Tag: North east

What next?

The Indian state, for all its sub-optimal functioning over the decades, has exhibited a consistent ability to contain armed, state-seeking secessionists ~ right from 1947, and across political dispensations.

May 19, 2023

People from North East to be associated as Associate Members in upcoming Lok Adalat

People from North East region will join the upcoming National Lok Adalat as Associate Members in Delhi, said an official statement.

May 11, 2023

Bangladesh and India’s Meghalaya can benefit from fostering ties

Due to the inaccessibility of road communication with mainland India, no industrial plants have been developed here despite the potential.

March 20, 2023

Railways to launch Bharat Gaurav train to North-East on 21 March

The train will start from Delhi's Safdarjung railway station on 21 March and will cover Guwahati, Sivasagar, Jorhat and Kaziranga in Assam, Unakoti, Agartala and Udaipur in Tripura, Dimapur and Kohima in Nagaland and Shillong and Cherapunji in Meghalaya during the 15-day tour.

March 4, 2023

Modi government brought Assam in development mainstream: Shah

Amit Shah along with BJP president J.P. Nadda inaugurated Assam BJP's new headquarters in Guwahati. The six-storey building was named after former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

October 8, 2022

Up river


Earlier this week, the region got its first flying training academy at Lilabari airport in Assam's Lakhimpur district, established in line with the Centre’s plans to develop nine new pilot training academies in addition to the existing 34 in the country.

April 18, 2022

Community Based Organizations in North East to replace chains of middlemen for farmers, entrepreneurs

These CBOs would not only enhance the supply chain management at district level, but would also replace the 'vicious chain of middlemen'.

January 12, 2022

Of outrageous fortune

The AFSPA (1958) that happens to be one of the most draconian instruments of security and control, first applied to Assam and Manipur and later amended in 1972 to extend to Tripura, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram and Nagaland, vests unaccountable and extraordinary powers with the armed forces. The public consciousness against the AFPSA was raised when a group of elderly and middle-aged women from different organisations of the Meira Paibi the largest civilian movement fighting state atrocities and human rights violations in Manipur, besides drug abuse and crimes against women - led a protest march against the rape of Thangjam Manorama by soldiers of Assam Rifles. The fast unto death begun by Irom Chanu Sharmila on 2 November 2000, in protest against the Act, that continued well into August 2016, stirred public conscience

December 20, 2021

US Consulate Kolkata seeks to empower women entrepreneurs in North-East

The top performers will be awarded seed funding and/or entry slots as part of the January 2022 cohort of the Nexus incubation programme at the American Center in New Delhi",

November 14, 2021

Other side of the growth story

The North-east has remained a paradox in India’s economic liberalisation regime

September 6, 2021

Unquiet North East

India is a Union of States, and armed conflict between any two states threatens the very idea of India as a nation. Historically, most invaders had taken advantage of differences between native rulers to conquer India. That said, modern Indian states are not sovereign bodies; under Article 3 of the Constitution, Parliament has the power to increase the area of any state, diminish the area of any state, alter the boundaries of any state and change the name of any state.

August 6, 2021

PM stresses on micro containment Covid protocol for N-E states

Modi made the remarks while interacting with the CMs of Nagaland, Tripura, Sikkim, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, and Assam on the Covid-19 situation in the region.

July 13, 2021

Covid’s Delta plus variant detected in Tripura, 1st time in North Eeast

The Delta variant of coronavirus has been found for the first time in Assam and then in Manipur and Mizoram following which the doctors and the authorities have asked the people to be more cautious and follow Covid appropriate behavior.

July 10, 2021

NE presence in Union Ministry rises to five

It is the second innings for Sonowal as a Union minister while teacher-turned-politician Rajkumar Ranjan Singh, a BJP Lok Sabha member from Inner Manipur, and Pratima Bhowmik, who was elected to the Lok Sabha from Tripura West, are first-time ministers.

July 7, 2021

Beyond social media hashtags

It is time we acknowledged that people from the North-east are no less Indian than those from the mainland.

July 5, 2021

Thriving underground economy

Widespread extortion and diversion of development funds form the core agenda of insurgent groups in the North-east.

July 5, 2021

Railway to boost water transport, environment protection in NE

"At present, the NFR is running 78 specials trains and 35 local passenger trains per day for the persons who are in urgent need for travel,"

May 13, 2021