Help and support us to continue bringing news articles. Donate!
Summary of the News The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has rolled out a transformative initiative in the Northeastern region of India by launching the Passport Seva Mobile Van service. This mobile facility, launched on July 14, 2025, aims to make passport services more accessible, especially in remote and underserved areas of the Northeast. Inaugurated…
Summary of the News Union Minister Kiren Rijiju recently landed in hot water after a comment that Northeastern people should be “grateful” to the central government. His remark, made during a public address, drew sharp criticism from the Indian National Congress, which accused him of belittling the region and displaying a patronizing attitude. Congress leaders…
News Summary A 19-year-old Delhi University student from Tripura, Sneha Debnath, has been missing since July 7, 2025, after informing her family she was heading to Sarai Rohilla station with a friend. Her phone has been switched off, there’s been no bank transaction for months, and she left without any belongings. The Delhi Police, aided…
Summary of the Incident Bangladesh’s Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus sent 300 kg of Haribhanga mangoes—packed in 60 cartons—through the Akhaura land port to Tripura’s Chief Minister Dr. Manik Saha on July 10, 2025. This generous gift, part of a longstanding diplomatic fruit-exchange tradition, aims to enhance goodwill with India. The consignment, handed over by Bangladeshi customs and…
Summary of the Incident Torrential rains battered Sikkim’s Gyalshing district, especially the remote town of Yuksom, for over 24 hours around July 10, 2025, triggering landslides that wiped out two key wooden bridges. One link between Chhangri Basti and Dhoban collapsed due to the slide, while another over the Sakim Dhoban Khola river, connecting Dhoban…
Summary of the Incident A 22‑year‑old unmarried woman in Sivasagar, Assam, allegedly sold her newborn child for ₹50,000 shortly after giving birth at Sivasagar Civil Hospital on June 23. Despite intervention by the Child Welfare Committee, who counseled her against the act, she completed the transaction before hospital discharge. The deal came to light on…
Short Summary of the News A 28-year-old man from Manipur filed a police complaint in Assam, alleging that a doctor at RE Hospital in Silchar surgically removed his genitals without consent. He initially sought treatment for a genital infection and was advised to undergo a biopsy, but claims the procedure resulted in the removal of…
Summary of the News ArticleOn July 3, 2025, Assam’s Cachar district saw yet another hit to local connectivity when a temporary bamboo bridge over the Harang River collapsed early Wednesday morning due to a sudden surge in water levels. This makeshift structure had been erected as an emergency workaround after the main concrete bridge on…
Summary of the NewsTrain services in India’s Northeast were disrupted around June 22, 2025, due to massive landslides in Assam’s Lumding–Badarpur hill section, severing rail connectivity to Tripura, Manipur, Mizoram, and southern Assam. After six intense days of restoration work involving heavy machinery and multi-agency collaboration, partial connectivity resumed on June 29, with goods and passenger trains like…
Summary Mizoram’s Home Minister K Sapdanga, during a high-level review on June 27, 2025, revealed that over 50% of criminal cases in the state involve refugees—more than 30,000 individuals from Myanmar, Bangladesh, and Manipur—who sought shelter following political and ethnic crises . In response, Chief Minister Lalduhoma has proposed biometric registration and the confiscation of Myanmar-issued…