Northeastern States

ICMAI postpones foundation, intermediate and final exams for June term, decides to hold them from 20 July

The Institute of Cost Accountants of India (ICMAI) has deferred the examinations for June term in view of the coronavirus lockdown

Cabinet reshuffle: All ministers of Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi ministry resign

Paving way for the much-awaited reshuffle, all the 14 members of Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi's ministry on Monday resigned from their respective positions.

Article 370 scrapped: Possibility of North East states meeting Jammu and Kashmir's fate cannot be ruled out, says Manipur Congress

Manipur Congress chief Gaikhangam Gangmei claimed on Tuesday that people in the North East states were apprehensive that the Centre might revoke special provisions granted to the states in the region and downgrade their status to Union territories, just as it did in Jammu and Kashmir

Citizenship issue unlikely to benefit Congress in North East, will only remind voters of party's failure to arrest influx of immigrants

Congress raising the illegal immigrant issue will only help refreshing memory of gory days for Assam, a condition likely to go against the interests of the Grand Old Party in the region. Secondly, it is also likely to remind the voters of the failures of the Congress party in arresting the influx from Bangladesh.

Tripura chief minister Manik Sarkar urges Bangladesh govt to allow northeastern states to use Chittagong port

Tripura chief minister Manik Sarkar urged the Bangladesh government to allow India's northeastern states to use the Chittagong port for the development

GST: Meghalaya Assembly passes bill, forest products like areca nut, dry fish to be tax-free

The Meghalaya Assembly on Monday unanimously passed the Meghalaya Goods and Services Tax Bill 2017 paving the way for the roll-out of GST regime from 1 July.

India could lose forest cover slightly more than the size of Mauritius by 2025: ISRO study

A staggering 2,305 sq km of forest cover in northeast India and the Andaman & Nicobar Islands could disappear by 2025, a study by ISRO scientists has predicted.

Politics of language: Centre promoting Hindi in South, Northeast India smacks of parochialism

When a national government bats for Hindi, and not 22 other languages that are also deemed official, it smacks of parochialism. The type that could breed resentment. A national government cannot be parochial.

Bypolls in Northeast: Kiren Rijiju appeals to people to vote for BJP

MoS for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju has appealed to the people to vote BJP to victory in the February 13 by election to Liromoba assembly seat in Arunachal Pradesh.

Assam Live: Security forces, NDFB(S) encounter in Chirang along India-Bhutan border

After brutal killing of 62 in Assam by suspected militants, CM Tarun Gogoi said that they were working to ensure the situation didn't worsen.