Northeast
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Former Karbi ultra held
India | Sep 16, 2014, 08:21 PM ISTDiphu: A former Karbi Revolutionary Army (KRA) militant was apprehended by police today at Lahorijan in central Assam's Karbi Anglong police, said a senior police official.The KRA ultra identified as Minthing Chonglo alias Livin (30)
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Proposal to recruit surrendered militants in security forces
India | Sep 15, 2014, 01:14 PM ISTImphal: The Union Home Ministry has proposed raising of two battalions of Border Security Force (BSF) and Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) comprising surrendered militants of Assam and Manipur, an official statement said today.The ministry has
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Toyota looks to enhance operations in India's North East
Sep 14, 2014, 12:52 PM ISTGuwahati: Japanese car giant Toyota plans to increase operations in India's North Eastern region, where its sales have grown at double the national average of 3 per cent annually.The company, which is present in India
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Historians to develop syllabi, bridge knowledge gap on Northeast
India | Aug 29, 2014, 04:07 PM ISTShillong: Concerned over a knowledge gap about the Northeast over decades that has created stereotypes and increased misunderstandings, historians and scholars met in Shillong to consider the development of a syllabi and teaching tools on
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ISL:Franchises spent Rs 24 crore in players draft
Football | Jul 24, 2014, 09:56 AM ISTMumbai: Football franchises spent around Rs 24 crore in the two-day domestic player draft for the upcoming inaugural Indian Super League, which concluded. "The Rs 24 crore that was spent (by franchises) was a lot
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Millions celebrate Buddha Jayanti in northeast
India | May 14, 2014, 04:04 PM ISTAgartala/Itanagar: Thousands of devotees at monasteries and temples in northeast India Wednesday offered prayers on the birth anniversary of Lord Buddha.Buddha Jayanti falls on the full-moon day of Vaisakh (April - May). Millions of people
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Carlson Rezidor to add hotels in south, northeast
Apr 27, 2014, 10:57 PM ISTNew Delhi: Global hospitality major Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group is turning to south and northeast India as part of its expansion plans in the country, apart from targeting special economic zones.The chain aims to have
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High turnout in north east once again in second phase of Lok Sabha polls
India | Apr 10, 2014, 09:07 AM ISTNew Delhi: It was another spectacle of very high turnout of voters today in six Lok Sabha constituencies spread across four north-eastern states where polling was by and large peaceful.The conduct of polling was smooth
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China describes India's northeast 'most neglected'
World | Apr 08, 2014, 05:38 PM ISTBeijing: As India's general elections began today from the northeastern states, Chinese official media described the remote region as the most “neglected” area in the country.“India's northeastern states—which also include Manipur, Mizoram, Meghalaya and Nagaland
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Low intensity earthquake hits Mizoram, north-east India
India | Apr 04, 2014, 11:07 PM ISTShillong: A low intensity earthquake rocked Mizoram's Champhai district today in the afternoon, an official said.The earthquake of 4 magnitude on the Richter scale shook the entire region at around 12:30pm and lasted for a
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Development not insurgency key issue in northeast
National | Mar 19, 2014, 03:41 PM ISTAgartala/Guwahati: With regional parties failing to prove themselves in the northeast, both the Congress and the BJP have launched their best efforts to capture all 25 seats in the eight states of the region. However,
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Over 100 BSF women constables deployed in North East
India | Mar 09, 2014, 07:29 PM ISTShillong: The Border Security Forces has deployed one hundred women constables in the north eastern region along the border with Bangladesh to improve inspection, a BSF official said today.“We have deployment of over 100 women
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Modi playing polarisation politics in NE: Sharma
National | Feb 22, 2014, 10:25 PM ISTNew Delhi: Rejecting Narendra Modi's contention that Hindu migrants from Bangladesh must be accomodated in the country while "infiltrators" must be sent back, Congress today said the Gujarat Chief Minister wastrying to play a polarisation
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Nido's death: North East MPs urge PM to set up inquiry panel
India | Feb 21, 2014, 06:35 PM ISTGuwahati: The North East MPs Forum has urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to appoint an Inquiry Commission headed by a retired Supreme Court Judge from the North East to inquire into the death of Arunachal
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Another youth from northeast attacked
India | Feb 11, 2014, 10:50 AM ISTNew Delhi: In a fresh case of a northeastern youth being attacked in the national capital, a 22-year-old Manipuri man was stabbed by some unidentified men in south Delhi's Mehrauli area in the wee hours
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Transfer outsourcing jobs to North East, says Modi
India | Feb 07, 2014, 06:55 PM ISTNew Delhi: Against the backdrop of complaints of harassment of people from North East in Delhi, BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi today pitched for transfering outsourcing jobs to the region so that the youth
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SC urged to direct government to protect youths from northeast
India | Feb 04, 2014, 06:22 AM ISTNew Delhi: In the wake of frequent attacks on young people from the northeastern states, a plea was submitted in the Supreme Court Monday seeking its directions to the central government to protect the life
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90 percent Human Rights violation charges in J&K, North East false: Army
India | Dec 28, 2013, 02:49 PM ISTNew Delhi: More than 90 per cent of the allegations of human rights violation complaints filed against it in Jammu and Kashmir and the Northeastern states have been found to be false, the Army said
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India's northeast yet to recover from Partition: Sangma
India | Oct 22, 2013, 09:02 AM ISTShillong: Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma Monday said India's northeast is yet to fully recover from the ill-effects of Partition in terms of dislocation of trade and commercial ties, disruption of access to nearby markets,
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Northeast states want manual sand mining to be allowed
India | Sep 27, 2013, 01:07 PM ISTAgartala/Aizawl: Four northeastern state governments are unhappy with the National Green Tribunal's (NGT) ruling that bans sand mining in river beds across the country without the clearance of Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF).Ministers and