Chirang: The Assam riots at the end of last month left nearly 80 people dead and lakhs homeless. The real challenge now lies in rehabilitating those who were displaced. And helping them are young doctors, who assist the men, women and children afflicted with diseases in the camps.
While children remain afflicted with diarrohea and fever, women suffer from leucorrhoea. There is also an alarming spike in cases of malaria, apart from the deep psychological trauma that is endured by all. The young doctors take it up as a challenge.
"In normal situation anyone can come but this is conflict. This is like any other disaster. So actually, the administration... they need support now. That's why we want to help," says Dr Ravi of Doctors For You.
Doctors For You, a humanitarian organisation, focuses on providing medical care during crisis, a pledge that began with the devastating Bihar floods in 2008....
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08:33 AM, Aug 27, 2012
Mumbai: Twenty three people, who were arrested in connection with the violence at Azad Maidan in Mumbai earlier this month, are set to undergo a medical examination on Monday. The group had moved a local court last week seeking to undergo the check up to validate their claims of being beaten up by the police at the Arthur Road prison where all of them are currently lodged. If the test...
08:14 AM, Aug 27, 2012
Between July and August, death came easy in Western and Lower Assam as the state witnessed its worst riots in recent times. ...
11:10 PM, Aug 25, 2012
Guwahati: There seems to be no end to the crisis in Assam as at least five people have been killed in fresh violence in the Chirang district of the state. Following the fresh violence, an indefinite curfew has been imposed in the Chirang district. With this incident, according to official figures, the total number of people killed in the violence in Assam has gone up to at least 85. Over...
07:27 PM, Aug 25, 2012
Tension is back in Kokrajhar in Assam. Supporters of sitting MLA Pradeep Brahma, who has been arrested and charged with arson and violence in the riots - have blocked railway tracks demanding his release. ...
08:50 PM, Aug 23, 2012
Chirang: Tired, traumatised, malnourished and sick - the children of conflict in Assam's relief camps are living in constant fear. Five-year-old Phulmala is hopes to return to her village one day. She still has her house keys hung around her neck. She says she has been wearing the same frock for a month. "Our house is burnt. Our cattle is gone. We only get to eat rice and dal." The...
07:54 AM, Aug 23, 2012
Mumbai: Raj Thackeray's Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) is in trouble for taking out a protest march from Girgaum Chowpatty to Azad Maidan without police permission. An FIR has been registered at DB Marg police station against MNS General Secretary Shirish Sawant and others for going ahead with the march from Girgaum Chowpatty to Azad Maidan. However, police officials refused to answer when asked if Raj Thackeray's name was also included...
03:45 PM, Aug 22, 2012
Mumbai: The same Azad Maidan that bore a deserted look during an agitation by Team Anna a month ago was on Tuesday packed to capacity. Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray was on stage, spreading his political net wider. Despite restrictions imposed, cops say 63,000 had gathered " 43,000 inside the ground and 20,000 in the vicinity. Raj supporters claimed the number was close to a lakh. His speech...
01:35 PM, Aug 22, 2012
The Home Secretary of Assam GD Tripathi has claimed that the exodus by Indians from the Northeast has now ended and that people now want to return to Bangalore and other cities to earn their living. ...
08:43 AM, Aug 22, 2012
An estimated 30,000 had fled Bangalore last week but many others stayed back. ...
09:37 AM, Aug 21, 2012
New Delhi: The Centre is to send a seven-member team to the violence affected districts of Assam on Tuesday. The team will be in the region for three days to assist the state government in its rescue and rehabilitation efforts. Nearly 76 people were killed and over five lakh rendered homeless in the week-long violence between Bodo tribal groups and Muslims in the lower regions of Assam, including Kokrajhar, Chirang...
08:39 AM, Aug 21, 2012
An uneasy calm prevails amongst the relief camps of Assam as people have no other option but to stay put on Eid amidst tight security. ...
12:16 PM, Aug 20, 2012
Around a week ago, I was chatting with a friend wherein I remember mentioning that there was more to the Mumbai rioting of August 11 ...
11:50 AM, Aug 20, 2012
Indore: Blaming the Centre for the violence in Assam and the subsequent exodus of Northeast Indians from various parts of the country to their home states, the BJP on Sunday said the "vote-bank" politics of Congress was "weakening" the country. "Illegal Bangladeshi immigrants are crossing over to India in large numbers. At the same time, the people from northeast settled in various parts of the country for employment have to...
09:43 PM, Aug 19, 2012
Guwahati: Two Bodo groups including the National Democratic Front of Bodoland's (NDFB) pro-talk faction on Saturday demanded that the Assam government verify the citizenship status of the Bengali-speaking Muslims, displaced during last month's clashes, before rehabilitating them. The pro-talk faction of the NDFB, also known as NDFB (Progressive) and People's Joint Action Committee for Bodoland Movement - a conglomeration of several Bodo and non-Bodo organisations in the Bodoland Territorial Areas...
09:09 AM, Aug 19, 2012
Mumbaikars are appealing Northeast Indians not to flee and stay where they are. ...
08:50 AM, Aug 19, 2012
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi says it's all a conspiracy to malign him. ...
08:45 AM, Aug 19, 2012
Bangalore: The exodus of thousands of Northeast Indians from Bangalore, Hyderabad and Pune has dealt a serious blow to the hospitality and services sectors in these cities. Dhruv Chettry, who is from Guwahati, has been working as a floor manager at Herbs and Spice Restaurant in Bangalore for the past one year. With rumours fuelling panic and an exit of more than estimated 11,000 fellow North East Indians from the...
07:27 AM, Aug 19, 2012
New Delhi: Even as Northeast people continued to leave from cities across the country in hordes, Parliament on Friday vowed to protect them and bring the culprits behind the attacks and the threatening SMSs and doctored MMSs to book. Describing the growing fear amongst the Northeast people as reprehensible, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said that his government was committed to take all steps to control the situation. Singh condemned all...
03:17 PM, Aug 17, 2012
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday said that miscreants spreading rumours that have led to people belonging to North East flee from Bangalore, Pune and other parts of the country, should be brought to book. Making a statement after Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari suspended Question Hour to take up a discussion on the issue, Singh said at stake is not just unity and integrity of the country,...
12:33 PM, Aug 17, 2012
