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Work as ambassadors for your region: Centre tells NE officers

Singh called upon officers of NE origin living in Delhi to act as resource persons for the Ministry for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) to help the government to discharge its obligations towards the region in a more effective manner, an official release issued today said.

More incentives to airlines, Bollywood for promoting N-E: Jitendra Singh

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been emphasising on ensuring social and economic inclusion of North East with other parts of the country.

Second Alliance Air aircraft to boost connectivity in N-E: minister

An MoU has already been signed for a period of two years between NEC and Alliance Air to provide connectivity to unconnected areas by air wherein the former provides viability gap funding to the agency, Minister for Development of North Eastern Region Jitendra Singh said.

Govt plans to rope in a celebrity to promote North East

Highlighting the potential of organic farming in the region, the minister for DoNER said the government has earmarked Rs 100 crore exclusively for organic farming.

Govt may subsidise airlines for North-East operations

After posting a loss of Rs 298 crore in the last quarter, Jet Airways sought government clearance to scale down operations to the north-eastern region.

Nothing new about Assam facing floods, says Union Minister VK Singh

Union minister for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) VK Singh on Friday said floods in Assam was "nothing new".

Modi to think tanks: make North East the next economic hub

In a bid to woo voters, Narendra Modi has asked his think tanks to draw up a comprehensive plan to make the North East one of the economic hubs of the country.

DoNER, NEC should develop infrastructure in North East: Sarkar

The Tripura chief minister said that the region has for long suffered from extremism because of lack of development.