The Manipur government's plan to carve out seven new districts in the hill areas has ignited old resentments between Naga and non-Naga ethnic groups, leading to clashes and a month-long economic blockade.
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has set a two-year deadline to seal the border.
The momentum the BJP has in its favour is partly due to the anti-incumbency wave the Congress is battling.
On Tuesday, the authorities sealed a Saradha office at the Lalganesh area in Assam, after protestors ransacked the office.
The militant group, also known as the Dima Halam Daogah (Jewel faction), had for the last couple of years held almost every development project in the picturesque North Cachar Hills district of Assam at ransom.
When it comes to attracting investments, Tripura, one of the seven sisters of North-East and also the most geographically disadvantaged state of the region, appears to be outshining its other six sisters. Be it domestic or foreign, Tripura seems to have caught the attention of investors of late.
Against the backdrop of increasing demand for uranium, the Centre has decided to go the extra mile to blunt the opposition to uranium mining in Meghalaya, which has the third largest reserves of the mineral after Jharkhand and Andhra Pradesh. The Department of Atomic Energy plans to bring out a "detailed white paper" on uranium mining that would be later placed before the Meghalaya Assembly.
With the objective to take the cyber world and e-learning to the doorsteps of students in the interiors of North East via its Corporate Social Responsibility venture -- think.com, Oracle Education Foundation has embarked upon an initiative to train teachers in the region.
Following the three waves of devastating floods that hit Assam this year, the tea industry of the state is in tears.
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