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.

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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Some 48 hours after the mad scramble by over 20,000 frantic north-easterners to board trains heading for Guwahati from Bengaluru, top intelligence officers have warned that the exodus from the nation’

As Bengalureans and government struggled hard to instill a sense of confidence among the North-Easterners, the city witnessed seven incidents of threats and attacks against them on Friday.
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The spectacle of fear-stricken residents from North East swarming Pune railway station in a desperate bid to head for their home states, has had a benumbing effect on the second capital of Maharash

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

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