PM Modi flags major projects in Sikkim, stresses connectivity and tourism, and positions the Northeast as central to India’s growth narrative during the state’s 50th year celebrations.
Road blockades, market closures and fresh protests have intensified tensions in Manipur after recent attacks on civilians, with pressure mounting on authorities to make arrests by April 25.
India faces extreme weather swings with heatwave alerts in the north and storm warnings elsewhere, as IMD flags risks to health, crops and infrastructure across multiple regions.
These words, spoken at a Delhi exhibition hall, try to convey an emergency most of India has not yet registered. In the ICU is the heritage and identity of north-east India.
Haobam Nalini stands today as one of the loudest voices in Manipuri literature. Her recognition by the Sahitya Akademi for her collection of short stories Kanglamdriba Eephut late last year marked a milestone not only in her career but also in the broader acknowledgement of Manipuri writing within the Indian literary canon.
Assam Minister for Industries, Commerce and Public Enterprises, Bimal Borah, said the state is poised to reach Rs 11 lakh crore GSDP by 2030, at the Rising Northeast Investors' Summit in Delhi.
Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal on Tuesday held a comprehensive review of major infrastructure and inland water transport initiatives underway in Assam and the broader northeast region.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday said that the foreign policy decision taken in 1971 after the Liberation War to create another country resulted in ignoring the issue of Chicken's Neck, which left North East region vulnerable.
Despite holding multiparty elections, India falls short of fundamental requisites such as freedom of expression, association, and free and fair elections due to ineffective enforcement agencies and a judiciary system that fails to check the unfair electoral system strictly.
The Manipur violence that erupted on 3 May 2023 has seen no major improvement in the past 24 months. What has changed in these two years of the crisis is the imposition of President’s Rule.
