Citizens’ group opposes sub-panel on Tipaimukh dam
August 30th, 2012 - 3:32 pm ICT by IANS
Imphal, Aug 30 (IANS) A citizens' group Thursday opposed the formation of an India-Bangladesh joint sub-group on Manipur's Tipaimukh power project.The mega-power project, one of the largest in northeastern India, ... Read more...
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‘China wants to maintain instability in northeast India’
August 26th, 2012 - 1:20 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) China's role in northeastern India is not to create instability but "to maintain instability" because it wants to keep India out of Myanmar, says veteran ... Read more...
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An Indian bridge to boost neighbourhood trade
August 23rd, 2012 - 3:35 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Aug 23 (IANS) A bridge to be built by India over the river Feni in Tripura for gaining access to Bangladesh's Chittagong sea port would not only facilitate ... Read more...
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CONCOR to extend network in eastern, northeastern regions
August 1st, 2012 - 4:05 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Aug 1 (IANS) State-run logisitics firm Container Corporation (CONCOR) plans to extend its network in eastern and northeastern India, setting up two more Inland Container Depots (ICDs) at Siliguri ... Read more...
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Sudeep Chakravarti unravels northeast’s bloody history in new book (Interview)
July 15th, 2012 - 7:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 15 (IANS) The vast swathe of land in India's northeast is still restive with eddies of turbulence. Writer-columnist Sudeep Chakravarti says northeastern India has remained an "outland"-a region ... Read more...
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Two earthquakes hit northeastern states (Second Lead)
July 1st, 2012 - 7:40 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, July 1 (IANS) Two earthquakes of moderate intensity hit northeastern India Sunday.The first measured 4.8 on the Richter scale, with its epicentre located at the Arunachal Pradesh-Tibet border, and ... Read more...
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UN ready to help flood-hit India, Bangladesh
June 30th, 2012 - 11:30 am ICT by IANS
United Nations, June 30 (IANS) The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is prepared to support India and Bangladesh, South Asiain countries that are experiencing heavy rains ... Read more...
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Northeastern India hit by cooking gas crisis
May 26th, 2012 - 4:40 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala/Aizwal, May 26 (IANS) Northeastern states of the country have been facing a severe crisis of cooking gas after the production was hit in the Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL)-owned ... Read more...
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Policy to promote textiles in northeast suggested
May 21st, 2012 - 5:03 pm ICT by IANS
Aizawl/Agartala, May 21 (IANS) An experts panel of the union ministry of textiles has called for a separate policy for promotion and development of textiles and garment manufacturing for ... Read more...
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Agartala kicks off mission to become Hepatitis free
April 15th, 2012 - 5:09 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, April 15 (IANS) The Tripura government Sunday launched an ambitious programme to make its capital Agartala a Hepatitis free city, considering northeastern India's vulnerability to this highly contagious disease.According ... Read more...
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‘Northeast India should go for traditional housing’
April 9th, 2012 - 12:17 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, April 9 (IANS) Quake-prone northeastern India should switch to traditional forms of house-building, including houses made of bamboo and cane, that are flexible and able to withstand tremors, said ... Read more...
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Tibetan minister to launch awareness drive in Northeast
March 25th, 2012 - 8:12 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, March 25 (IANS) The home minister of the Tibetan government-in-exile, Gyari Dolma is expected to kick start a campaign for the cause of Tibetan independence in Guwahati Monday.Dolma, who ... Read more...
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Tripura to put all ranks of officials under Lokayukta
March 2nd, 2012 - 6:45 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, March 2 (IANS) The Left Front government in Tripura would soon amend the necessary law to bring government employees of all levels under the Lokayukta (ombudsman) to curb corruption, ... Read more...
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ONGC to set up n-plant, fertilizer unit, solar projects
December 29th, 2011 - 5:35 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Dec 29 (IANS) State-owned ONGC is to set up a slew of projects in the nuclear, fertiliser, solar, wind power and lighting sectors, a top company official said Thursday.A ... Read more...
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Parliament passes bill to add more scheduled tribes to list (Lead)
December 22nd, 2011 - 7:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 22 (IANS) A bill to amend the list of Scheduled Tribes and add more tribes from northeastern India to it was given parliamentary approval Thursday, with the ... Read more...
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Rajya Sabha takes up Scheduled Tribes amendment bill
December 22nd, 2011 - 3:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 22 (IANS) A bill to amend the list of Scheduled Tribes was taken up by the Rajya Sabha Thursday, to add more tribes from northeastern India to ... Read more...
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Northeastern India’s largest power project to ease electricity woes
November 21st, 2011 - 1:38 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Nov 21 (IANS) The electricity crisis in northeastern India is set to ease when the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation's (ONGC) first mega power project -- the largest ... Read more...
