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Bangalore: 'NE exodus was avoidable'

Bangalore: Attributing the exodus of more than 30,000 people of Northeast origin following rumours to an intelligence failure, a panel of eminent citizens of the city made an effort to reach out to the Northeastern population by holding a discussion on methods to end the panic on Wednesday.

What happened was a severe intelligence failure. Passing the buck on to the neighbouring country is not enough. It could have been detected and stopped very quickly. We have the technology to do it, said R K Mishra, member of the Agenda for Bangalore Infrastructure and Development (ABIDe) Task Force.

It is people like us who must go to places like Assam and reassure those who have left, not ministers. No one believes Ministers, Mishra observed.

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Pune University provides hostel to NE students

Pune: Two weeks after students from the Northeastern states left the city in the wake of a panic-driven exodus, the University of Pune (UoP) has stepped forward with a helping hand. In a welcome initiative, the varsity has started accommodating insecure North-East students in the varsity's hostel. Last week four girl students from different N-E states studying in different affiliated colleges of UoP were admitted in the varsitys hostel as...  

Bangalore: We feel safe now, say NE students

Bangalore: I feel secure now, said Preety Borah, a native of Assam, who is pursuing graduation at St Josephs College of Arts and Science. After the rumours of violence that was rife last week, I feel safe now. I am taking accommodation in the place provided by the college management, she added. As many as hundred northeastern students gathered at the Eid get together that was organised by the Students...  

Exodus of North Eastern students, Assam CM acts

Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi is in constant touch with his counterparts in Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Maharasthra following reports of exodus of the state's students after being targeted in the wake of violence in Bodoland Territorial Autonomous District (BTAD). "The Chief Minister is in constant touch with his counterparts who have assured him to provide security to the students from the state who are in the grip...