Committed to establishing peace everywhere in Northeast: PM Modi
Apr 28, 2022, at 06:46 pm
Guwahati/UNI: Averring that the NDA dispensation at the Centre is working on properly rehabilitating all those who have shunned the part of violence and joined the mainstream in the Northeast, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said his government was committed to bringing in lasting peace everywhere in the region.
Northeast: AFSPA - Shrinking Scope
Apr 04, 2022, at 11:11 pm
The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (UMHA) in a release dated March 31, 2022, announced now AFSPA [Armed Forces Special Powers Act] is being removed with effect from 01.04.2022 [April 1, 2022] completely from 23 districts and partially from 1 district of Assam.
9-day bike expedition ‘North East on Wheels’ to start from Apr 9
Apr 04, 2022, at 08:46 pm
Golaghat/IBNS: To mark the 75th year of the country’s Independence, the Amazing Namaste Foundation has organized a Pan-North East Bike expedition - 'North East on Wheels' from Apr 9 to 17.
Area under AFSPA reduced in North-East: Amit Shah
Mar 31, 2022, at 11:10 pm
New Delhi/IBNS/UNI: The government has decided to reduce the area under Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) in Nagaland, Assam and Manipur, Home Minister Amit Shah announced on Thursday.
Several new flyover projects initiated in northeast India
Dec 09, 2021, at 07:23 am
New Delhi/IBNS: National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has initiated action for taking up construction of flyovers in northeast India, Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari told the Lok Sabha Tuesday.
PM Narendra Modi interacts with Chief Ministers of the North-Eastern states on COVID-19 situation
Jul 13, 2021, at 10:26 pm
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday interacted with Chief Ministers of the North-Eastern states on COVID-19 situation.
Railway connectivity towards NE gets a boost with commissioning of double line
Jul 03, 2021, at 06:43 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: CRS (Commissioner of Railway Safety) has accorded sanction for opening of Jalpaipuri Road - Y Leg section (one block section of 5 km) and Betgara - Kolaigram section (23 km in 3 block sections) double line falling on the Rajdhani route and the most busy route of N.F. Railway connecting Guwahati to rest of India.
Lieutenant General Johnson P Mathew takes over Spear Corps charge
Feb 11, 2021, at 02:59 am
Guwahati/IBNS: Lieutenant General Johnson P Mathew on Wednesday took over the reins of Spear Corps from Lieutenant General RP Kalita.
Army Chief MM Naravane reviews NE security during his three-day visit
Nov 25, 2020, at 06:33 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: In his three-day visit to the North Eastern region, Chief of Army Staff General Manoj Mukund Naravane has reviewed the security situation in the North-Eastern region and taken stock on operational preparedness along the North Eastern borders.
Northeast Frontier Railway gives emphasis on safety measures
Nov 14, 2020, at 08:03 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: In view of the importance being given for ensuring safety of train movement, there has been no consequential train accident during the year 2020-21.
Nov 02, 2020, at 10:31 pm
Decades-old inter-state border disputes, which have the potential to provide new spaces to terrorist formations, threatening the tenuous peace in India’s troubled Northeast, have once again come to the fore.
Amit Shah inaugurates the "Destination North East-2020" Festival
Sep 28, 2020, at 02:36 am
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated the "Destination North East -2020" through video conferencing on Sunday.
Amit Shah to inaugurate 'Destination North East-2020' tomorrow
Sep 27, 2020, at 02:51 am
Guwahati/IBNS: Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who is also the chairman of the North Eastern Council, will virtually inaugurate "Destination North East-2020" on Sunday.
JSF holds second webinar in North-East with eminent scholars of Tripura
Sep 14, 2020, at 07:03 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: Janasakhya Samadhan Foundation (JSF) scheduled a webinar on Saturday evening with the Eminent Scholars of Tripura.
Strengthening our Northeast will boost India's Act East policy: PM Modi
Jul 23, 2020, at 06:06 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Describing North East as 'the gateway to India's relationship with Eastern Asia to build trade, tourism and other connections', Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that strengthening the Northeast will boost India's Act East policy.
North-East region gets first dedicated COVID-19 hospital
May 29, 2020, at 04:04 pm
Guwahati/UNI: The first dedicated COVID 19 hospital in North East region was inaugurated today at Guwahati, Assam’s main city, as a part of Gauhati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) here.
