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City awaits N-Easterners

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Swayed by rumours that spread through SMSes and MMSes, over 50,000 north easterners residing in Bengaluru fled to their native states over the past two weeks. All efforts are now directed towards gett

For worried North-Easterners, city comes up with helplines

Taking cognizance of the hordes of calls which volunteers and those heading the various groups of north east associations in the city are getting from their fellow north east people seeking informatio

No hard feelings towards Muslims: N-Easterners

Over the last one week, the North-East people in the city have gone through horrifying days of uncertainty and fear. Over 30,000 of them have even fled the city to their home state, fearing attacks. B

Holes in Net: Blocked content still up

The central government may claim that it has succeeded in blocking those websites and Facebook accounts that have been carrying inflammatory texts and pictures, which allegedly caused people from Nort

Web of teror

The mass exodus of the North East people from Bengaluru, Mumbai, Pune, Chennai and Hyderabad was reportedly a ‘sample’ of psy-war (psychological war) by Pakistan’s Inter Services Intelligence in India

Beauty salons, hoteliers try to retain panicky employees

With people from the north-eastern (NE) states fleeing the city perceiving it to be unsafe for them, the businesses that used to employ them such as beauty salons and spas, restaurants and the hospita

Hunt on for Pasha’s pals

The South East police are hunting for three people who allegedly sent an SMS to Anees Pasha, instigating attacks on people from the north-eastern states after Ramzan celebrations. Pasha (26) was arre

We did not come across any violence: Assamese

A report from Guwahati said that two special trains had left Guwahati for Bengaluru, carrying back Assamese to the Karnataka capital. A spokesman for the Northeast Frontier Railway could not say how m

Panic fails to dent spirit of 50 N-E craftsmen in Mysore

While thousands of North-Easterners and Tibetans are fleeing from Mysore and Bengaluru to their hometowns, over 50 craftsmen from the troubled region have landed in the city and are taking part in a 1

Illegal Bangladeshi immigrants in state under the scanner

While the exodus of North-Easterners tapered off, police are maintaining an eagle’s eye on illegal Bangladeshi migrants in the state, including in the city. While there is no official number, an estim

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