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Urgent need to protect people of Northeast: Rijiju on Chakma murder

Union Minister Kiren Rijiju on Monday stressed the urgent need to ensure the safety and protection of people from India's Northeast region following the death of Angel Chakma, a student from......

Northeast parties to join hands for single political entity

Leaders from four different parties of the northeast, including Meghalaya Chief Minister and National People's Party president Conrad Sangma, on Tuesday announced that they would form a single......

5.8-magnitude quake hits parts of northeast, Bengal

An earthquake of 5.8 magnitude shook parts of the northeast region and West Bengal on Sunday, officials said. IMAGE: A tea garden in Udalguri district of Assam. Image used only for......

Cong handed over Assam's land to infiltrators for votes: Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday accused the Congress of handing over Assam's land to infiltrators for votes during its rule in the northeastern state. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi......

Eight soldiers injured in encounter with terrorists in J-K

Eight soldiers of the Army were injured in a gunfight with terrorists in a remote forested area in the upper reaches of Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar district on Sunday, officials said. IMAGE:......

Adani's Kutch Copper inks MoU with Caravel Minerals for Australia project

Adani Enterprises’ subsidiary Kutch Copper (KCL) and Australian Securities Exchange-listed Caravel Minerals on Thursday signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MoU) for collaboration on......

Jettwings, new regional airline for Northeast states, plans takeoff in Oct

Sanjive Narain, owner of Assam's oldest news channel, and Sanjay Aditya Singh, promoter of a cabin crew training academy, are coming together to launch a regional airline providing business and......

Reliance to invest Rs 75,000 cr in North-Eastern states: Mukesh Ambani

Oil-to-telecom conglomerate Reliance Industries Ltd will invest Rs 75,000 crore in North Eastern states in setting up 350 biogas plants, expanding its telecom services, retail footprint, and clean......

AirAsia eyes Northeast

AirAsia seems to have sensed an opportunity in the underserved northeast region, which has only two direct flights to Mumbai and Bangalore. At a company event on Friday, Chief Executive Tony......

China tests high speed train in high altitude region

China on Monday successfully tested its new high-speed train connecting top cities in the high-altitude northeast region spanning about 921 kilometres. The train arrived at its destination in......

Meghalaya's Choudhary eyes IPL stint after sixes record

IMAGE: Meghalaya's Akash Kumar Choudhary is only the third batter to hit six sixes in one over in a first-class match after West Indian Sir Garfield Sobers and Ravi Shastri. Photograph: Vikash......

Tea Before Lunch! Guwahati Test To Break Norm

The first session of the match will be between 9 and 11 am, followed by a 20-minute tea break. Lunch will be between 1.20 and 2 pm and the post tea session will be from 2 pm to 4 pm. IMAGE: The......

'Everyone loves Tests but it's ...'

Playing in all formats for India is a luxury: Kuldeep Yadav IMAGE: Kuldeep Yadav returned home from Australia mid-way through a five-match T20I series to prepare for the South Africa Tests and......

Guwahati set to become India's 30th Test venue

IMAGE: The only international cricket venue in the region, Guwahati, known as the 'Gateway to the Northeast', had earned the distinction of hosting ICC World Cup matches for the first time earlier......

Rain has final say in Sri Lanka-Pakistan Women's WC clash

IMAGE: Pakistan were 18 for no loss in 4.2 overs when the match was called off due to persistent rain. Photograph: ICC Cricket World Cup/X SCORECARD Rain once again played spoilsport at the R......