Amit Shah on northeast: Addressing the 70th plenary session of the North Eastern Council (NEC) here, Shah said insurgency, lack of connectivity and failure of previous governments to focus on the Northeast hampered the region's development for decades.
According to Shah's itinerary for October 7, as posted on the microblogging site by his office, the home minister unveiled a statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel at Rajbhavan in Gangtok.
Trains to resume: On the first day, Kanchanjunga Express will leave Sealdah station in Kolkata for Agartala. The down train service will begin its journey on July 23
The MeT Department forecast intense spell of rainfall over sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Sikkim and the northeastern states over next the four days.
PM Modi said that the manner in which the people of the state have preserved the cultural heritage is an inspiration to the nation
The probability forecast for the minimum temperatures indicates that during February, below normal minimum temperatures are most likely over most parts of the country except eastern parts of northeast India, south peninsular India, and southeastern parts of central India, where normal to above normal minimum temperatures are likely.
Priyanka Chopra had recently acknowleged that someone from the Northeast should have played the role of Mary Kom in the 2014 biopic on the boxer. Priyanka admitted that she looked nothing like her. Mary Kom hails from Manipur.
Priyanka Chopra said that Mary Kom (2014) holds a special place in her heart because she got to spend time with the iconic sports star for her prep. She also shared that the role should have gone to someone from the Northeast as Mary Kom is a Manipuri.
Dance Deewane 3: Raghav Juyal during the course of the show used words like "momo", "chowmein" and "gibberish Chinese" for a North Eastern participant. This did not go down well with not just the fans but also the state's Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma who slammed him for his cringe-worthy performance. Not only this but the Netizens are also trolling Raghav for his insensitive remarks.
Expressing his happiness over the perceptible change in the economy of the region over the past six-seven years, Naidu said the per capita net state domestic product of all the states has grown significantly.
We can use drones in delivering important life-saving medicines, collecting blood samples, said Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya.
Stakeholders, ranging from parents to educators, say region-based universities have emerged as viable higher education contenders, as opposed to learners migrating to other states in the Covid era
Development of rail infrastructure in the eight states of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Manipur, Nagaland, Mizoram, Tripura, and Sikkim has been given priority, a spokesperson of the Northeastern Frontier Railway (NF Railway) said. However, problems in implementation ranging from land acquisition to opposition by locals continue to plague some of the projects.
The blast that took place at Sahebmarra around midnight damaged a major portion of a primary school, close to the interstate border, though no casualty has been reported so far, Hailakandi Superintendent of Police Gaurav Upadhyaya told reporters.
Mizoram's health minister alleged that all the transporters in Guwahati, who have been operating in Mizoram, were instructed to stop transporting goods to the state under the pretext of security concerns following the border clash that took place on July 26.
The prestigious project for establishing Centre for Bio-Resources and Sustainable Development as a Centre of Excellence was sanctioned by the Department of Biotechnology.
Officials of both states, including Cachar Deputy Commissioner Keerthi Jalli, and Superintendent of Police Nimbalkar Vaibhav Chandrakant, are camping at trouble-torn Lailapur area in Assam's Cachar district, which borders Mizoram's Kolasib, as they try to calm down the situation.
The Modi government aims to link the capitals of all the states of the region by rail, road and airways before 2023-24, he said adding that development can happen only when this geographically remote region is provided with all types of connectivity.
Giving detail of Shah's program, the officials said he will inaugurate the Inter-State Bus Terminus (ISBT) at Mawiong in the outskirts of Shillong and the Cryogenic Plant at the New Shillong Township.
Expressing his concern over the growing number of Covid cases in some districts of the northeastern states during an interaction with the Chief Ministers of the region, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday stressed on the need to catch these signals and take strict actions at the micro level.
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