Taking inspiration from the success stories of other Northeastern states, the Mizoram government has announced the launch of Chief Minister's Rubber Mission, a major initiative aimed at promoting large-scale rubber cultivation across the state.
The ongoing religious persecution of Bengali Hindus in Bangladesh, coupled with their attempts to find refuge in India’s northeastern states like Tripura, Assam and Meghalaya, has sparked an intense debate over the country’s refugee policies.
Visitors and tourists were just about trickling in when we visited Manas National Park, the Raimona National Park, and Kakaijana Park in western Assam in late October. The safari tour drivers, forest guides, homestays and hotel staff are back and eagerly awaiting tourists to flock in.
After nearly 20 months of runaway violence in an Indian state called Manipur, where the writ of the state does not seem to extend beyond the 10-kilometre square of the capital, Imphal, and more than 250 people have been killed, 60,000 rendered homeless, and thousands of houses demolished and erased from the face of the earth, Manipur is back in the news once again.
The recent development of a possible nexus consisting of Pakistan, Bangladesh, and insurgent outfits of Nagaland shows the intensity of the threat not only against the northeast but the entire country.
The scheme formulated by the Power Ministry provides for formation of a JV company for all the projects of a Central PSU with the State government, it said.
In the heart of Manipur, a state often marred by ethnic strife and turmoil, the recent conflict between the Kuki and Meitei communities has left deep scars on the land and its people.
The bill aims to amend the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution to provide stronger provisions for the protection and preservation of the tribes' rich culture and traditions in the northeastern states.
General Dwivedi began his two-day visit with an inspection of the 3 Corps headquarters in Dimapur, Nagaland yesterday.
Out of the total seats in the northeastern states, the BJP is leading in 12 seats, while its allies Asom Gana Parishad, UPPL, and Sikkim Krantikari Morcha are leading in their respective constituencies.
