BJP fails to produce magic in NE bypolls: What's lacking?

The BJP wave has continued to sweep mainland India. After the best ever performance in the Lok Sabha election, the saffron party has swept assembly elections in Maharashtra and Haryana as well. Though the party has fallen short of the majority mark...
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Beijing Assures New Delhi on Silk Road Security Concerns

NEW DELHI: China does not want to overstep into India’s sphere of influence by bringing Sri Lanka and Maldives into the maritime New Silk Road, according to an official of the Communist Party of China (CPC). “We don’t want to get into India’s sphere,”...
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NE faces foodgrain storage crisis

Shillong, Oct 23 : The Northeast is currently facing an acute shortage of storage capacities of foodgrains disbursed through the Food Corporation of India (FCI) although the Centre has planned to increase the storage capacities by constructing new godowns.In...
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Power transmission link via Bangladesh vital: Official

A top power company official has suggested erecting power transmission lines for supply of electricity from the northeast region to other parts of India via Bangladesh terming the proposed link as "vital"."India and Bangladesh should have designated...
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A mini Northeast in heart of Gurgaon

A deep cultural divide is evident in Sikanderpur village of Gurgaon where two call centre workers from Nagaland were brutally beaten up on Thursday. Sikanderpur is a colony of Northeasterners surrounded by Haryanvi locals...
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Dhaula Kuan gangrape victim still in trauma

NEW DELHI, Oct 17 – On the day that a Delhi court convicted all the five persons accused in the case, the 34-year-old victim of the Dhaula Kuan gangrape is still haunted by her horrifying ordeal of four years back.The woman quit her BPO job and in 2011...
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The Buddhist world must rally around Burma (Myanmar)

Shenali Waduge  The roots of the world’s troubles lead to Britain Colonial apologists are unlikely to agree but in looking deeper to understand the dynamics that continue to rip continents, regions and nations apart, it is the policies adopted...
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Dhaka opposes 2 hydropower projects in India

Bangladesh has opposed to the implementation of two hydro-based power projects along the border by north-eastern Indian state of Meghalaya until the two countries sign a water-sharing agreement. Meghalaya is in the process of constructing dams on two...
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NESO opposes Hindi as compulsory subject in DU

IMPHAL, April 10 – The North East Students’ Organisation (NESO) will launch an agitation if the authority fails to revoke the decision to make Hindi as a compulsory subject in the undergraduate courses under the Delhi University.Disclosing this during...
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‘Powerhouse’ Arunachal in grip of power crisis

ITANAGAR, April 2 – Arunachal Pradesh, often described as the future powerhouse of the country with an estimated 58,000 MW hydro power generation potential, has been facing an acute power crisis for the past two and a half months.With the sources of...
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