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Tripura to get northeast’s first textile park
October 30th, 2011 - 5:00 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Oct 30 (IANS) Northeastern India's first textile park will be set up in Tripura, a minister said here Sunday."The proposed park in Tripura is part of the 21 new ... Read more...
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At least 30 feared dead after bridge collapses in northeastern India
October 30th, 2011 - 1:52 am ICT by BNO News
NEW DELHI (BNO NEWS) -- At least 30 people, most of them children, are feared to have been killed after a suspension footbridge collapsed in northeastern India on Saturday, local media reported.The ... Read more...
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GPT Healthcare sets up hospital in Agartala
October 1st, 2011 - 5:41 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Oct 1 (IANS) Kolkata-based GPT Healthcare Private Limited (GHPL) has set up a 205-bed multi-speciality hospital here in Tripura, the company said Saturday.Chief Minister Manik Sarkar will Sunday inaugurate ... Read more...
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Action Aid India helps quake-hit Sikkim victims
September 26th, 2011 - 9:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) Action Aid India, a non-government organisation whose members visited quake-hit Sikkim recently, has said there is need for immediate intervention as basic support is yet ... Read more...
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US hopes India, China resolve boundary issue
September 23rd, 2011 - 8:24 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Sep 23 (IANS) US consul general in Kolkata Dean R. Thompson Friday expressed hope that India and China would hold dialogue to end the boundary issue in Arunachal Pradesh."We ... Read more...
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Nepal quake fails to jolt India’s youngest Everest hero
September 21st, 2011 - 1:57 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Sep 21 (IANS) The major temblor that unleashed death and devastation in northeastern India and affected parts of Nepal, Tibet and Bhutan Sunday, killing over 80 people in the ... Read more...
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Northeast reviews disaster preparedness after quake
September 20th, 2011 - 5:51 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala/Aizawl/Guwahati, Sep 20 (IANS) In wake of Sunday's 6.8 magnitude earthquake that rocked large parts of north, east and northeastern India and neighbouring Bangladesh and Nepal, the northeastern states are ... Read more...
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Panic stalks Nepal as quake kills at least 5
September 18th, 2011 - 11:19 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Sep 18 (IANS) Panic spread through Nepal Sunday as a major quake hit the tremor-prone Himalayan nation, killing at least five people - three of them in capital city ... Read more...
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PM orders meeting of disaster authority
September 18th, 2011 - 10:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 18 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Sunday called an emergency meeting of National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) after a powerful earthquake hit northeastern India.
The prime minister ... Read more...
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India prepared to deal with bird flu: Government
August 31st, 2011 - 6:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) In the wake of the international agriculture monitoring and research body Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) issuing an alert for bird flu, the Indian government ... Read more...
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Ethnic folk music finding echoes in capital
August 11th, 2011 - 5:31 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) The audience for Indian ethnic folk music is getting fashionable, with performers moving from their open air venues in jungles and villages to perform in ... Read more...
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Sahitya Akademi to honour four northeastern writers
August 4th, 2011 - 5:53 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Aug 4 (IANS) Four renowned writers of northeastern India will be awarded the Sahitya Akademi translation prize 2010 for their outstanding literary works, an official said here in Tripura ... Read more...
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No threat from China dam on Brahmaputra: Manmohan Singh
August 4th, 2011 - 2:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 4 (IANS) Allaying fears that the flow of northeastern Brahmaputra river would be affected by a dam being built in China, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Thursday ... Read more...
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Bomb blast in northeastern India kills 5
August 1st, 2011 - 8:17 pm ICT by BNO News
IMPHAL, INDIA (BNO NEWS) -- Five people were killed on early Monday afternoon when a bomb exploded at a market in the northeastern region of India, police said.The blast occurred at around ... Read more...
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Post-treaty, Darjeeling tourism eyes revival
July 26th, 2011 - 3:37 pm ICT by IANS
Darjeeling, July 26 (IANS) Since the days of British India, Darjeeling, with its varied landscape and breathtaking beauty, has been a favourite and affordable tourist destination not only for Bengalis ... Read more...
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Forget Indian Idol, Arunachal has Everest Idols (With Images)
July 8th, 2011 - 11:26 am ICT by IANS
Itanagar, July 8 (IANS) For a long time, India's northeastern Arunachal Pradesh state had trouble naming home-grown celebrities who could be immediately recognised by other states and beyond.There was ... Read more...
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At least 31 dead after bus plunges into a river in northeastern India
June 1st, 2011 - 3:16 am ICT by BNO News
DISPUR, INDIA (BNO NEWS) -- At least 31 people on Tuesday died after a bus carrying a wedding party plunged into a river in India's northeastern Assam State, New Delhi television (NDTV) ... Read more...
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Mizoram holds first ever investors’ summit
May 31st, 2011 - 2:12 pm ICT by IANS
Aizawl, May 31 (IANS) Mizoram Tuesday organised its first ever industry summit to harness the resources of the state in a bid to woo investors to set up projects in ... Read more...
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