Several new flyover projects initiated in northeast India
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.