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Mizoram, Assam CMs to discuss border disputes on Sept 19 in New Delhi

Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthanga and his Assam counterpart Himanta Biswa Sarma will hold talks on September 19 to find an amicable solution to the border dispute between the two northeastern states, an official said on Friday. The CMO official, who is accompanying Zoramthanga in New Delhi, said the meeting will take place in the national capital but the venue is yet to be decided. "The two chief ministers conversed over the phone on Friday and decided to hold a meeting on the border issue on September 19 in New Delhi," the official told PTI. They had earlier held a meeting on the issue in November last year in New Delhi in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah. In an earlier telephonic conversation on August 10 this year, the two chief ministers had decided to hold the talks in the later part of August or early September. Three districts of Mizoram -- Aizawl, Kolasib and Mamit -- share a 164.6-km-long border with three districts of Assam: Cachar, Hailakandi and ...

Kyrgyz-Tajik border conflict escalates with use of heavy weaponry

Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan accused each other of using heavy weaponry such as tanks and mortars in an escalating border conflict that has killed at least three people and injured 27

Mizoram, Assam to hold CM-level talks in Delhi to resolve border dispute

Mizoram and Assam will hold chief minister-level talks in New Delhi later this month or early September to find an amicable solution to the inter-state border dispute

Assam, Mizoram govts sign joint statement on resolving border dispute

Both states have agreed to promote and maintain peace to prevent any untoward incident along the borders

Assam delegation to visit Mizoram on Aug 9-10 for border talks: Official

A five-member delegation headed by Assam Border Protection and Development Minister Atul Bora will be on a two-day visit to Mizoram from August 9 to discuss inter-state boundary dispute issues

India, China hold 24th meeting of working mechanism on border affairs

The 24th meeting of the Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination on India-China Border Affairs (WMCC) was held on Tuesday, an official statement said

Assam-Arunachal border dispute likely to be resolved by next year: Shah

Efforts underway to make North East insurgency-free, 9,000 militants of region returned to mainstream in last 8 years, says Shah in Arunachal

China intends to keep boundary issue alive: Army Chief Gen Pande

Army Chief Gen Manoj Pande on Monday said China's intention has been to keep "alive" the boundary question with India though it remains the "basic" issue between the two countries

Assam and Meghalaya sign pact to resolve border dispute in six places

With signing of Assam-Meghalaya border pact, dispute in 70% areas resolved now, says Union Home Minister Amit Shah

CMs of Assam, Meghalaya aim to settle inter-state border dispute by Dec 31

Assam and Meghalaya on Tuesday announced that they would take necessary measures to settle interstate border disputes in at least six areas by the end of this year. Addressing a joint press conference here, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and his Meghalaya counterpart Conrad Sangma said border committees set up earlier to hammer out solutions will submit their reports by November 30. The two chief ministers visited a disputed site at Langpih in Kamrup district earlier in the day. "The committees will present reports before their respective state governments, which will then talk to the stakeholders. After that, a clear picture will emerge and a final statement will be issued," Sangma said. Sarma further explained that the two states have formed three committees each to settle problems at six out of 12 disputed sites in Kamrup, Kamrup Metropolitan and Hailakandi districts. "In the first phase, we are looking to resolve problems at six places. Going by the spirit and pace,

New border law doesn't affect existing treaties: China to India

China promulgated new land boundary law in the midst of a 17-month border standoff between the two countries in eastern Ladakh

Mizoram, Assam hold talks on boundary dispute; agree to resolve amicably

Representatives of Assam and Mizoram held talks here on Thursday and agreed to resolve the inter-state border dispute amicably, officials said. The Assam government also decided to revoke an advisory issued earlier against travel to Mizoram, they said. "Both the state governments agreed to maintain peace in the inter-state border areas and welcomed the deployment of neutral force by Government of India in this regard. "For this purpose, both the states shall not send their respective forest and police forces for patrolling, domination, enforcement or for fresh deployment to any of the areas where confrontation had taken place between the police forces of the two states during recent times. This would include all such areas along the Assam-Mizoram border in the districts of Karimganj, Hailakandi, and Cachar in Assam, and Mizoram's Mamit and Kolasib districts," a joint statement issued by the two states said. The joint statement was signed by Assam's Minister for Border Protection an

Small state, big brother

Assam-Mizoram violence is an outcome of BJP trying too hard to 'integrate' distinct northeastern states. This has unleashed latent regionalism

Aspiration and realism: How Kashmir and Palestine have a similar story

A great many in Kashmir dreamt of 'azaadi', whose definition changed from one phase to the next. Palestinians also did. But people of both places demonstrated a clear lack of realism, writes T N Ninan

Narrow differences, resolve disputes through dialogue: Xi at G20 summit

China is ready to pursue peaceful coexistence with all countries on the basis of mutual respect, equality and mutual benefit, President Xi Jinping said on Saturday

Mideast militants fight in Azerbaijan's Nagorno-Karabakh: Russia FM

Russia's top diplomat said that about 2,000 fighters from the Middle East have joined the fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh, the border region claimed by both Armenia and Azerbaijan

Assam, Mizoram in letter war over boundary disputes amid border tensions

Amid tension on the border, governments of Assam and Mizoram have engaged in a letter war over issues related to the boundary dispute between the two states

Armenia says it shot down two Azerbaijani helicopters amid border dispute

Ministry spokeswoman Shushan Stepanyan also said Armenian forces hit three Azerbaijani tanks

In Ladakh, India has little choice but to make China pay a cost

Avoiding hard choices in Ladakh is only postponing the inevitable reckoning

India confident in standing solo against China in any border dispute: EFSAS

This preparedness by India shows that it is strong enough to counter any serious confrontation at the border