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About the AuthorWasbir Hussain
The writer, a political commentator based in Guwahati, is editor-in-chief of Northeast Live, the region�??s only English and Hindi satellite news channel. The views expressed here are his own.
    Wasbir Hussain | India’s Himalayan embrace: Thimphu ties get enhancedColumnists
    Wasbir Hussain | India’s Himalayan embrace: Thimphu ties get enhanced

    On Saturday, March 23, Prime Minister Narendra Modi concluded a very meaningful 24-hour visit to Bhutan that signalled...

    27 March 2024 12:10 AM IST

    The ULFA on Dec. 29, 2023 signed a peace accord with the central and Assam governments in Delhi. (PTI Photo)Opinion
    Wasbir Hussain | Will Ulfa accord really bring peace to Assam?

    On December 29, 2023, just around a week ago, yet another rebellion ended in Assam. This time it was the tripartite...

    6 Jan 2024 12:48 AM IST

    Police guard an area after 14 civilians were killed by Indian security forces over the weekend in Mon district, Nagaland (Photo by AFP)Opinion
    Wasbir Hussain | Nagaland firing-'s fallout: Spotlight back on AFSPA

    During the past few days following the Mon incident, the chorus for the repeal of AFSPA has been growing across the...

    9 Dec 2021 9:14 AM IST

    The site of Saturdays ambush is among the three listed drugs trafficking, more precisely heroin smuggling, routes through which the contraband articles are brought from Myanmar into Manipur for onward supply to the rest of India and outside. (PTI)Opinion
    Wasbir Hussain | Myanmar the key factor in Manipur's hot' insurgency

    The key question that arises is why the security forces in Manipur have been taking such big hits

    17 Nov 2021 2:36 AM IST

    On July 9, Union home secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla held a meeting in New Delhi with the chief secretaries of Assam and Mizoram in a bid to resolve the boundary issue between the two states. (Twitter)Opinion
    Wasbir Hussain | Assam-Mizo firing: Spark behind clash still mystery

    The worst violence in recent years along any inter-state border in the Northeast took place within 48 hours of Shah’s...

    29 July 2021 2:01 AM IST

    Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal. (Photo: File)Opinion
    Bodos: Politics to begin where insurgency ends

    The other Bodo insurgent group, Bodo Liberation Tigers (BLT), had already signed a peace accord in 2003.

    30 Jan 2020 6:10 AM IST

    Nagaland governor and interlocutor R.N. RaviOpinion
    Naga peace flight emerges out of turbulence

    The Framework Agreement was supposed to have recognised the Nagas and the Union of India as “two entities”.

    1 Nov 2019 12:51 AM IST

    Untying the Naga knot: Flagging the key issuesOpinion
    Untying the Naga knot: Flagging the key issues

    The Modi government’s decision to abrogate Articles 370 and 35A has come as a setback to Naga aspirations.

    30 Aug 2019 7:30 AM IST

    Is BJP getting ‘regionalised’ in the Northeast?Opinion
    Is BJP getting ‘regionalised’ in the Northeast?

    On Wednesday, with the two SDF MLAs joining, the SKM’s strength has risen to 18.

    16 Aug 2019 1:11 AM IST

    Assam: The race for a place in citizens’ listOpinion
    Assam: The race for a place in citizens’ list

    How many of the over 36 lakh people who filed claims get to see their names included in the final NRC will be known on...

    5 July 2019 7:39 AM IST

    BJP & allies make saffron sparkle in NortheastOpinion
    BJP & allies make saffron sparkle in Northeast

    The BJP, of course, is part of the governments in Manipur, Nagaland and Meghalaya.

    31 May 2019 1:17 AM IST

    Why Battle for Northeast is critical for BJPOpinion
    Why Battle for Northeast is critical for BJP

    Can the BJP achieve its publicly stated target of winning at least 19 of the region’s 25 seats along with its allies?

    26 April 2019 7:34 AM IST

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