people of northeastern states in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra were sourced from Pakistan, Union Home Secretary R.K. Singh said on Saturday.

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People from the north-east have become a subject of ‘hate-campaign’ and are in a dilemma as whether to stay on or go back to places they hail from, feel a few from the region working here.

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Cracking the whip in the wake of exodus of people from the northeast, the Karnataka government on Friday arrested six persons on charges of attack, intimidation and sending 'false' SMSes to people of

Appeals and assurances of safety by the Karnataka government notwithstanding, people from Northeast continued to flee the state in hordes for the third consecutive day on Friday, driven by rumours o