Flight services to Guwahati, Imphal resume in NE
May 25, 2020, at 02:29 pm
Guwahati/UNI: Domestic passenger flight services to North East region have resumed today, after remaining suspended since the beginning of the nationwide lockdown against novel coronavirus from March end.
Northeast: Consolidating the Peace
Apr 15, 2020, at 04:33 pm
The declining trend of insurgency-linked fatalities in the Northeast, established since 2015, continued through 2019 as well. According to partial data compiled by the South Asia Terrorism Portal (SATP), the Northeast recorded a total of 34 fatalities (18 civilians, five Security Force (SF) personnel and 11 insurgents) in 2019, as against 73 fatalities (20 civilians, 15 SF personnel, and 38 insurgents) recorded in 2018.
Several insurgency groups of NE involved in illegal narcotics trade: Assam DGP
Mar 05, 2020, at 08:01 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: Assam DGP Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta on Thursday said that several insurgency groups in the North-Eastern region are involved in illegal narcotics trade in the region.
Miscreants set ablaze two vehicles in Meghalaya
Feb 12, 2020, at 10:12 pm
Shillong/UNI: Unidentified persons on Wednesday set ablaze a Meghalaya government and another vehicle bearing a registration number in two separate locations here in Meghalaya.
Several NE militant groups call for boycott R-Day celebration, security beefed up
Jan 25, 2020, at 07:48 pm
Guwahati/IBNS:Ahead of the Republic Day celebration, security has been beefed up in Assam and other parts of the North Eastern region.
Mamata Banerjee requests northeastern states to reject NPR
Jan 20, 2020, at 02:14 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Weeks after putting all works related to the National Population Register (NPR) on hold, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday appealed to all northeastern states, including the ones ruled by her arch-rival Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), to reject the National Population Register (NPR).
CAB is political injustice to people of Northeast: North East Students’ Organization Advisor
Dec 10, 2019, at 08:58 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: While the BJP-led Union government has passed the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019 in the Lok Sabha and now aiming to pass it Rajya Sabha amid massive protests in Assam and other parts of the North Eastern region, All Assam Students’ Union (AASU) and North East Students’ Organization (NESO) Advisor Samujjal Kumar Bhattacharya said that, it is a political injustice to the people of North-East by the Centre.
Northeast observes 11-hour bandh as protest against Citizenship (Amendment) Bill intensifies
Dec 10, 2019, at 12:08 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: The 11-hour bandh (strike) called by the umbrella organisation of the students' bodies is underway in northeast on Tuesday to mark the protest against the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2019 which was passed by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) comfortably in Lok Sabha last night, media reports said.
Sonia Gandhi meets party leaders from North East
Sep 13, 2019, at 05:19 pm
New Delhi, Sept 13 (UNI) A day after her meeting with party general secretaries, PCC presidents and CLP leaders, Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Friday met party leaders from the North East and discussed a wide range of issues, including the controversial National Registration of Citizens (NRC).
CAB won’t interfere with customary laws of NE: Union Home Minister Amit Shah
Sep 09, 2019, at 05:13 pm
Guwahati, Sep 9 (UNI) Dispelling fears on Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB), Union Home Minister Amit Shah today said that CAB when implemented at any way won’t interfere with the existing customary laws of the tribal people of the North Eastern Region.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah to attend NEDA meeting in Guwahati
Sep 09, 2019, at 10:28 am
Guwahati, Sept 9 (IBNS): Union Home Minister Amit Shah will attend a crucial meeting of the BJP-led North East Democratic Alliance (NEDA) in Guwahati on Monday.
Two-day disability summit starts in Guwahati
Jul 12, 2019, at 07:12 pm
Guwahati, July 12 (IBNS): To provide a common platform for the North East region to promote inclusive growth with reference to Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) in the region and to create awareness among all stakeholders including students, academicians, administrators, law and enforcement authorities, disability organisations in the region about the PwD act, initiatives taken by the government at different levels, a ‘North East Disability Summit’ has been organised by the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment in the city.
Need for policy framework in shifting cultivation in NE: NITI Aayog member
Jun 14, 2019, at 08:52 pm
Guwahati, Jun 14 (IBNS): NITI Aayog member VK Saraswat on Friday said that there is a need for a policy framework to manage the transitions in shifting cultivation in Northeast India.
Assam CM says NDA victory a reflection of people's faith in PM Modi's leadership
May 23, 2019, at 08:29 pm
Guwahati, May 23 (IBNS): Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal has thanked the people of Assam for their decisive mandate towards the NDA in the Lok Sabha election, the results of which are being declared today.