Tag Archives: Northeast India

Tripura Emerging As Trade Corridor For Northeast India, Asserts PM Narendra Modi

Posted on January 5, 2022 - 1:01pm by UT/NET News Desk
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Agartala: Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the new terminal building of Maharaja Bir Bikram (MBB) Airport and launched ‘Mission 100-Vidyajyoti Schools’ and ‘Mukhyamantri Tripura Gram Samriddhi Yojana’ worth several crores at Swami Vivekananda Maidan here in Agartala city on Tuesday. … Continue reading →

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Modi: ‘Northeast now becoming the gateway to India’s development’

Posted on January 4, 2022 - 10:23pm by UT News Service
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Imphal: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today that Northeast India, which Netaji called the gateway to India’s independence, is becoming the gateway to fulfilling the dreams of a “new India”. Addressing a mammoth gathering at Hapta Kangjeibung in Imphal East … Continue reading →

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Naga Hoho demands repeal of AFSPA in Northeast, says Amit Shah’s statement in Parliament ‘distorted’

Posted on December 16, 2021 - 9:03pm by UT News Service
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Dimapur: The Naga Hoho, while saying that it took strong exception to the “distorted” statement of the Home Minister of India, Amit Shah on the floor of the house in Parliament, has demanded that the Government of India must immediately revoke … Continue reading →

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Conrad Sangma’s govt to urge Centre to repeal AFSPA

Posted on December 6, 2021 - 9:08pm by UT News Service
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Shillong: Meghalaya chief minister Conrad K Sangma today said that “AFSPA definitely is not the solution”. Therefore, Sangma said that his government will urge the Centre to repeal the draconian Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), 1958 from the North East … Continue reading →

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Vareishum Kamkara, the man who pastored 10 churches over 50 years in the Northern Tangkhul region

Posted on December 3, 2021 - 4:19pm by UT Desk
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Pastor Vareishum Kamkara was born on December 28, 1928, in Nungbi Khullen village, Ukhrul, Manipur, India. His parents were animists, as were most Tangkhul Nagas at that time. When Vareishum was 14, his mother passed away. His father struggled to … Continue reading →

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IJU urges State governments to pay compensation to corona-victims

Posted on November 7, 2021 - 5:34pm by UT News Service
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Nava J Thakuria Hyderabad: Indian Journalists Union (IJU), while appealing to the Union government to declare working journalists as frontline warriors, urges all States and Union territories to separately announce compensations to the families of corona-media victims. The national union … Continue reading →

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Northeast India: Congress loses all seats in bypolls

Posted on November 2, 2021 - 8:38pm by UT News Service
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Nava J Thakuria Guwahati: The oldest political party of India, the Indian National Congress (INC) lost in north-eastern States as it became visible after the results of nine by-elections came out on Tuesday, while the polling was conducted on October … Continue reading →

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MoS Dr Jitendra Singh: Northeast Will Soon Transform Into India’s Bio-Economic Hub

Posted on October 20, 2021 - 10:36am by UT/NET News Desk
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The Union Minister of State (MoS) in Science & Technology, Jitendra Singh stated that Northeast will soon be transformed into India’s bio-economic hub. He was speaking at during an inaugural ceremony of a national seminar titled “Developing Bioeconomy from Bioresources … Continue reading →

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Ngangom Bala Devi nominated for Arjuna, Sunil Chhetri for Khel Ratna

Posted on July 1, 2021 - 4:43pm by UT Desk
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Bala Devi, National women’s football team striker, currently playing for Rangers in the Scottish Women’s Premier League has been recommended for Arjuna Award. Ngangom Bala Devi in recognition of her contribution to women football from Manipur along with Oinam Bembem … Continue reading →

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Rahul Kanwal’s faux pas and the need to include NE in syllabus

Posted on June 5, 2021 - 3:07pm by Editor
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Not too long ago in October 2020 when Flipkart, the giant e-commerce company made the mistake of calling Nagaland a foreign country when a customer from Nagaland, one of the eight states in Northeast India asked a simple question, “why is … Continue reading →

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