North East

The Indian Railways is set to launch its first “Bharat Gaurav” train to the North East on March 21 which will offer passengers a tour of the region, the Ministry of Railways said in a statement on Saturday.The 15-day...

Making light of Congress party’s electoral performance in the North East, party president Mallikarjun Kharge said here on Thursday they were ‘small states’ that go with “Central government trend.”To a poll related question while counting of votes polled for...

BJP national secretary and co-convenor North East, Rituraj Sinha, reiterated that BJP was fully committed to the coalition dharma with NDPP and rejected the tag of being “anti-Christian” or “anti-Church” as under Prime Minister Narendra Modi it believed in...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has always prioritised the energy sector of the North East, Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Hardeep Singh Puri has said.The prime minister’s priority is to put the region on a high growth trajectory and he...

The Election Commission has appointed six types of observers in three election-bound states - Tripura, Meghalaya and Nagaland - to monitor the poll process and related aspects closely.Election officials said on Friday that to conduct the polls “freely, fairly,...

Union Minister for MSME Narayan Rane along with Chief Minister of Tripura, Manik Saha, and Union Minister of State Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma, presided the ‘Regional Conference on Sustainable Development of MSMEs in the North East Region (NER)’ held...

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said that the North East was now free from all disputes and peace has been established in the region.“Till eight years ago, the North-East was only known for bandhs, strikes, bomb blasts...

Union Minister of Civil Aviation (MoCA) Jyotiraditya Scindia on Monday in an apparent swipe at Rahul Gandhi drew a parallel between Congress’ 150-day long march and the air and rail connectivity of the North East with the rest of...

Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said Monday that the government-accelerated development initiatives in North East have transformed ‘Look East policy’ into ‘Act East Policy’, leading to all round developments in the Northeast region, enabling all the states to improve...

Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat expressed optimism that modern science and technology will come up with a workable solution to the flood problem in the North East region.Participating in a discussion on Space Applications in Flood Management...