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.
Shah was received by Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. He is on a two-day visit to Assam and Arunachal Pradesh. He will fly to Arunachal on a chartered flight.
IPL franchise Delhi Capitals on Friday unveiled their first DC Cricket Academy in the Northeast.
The Home Minister hailed the PM for bringing a positive change in the lives of the people of the Northeast and connecting the region with the hearts of the rest of India.
"From Delhi to Dimapur, Congress indulged in familial politics. So, entire northeast along with Nagaland is punishing Congress," said Modi.
The Chief Minister advised the student delegation to visit Kakori near Lucknow while recalling the heroic stories of Assam, Tripura, Meghalaya, and Arunachal Pradesh in the freedom movement.
