North East India

Mizoram’s first Rajdhani Express train sees huge demand with over 155% occupancy

October 03, 2025 4:19 pm

Mizoram Rajdhani Express train: The rail connectivity to Mizoram was inaugurated on September 13 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi following the completion of the Bairabi-Sairang railway line.

‘Centre working to turn NE states into nation’s growth engine’: Jyotiraditya Scindia

November 15, 2024 8:38 pm

Scindia noted that 19 railway projects are being implemented in the northeast region, with a financial outlay of Rs 82,000 crore.

North East Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Schedule, phase, seats, candidates and all you need to know about North Eastern states

May 08, 2024 2:50 pm

North East Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Date: As the Phase 1 - Lok Sabha Elections 2024 begins tomorrow, April 19, Friday; Arunachal West and Arunachal East (Arunachal Pradesh), Shillong and Tura (Meghalaya), Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura West (Tripura)and Inner Manipur (Manipur), will go into polls, with the voting process starting at 8 a.m. and concluding at 5 p.m.

IMD weather forecast: Rainfall likely over Maharashtra, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, & MP on March 16

March 14, 2023 5:13 pm

During the past 24 hours, maximum temperature recorded at many places over West Rajasthan, Gujarat, Vidarbha, Telangana, Odisha, Kerala, Rayalaseema and interior Tamilnadu was in the range of 36-38 degree Celsius.

To Opposition's 'lip service' barb, government says peace and political stability in Northeast under Modi rule

December 20, 2022 7:29 am

Pointing out that lack of development work and employment opportunities have been driving people out of the region, DMK member T R Baalu said more than 1.48 crore people have moved out of the Northeast to seek employment opportunities and win their daily bread.

‘Entire landscape has changed’: Diminishing hope, trauma as Manipur landslide ops continue

July 04, 2022 7:29 am

The disaster has so far claimed 42 lives — 27 Territorial Army personnel and 15 civilians, including railway employees, construction workers and villagers — a defence spokesperson in Guwahati said.

Amit Shah’s Hindi remarks: Tripura tribal body seeks Roman script for Kokborok

April 30, 2022 7:44 am

Kokborok was recognised as an official language of Tripura in 1979. Two commissions were set up, both of which recommended Roman script, according to the Roman Script for Kokborok Choba group.

Newsmaker: At the helm of Manipur Congress post poll rout, K Meghachandra braces for uphill task

March 31, 2022 7:45 pm

Manipur is the first state where the Congress unit has been restructured after the party debacle in the recent five state Assembly elections

Assam-Mizoram border: Organised blockade on border ends, but truckers refuse to move

July 30, 2021 6:03 pm

Officials in Assam's Barak valley said organized blockade on Assam's roads leading to Mizoram had been lifted and no group was now out on the streets trying to stop truckers or other vehicles.

In Mizoram, a new snake species gets named after local warrior Vanhnuailiana

July 06, 2021 7:01 pm

The team gave a common name, ‘Lushai hills dragon snake’, and in the local Mizo language they suggest it be called rulphusin, meaning ‘snake with small scales’.

അസം പൗരത്വ പ്രതിസന്ധി

June 22, 2020 6:20 pm