Posts Tagged ‘Brus’

Aizawl: Altogether 8,061 Bru (also known as Reangs) refugees from among the 35,000 displaced people belonging to the community, sheltered in camps in Tripura and in Mizoram, can vote in the December 2 Mizoram Assembly polls through postal ballots. Full story

Aizawl/Agartala, Nov 19 (IANS) About 35,000 Reang tribal refugees, sheltered in Tripura camps for the past 11 years following ethnic clashes with the majority Mizos, will play a crucial role in the Dec 2 assembly polls in Mizoram. Full story

Agartala, Sept. 14: An explosive situation has emerged in the six Reang refugee camps in the remote areas of Kanchanpur subdivision of North Tripura over the twin issues of issuing photo identity cards for voters among the refugees and non-inclusion of newborns in the official list of inmates. Full story

Aizawl, Sept 15: A team of officials from Mizoram Election department issued electoral photo identity cards (EPICs) to 98.65 per cent of Bru voters, now lodged in six relief camps of neighbouring North Tripura district. Full story