Prabin Kalita

Guwahati

Bureau Chief, Northeast at The Times of India

Journalist in North East India

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ISI trying to influence state polls: Himanta

2 days ago | timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Prabin Kalita

Prabin Kalita is a journalist at The Times of India and is currently the Chief of Bureau (northeast). He has been reporting in mainstream Indian national media since 2001. He has been a field journalist reporting gamut of issues from India’s northeastern region and major developments in neighbouring countries like Myanmar, China, Bhutan and Bangladesh concerning India and northeastern region. He has been covering insurgency—internal and cross-border, politics, natural calamities, environment etc.
B’putra water flow not dependent on China: Himanta busts Pak scare narrative

3 days ago | timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Prabin Kalita

NewsCity Newsguwahati NewsB’putra water flow not dependent on China: Himanta busts Pak scare narrativeTrendingGuwahati: After India decisively moved away from the outdated Indus Waters Treaty, Pakistan is now spinning a new scare narrative — what if China stops Brahmaputra water to India?
Why China 'turning off tap' may be another Pakistan bluff

3 days ago | timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Prabin Kalita |Vishwa Mohan

Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma refuted Pakistani concerns about China cutting off Brahmaputra's water supply, emphasizing the river's rain-fed nature within India. He stated that only a small percentage of the river's flow originates in China, with the majority coming from Indian monsoon rainfall.
Assam, Meghalaya to set up border pillars in five areas

4 days ago | timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Prabin Kalita

Trending Guwahati: In a significant development towards settling over half a century old border disputes between Assam and Meghalaya, chief ministers of both states agreed on Monday to install border pillars across five of the 12 areas, where the disputes were resolved in 2022, before the coming Independence Day.At a joint address to the media here by Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and his Meghalaya counterpart Conrad Sangma, Sarma said in the sixth area at Pilingkata, some...
IIT Roorkee & Nesac to find solution to Guwahati floods

4 days ago | timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Prabin Kalita

News IIT Roorkee & Nesac to find solution to Guwahati floods Guwahati: Assam and Meghalaya on Monday agreed to together engage North East Space Application Centre (Nesac) and IIT Roorkee to help find a solution to the urban flooding in Guwahati situated along the foothills of the hill state.Assam on Monday gave a detailed presentation to Meghalaya govt on the flood in the city caused by rain water flowing downhill from Meghalaya.Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma, during a joint briefing with his...
Assam steps up illegal foreigners’ ‘pushback’, kin move court

1 week ago | timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Prabin Kalita

News City News guwahati News Assam steps up illegal foreigners’ ‘pushback’, kin move court Trending Guwahati: Assam's BJP-led govt has accelerated the process of tracking down all individuals declared as illegal foreigners by Foreigners' Tribunals and is pushing them back to no-man's land between India and Bangladesh.At least 49 such ‘declared foreign nationals (DFN)' have been pushed back from western and southern Assam in two days on May 27 and 29, following which at least three different...
Assam picking up B'deshi illegals, dumping them in no-man's land

1 week ago | timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Prabin Kalita

NewsIndia NewsAssam picking up B'deshi illegals, dumping them in no-man's landTrendingAssam's government is intensifying efforts to deport individuals declared illegal foreigners by tribunals, leading to legal challenges. Recent pushbacks into the India-Bangladesh border have prompted petitions to the Supreme Court and Gauhati HC, seeking the whereabouts of family members.
Arms licence scheme not valid in inter-state border areas: Himanta

1 week ago | timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Prabin Kalita

News City News guwahati News Arms licence scheme not valid in inter-state border areas: Himanta Trending Guwahati: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday said the special scheme for providing arms licence to indigenous citizens and original inhabitants, which was cleared by the cabinet on Thursday, will not be applicable to the inter-state border areas of the state."There were some queries regarding whether the arms license policy would also apply to inter-state border areas...
Assam to give arms licences to natives in migrant Muslim-majority areas

1 week ago | timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Prabin Kalita

News City News guwahati News Assam to give arms licences to natives in migrant Muslim-majority areas Trending Guwahati: The Assam cabinet on Wednesday approved a special scheme to provide arms licences to original inhabitants and indigenous citizens of India living in ‘vulnerable and remote (near Bangladesh border) areas", where Bangladesh-origin Muslims are in a majority, to protect themselves against aggression from within their areas or from the neighbouring country.This scheme will act as...
Ulfa’s 250 cadres training in 4 Myanmar camps: Centre

1 week ago | timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Prabin Kalita

TrendingGuwahati: A new report to the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Tribunal reveals that the Paresh Baruah-led faction of Ulfa has an estimated cadre strength of around 250, primarily based in four major camps in Myanmar. The submission by the Centre, also echoed by the Assam govt, states that the outfit maintains links with other Indian insurgent groups for "operational and logistical purposes" and its cadres are believed to possess about 200 weapons at present.