Central Government allocates Rs 8533 Cr for infrastructure projects in North East
The central government has earmarked a substantial sum of Rs 8533 crore to strengthen connectivity through the development of rail, air, and road projects, in a major boost to the North Eastern region's infrastructure.
Modi Government deeply committed to Northeast India's economic resurgence: Sarbananda Sonowal
Kolkata: Union Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways and Ayush Sarbananda Sonowal on Sunday said the PM Narendra Modi-led government remains deeply committed to ensuring the Act East Policy reaches its maximum potential for growth and development of not only the country's east but also the neighboring nations.
Northeast Elections : When women shine bright
Agartala/Shillong/Kohima: Women shine bright in the recent elections in three North Eastern states of Tripura, Nagaland and Meghalaya, with 14 women elected to the state assemblies, overtopping the tally of only six women legislators in the previous houses.
Christmas celebrated with fervour in North East India
Shillong: After a gap of two years due to COVID pandemic, this year's Christmas has been celebrated in the North Eastern region with great enthusiasm.
Jyotiraditya Scindia virtually flags off 6 routes expanding aerial connectivity in North East India
New Delhi/ IBNS: Union Minister of Civil Aviation Jyotiraditya M. Scindia on Monday virtually flagged off 6 routes expanding the aerial connectivity of North-East India.
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.
Passenger traffic improving in Noth East airports as domestic flying resumes
Guwahati/UNI: After a slump in air passenger movement in North East following resumption of services post-lockdown, the numbers are growing once again and the airlines have slowly started their services to almost 50% pre-corona numbers, adhering to all the health guidelines laid down by the state as well as the Central governments.
New Delhi/IBNS: A trial run of Sonamura-Daukandi route, which connects Tripura with the National Waterways of India through Bangladesh for the first time would conclude at Sonamura on September 05 next in the presence of Chief Minister of Tripura Biplab Kumar Deb and India’s High Commissioner to Bangladesh Riva Ganguly Das, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said in a statement on Thursday.
Nagaland reports 7 new COVID-19 positive cases, state tally rises to 25
Guwahati/IBNS: Nagaland on Friday registered seven new positive cases for COVID-19.
Germany has northeast India firmly in view, new prospects for cooperation in Nagaland
Kohima, Apr 30 (IBNS): A German delegation, headed by the Chargé d’affaires Dr. Jasper Wieck, visited the state of Nagaland for two days starting Monday.
Meghalaya CM Conrad Sangma wins South Tura by-poll
Guwahati, Aug 27 (IBNS): Meghalaya Chief Minister and the chief of state’s ruling National Peoples’ Party (NPP), Conrad K Sangma, on Monday, won the South Tura by-election by defeating his nearest Congress rival Charlotte W Momin by over 8,400 votes.
10 banned outfits of NE region call boycott of Republic Day and shut down on Jan 26
Guwahati, Jan 23 (IBNS): Ten banned insurgent groups of North East India have called for a given a call for a boycott of the 69th Republic Day celebrations and a total shut down on January 26.
Several explosions rock NE India, three IEDs recovered from upper Assam
Guwahati, Jan 26 (IBNS): Serial blasts triggered by suspected militants rocked several places in north-east India on Thursday morning, while the nation celebrated the 68th Republic Day.