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India’s Northeast is emerging as a strategic bridge to regional and global markets under the Indo-Pacific framework, the U.S. Consulate General Kolkata said at a dialogue held in Kolkata on Thursday. The event, hosted with the Observer Research Foundation (ORF), highlighted the growing U.S.–India partnership and the Quad’s vision of a free, open and prosperous…
Karbi Anglong, Assam: Security has been intensified in Kheroni village of Assam’s violence-affected Karbi Anglong district, with additional forces deployed on Wednesday morning as the situation remained calm but tense following deadly clashes a day earlier. The unrest left two people dead and at least 45 injured, including 38 police personnel. Kheroni, located in the…
Aizawl/Imphal: Around 600 members of the Bnei Menashe community from Mizoram and Manipur — who identify as descendants of the biblical Tribe of Manasseh, one of Israel’s “lost tribes” — are preparing to migrate to Israel by February next year, according to community leaders. Speaking to reporters, community leader Jeremiah L. Hnamte confirmed that 300 people from Mizoram and another 300 from Manipur are…
In a major policy decision, the Government of Israel has approved a comprehensive plan to bring the remaining members of the Bnei Menashe community from the northeastern Indian states of Manipur and Mizoram by the year 2030. The move aims to facilitate the immigration, conversion, and integration of thousands of people who identify as descendants of the ancient Tribe of…
A woman’s half-burnt body was recovered in Mirza (Kakraban area), Gomati district, Tripura, on September 20, 2025. Her husband alleges that she was assaulted by associates of the local BJP MLA and later found burned; the police initially registered an unnatural-death probe and later an abetment-to-suicide case. Four people have been arrested and an assistant…
The North Eastern Council (NEC) on September 4, 2025 approved the release of Rs 12.18 crore to fund multiple development projects across North-East India — with specific allocations for scientific smoked-meat units, pig-breeding infrastructure, multi-agriculture projects (fishery and piggery), avocado orchards, institutional support to the Indian Institute of Entrepreneurship (IIE), merit scholarships and several capacity-building…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Aizawl, Mizoram on September 13, 2025 to inaugurate the new Bairabi–Sairang railway line and Sairang railway station; officials also confirmed he will fly to violence-hit Manipur on the same day after the inauguration. Mizoram’s state machinery has convened preparedness meetings covering security, traffic management, reception and public participation, and…
Manipur Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla was sworn in to hold additional charge as the Governor of Nagaland in a simple ceremony at Raj Bhavan, Kohima on 25 August 2025. He received the oath of office and secrecy from the Chief Justice of the Gauhati High Court, Justice Ashutosh Kumar after being given additional charge following…
Short summary An indefinite bandh called by the Zeliangrong Youth Organization Nagaland (ZYON) and the Zeliangrong Students’ Union (ZSUN) has halted vehicle movement across parts of the Manipur–Nagaland border since 18–19 August 2025, particularly affecting National Highway 129A and interstate commercial routes. The shutdown — enforced from Peren district in Nagaland — was launched to…
Short Summary Police in Meghalaya’s East Jaintia Hills intercepted a vehicle at the Umkiang patrol post and seized nearly 1 kg of heroin (reported as 961.33 grams)—packed in 80 soap boxes inside four travel bags—with an estimated street value of around ₹4.4 crore. Authorities detained three women from Manipur (some reports say four people, three…