Northeast
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Extra force to be deployed for safety of North-Eastern women on Holi
India | Mar 06, 2015, 12:00 AM ISTNew Delhi: On Holi, Delhi Police will deploy extra force in areas where North-Eastern women stay in large numbers fearing for their safety. The police have received a request for the additional deployment in areas
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HC asks bar associations to give suggestions for safety of NE people
India | Feb 25, 2015, 07:11 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Delhi High Court today asked bar associations here to mull over its suggestion to make lawyers from the northeast special invitees in their meetings as well as give any other recommendation to
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SBI to finance small tea growers in North East
Feb 21, 2015, 04:29 PM ISTJorhat: State Bank of India (SBI) will provide finance totaling Rs 100 crore benefiting 3,000 small tea growers in the North East soon, a senior official of the public sector bank said today.Finance will be
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PM Modi: New train, power projects to boost connectivity to North East
India | Feb 20, 2015, 07:05 PM ISTNew Delhi: Blaming poor connectivtiy for under-development of the North East, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the Centre was working in tandem with the states of the region to remove bottlenecks in development.Modi,
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PM Modi promises to develop North East into organic hub
National | Feb 20, 2015, 02:14 PM ISTItanagar: With the government's thrust on development of North East, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said the Centre was planning to make the region an organic hub to boost agriculture production and improve 2G, 3G
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SFI demands probe in denial of entry to North East students to Taj Mahal
India | Feb 02, 2015, 07:58 PM ISTGuwahati: The Students Federation of India today demanded an inquiry into the alleged denial of entry to the Taj Mahal to a group of girl students from the state. In a letter to Assam Chief Minister
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Union Minister's visit to North East to be a fortnightly affair now
National | Jan 09, 2015, 04:31 PM ISTNew Delhi: With northeast India being a key focus area of the Narendra Modi government, at least one Union minister will now have to visit one of the states in the region every fortnight.In a
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Nido Tania Case: Victim's father moves Delhi High Court over dropped charges
India | Jan 09, 2015, 08:38 AM ISTNew Delhi: A Congress MLA from Arunachal Pradesh and father of Nido Tania, a youth who died early last year after he was allegedly beaten up by some men in New Delhi, has moved the
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Centre bringing policy for safety of NE people in metros:Kiren Rijiju
National | Dec 19, 2014, 08:59 PM ISTShillong: Union Home Ministry is coming up with a ‘policy' to look into the safety and security of the North East people residing in metros besides introduction of NE subject in the syllabus of CBSE
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Bamboo cultivation becomes rewarding for farmers in Tripura
India | Dec 14, 2014, 10:01 AM ISTMohanpur (Tripura): Many tribals in Tripura are now eking out their living by cultivating bamboo, which has a very emotional relation with their lives. Pradip Debbarma cultivates bamboo in Simna colony in this block of
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Modi greets Nagaland on statehood day
National | Dec 01, 2014, 10:33 AM ISTNew Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today greeted Nagaland on its statehood day."On Nagaland's Statehood Day, I convey my greetings to the people of Nagaland & wish them the best in the State's development journey,"
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PM Narendra Modi to inaugurate second unit of Palatana power project in Tripura today
National | Dec 01, 2014, 10:27 AM ISTAgartala: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will today inaugurate 726 MW gas based thermal power project at Palatana in Gomati district of Tripura. This is the second unit of thermal power project. Five days back, ONGC Tripura
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"More than the weapons the potential lies with the one who carries it" says PM Modi in Guwahati: Top quotes
National | Nov 30, 2014, 10:55 AM ISTGuwahati: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today addressed senior police officers and Intelligence Officers of India.Some top quotes of his speech were:Modi: I want SMART police. SMART stands for: S: Strict, Sensitivity M: Modern, Mobility A:
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Government committed to realising potential of Northeast: PM Modi
National | Nov 29, 2014, 10:06 AM ISTNew Delhi: Ahead of his visit to Northeastern states, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said the government is committed to realising the potential of the region and accelerating its progress as India will not develop
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Why we Indians are confused about our own people?
India | Dec 09, 2014, 10:41 AM ISTNote: We do not want to sound 'racist' and we strongly condemn it, but through this article we are trying to highlight the plight of some 'Originally Indians' facing partial treatment by India! If you're an
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End attacks on people from northeast: Mizoram assembly
India | Nov 18, 2014, 12:01 PM ISTAizawl: The Mizoram assembly Tuesday passed a resolution urging an end to "discrimination and violence" against people from the northeastern region."People of northeastern states have been living in different parts of the country. There must
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New DoNER minister calls meeting of NE CMs on Nov 19
National | Nov 10, 2014, 07:48 PM ISTNew Delhi, Nov 10 (PTI) The Centre has convened a meeting of chief ministers of all the eight northeastern states on November 19 to chart out a concrete time-bound roadmap to ensure equitable development and
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Helpline for people from Northeast to be set up: Kiren Rijiju
National | Oct 18, 2014, 07:05 PM ISTGurgaon: Helpline for people from Northeast will be set up in major cities starting from Gurgaon in the wake of the recent racist attacks.This was today announced by Union Minister of State for Home Kiren
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Japan keen to help India improve road network in Northeast
India | Sep 25, 2014, 07:44 AM ISTNew Delhi: Japan on Wednesday offered help to India in building road infrastructure in strategically important Northeast, a proposal unlikely to go down well with China.The offer was made by visiting Japanese Minister for Land,
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Kim Kardashian wants to star in 'Downton Abbey'
Hollywood | Sep 20, 2014, 04:26 PM ISTLondon: Reality TV star Kim Kardashian is keen to be a part of popular TV series “Downton Abbey”.According to The Sun newspaper, Kim went as far as to get advice from actress Laura Carmichael (who