Bru refugees

Centre agrees to extent deadline for Bru resettlement in Tripura

September 21, 2022 10:08 pm

Around 37,000 Bru migrants from Mizoram are to be resettled in Tripura. The migrants have been living in the state for the last 25 years.

Explained: Why have the protests against Bru resettlement in Tripura flared up?

November 30, 2020 11:46 am

At least one person was killed in police firing, while there were 15 police personnel among the 23 other injured.

Tripura: Strike protesting Bru rehabilitation formula disrupts normal life at Kanchanpur

September 22, 2020 9:00 pm

During the strike, the agitating bodies served a seven-day deadline to the state government to reconsider its formula of resettling the Bru community, failing which further movement would be held.

Bru resettlement: Tripura identifies 18 locations, leaders feel resettlement formula is violating agreement

March 05, 2020 10:23 pm

All cash assistance would be provided through Direct beneficiary Transfer (DBT), the state government would expedite opening bank accounts, issue biometric Aadhaar cards, permanent residence certificates, ST certificates, EPIC cards and include their names in the electoral rolls of the state.

Explained: What is the agreement to settle Bru refugees in Tripura?

January 20, 2020 9:21 am

Centre, Tripura, and Mizoram have signed an agreement with the Bru/Reang community that promises to end their 23-year-old internal displacement crisis. How did the deal come about, and what happens now?

Agreement to settle Bru refugees in Tripura inked

January 17, 2020 9:46 am

Under the new agreement, a package of Rs 600 crore has been earmarked for a period of two years to help settle the refugees in Tripura.

Four infants among Bru claim of hunger deaths: 'Milk dried up, mothers couldn't breastfeed'

November 14, 2019 7:19 am

While the measure has been taken thrice earlier, it is the first time since the initial arrivals that there have been claims of starvation deaths.

Explained: Who are the Brus in Tripura camps, and why they are not returning to Mizoram

November 08, 2019 7:02 am

Bru or Reang is a community indigenous to Northeast India, living mostly in Tripura, Mizoram and Assam.

Tripura: Food supplies halted in camps, Bru migrants announce indefinite road blockade

November 04, 2019 8:29 pm

Mizoram Bru Displaced Peoples Forum (MBDPF), a major Bru refugee outfit, wrote to North Tripura District Magistrate Raval Hamendra Kumar Tuesday about the ‘indefinite roadblock’ between Dasda and Anandabazaar in North Tripura from October 31.

Mizoram: Bru refugees request Amit Shah to stop repatriation till demands are met

October 21, 2019 10:03 pm

“There will wastage of money and chance of misappropriation of repatriation package if the central government does not give direction to Mizoram to stop sending vehicles,” the memorandum reads.

Life inside the camp of Bru refugees in Tripura

June 22, 2020 6:10 pm

What life is like inside the camps of Bru refugees in Tripura, in their own words.

Centre Ensures Early Repatriation Of BRU Refugees From Tripura

June 11, 2016 2:45 pm