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Know Your Smart City: The Northeast

The 12th part of the 'Know Your Smart City' web series looks at cities in the Northeast

After a two-decade wait, Assam's Barak Valley finally gets broad gauge rail connectivity

The first passenger train from Silchar to Guwahati will ply on the newly converted Silchar-Lumding section

Vodafone launches 3G in Assam and Northeast circles, invests Rs 500 cr

The company had acquired 3G spectrum for the circles in March 2015 at Rs 248 cr

Give Chetia opportunity to play role in ongoing peace talks with ULFA: Gogoi

Bangladesh handed him over to India on Wednesday

Is Congress running out of steam in Assam?

Congress can ill afford to lose Assam in 2016 lest that might further bolster the anti-Congress wave that's currently sweeping India

Tripura's wait to see direct trains to mainland may be over by March 2016

Indian Railways is currently converting the state's metre gauge rail track to broad gauge

Centre new policy on refugees helps AGP hope for comeback

The decision has inflamed sentiments in Assam and AGP eyes reaping benefits from it just a year ahead of the next assembly polls

How the recent unrest in Manipur was stirred

The issue at the core of it is the perceived fear among the locals of getting outnumbered and uprooted by 'others' and eventually losing their identity

Assam CM orders probe but fate of the project still not affected

Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Monday said if any prima facie evidence was found in the scam, the state government would refer the case to the CBI

US bribery case: Assam's former minister denies speculation

The chargesheet filed in a district court mentions that Berger paid bribes to "a minister" and to officials for both the contracts

Numaligarh Refinery to lay pipeline to export petroleum to Bangladesh

The pipeline project would be implemented through a joint venture (JV) company and NRL sources informed that the JV company would be formed within three months

BPF set to return to power in Assam's Bodo heartland

The party has bagged 20 of the 40 seats that went for poll, with just one seat short of majority

Mother Dairy eyes North-East's Rs 500 crore dairy whitener market

The dairy whitener market has been registering around 15% year-on-year growth in value in India as well as in Northeast

Centre may raise excise duty limit for MSME in the coming budget

Presently, the excise and service tax exemption limits to the MSMEs are Rs 1.5 cr and Rs 10 lakh, respectively

Assam to raise special force to protect famed one-horned rhino at Kaziranga Park

The protection force will have more than 1,200 personnel

Work on N-E's first greenfield airport comes to a halt

The works on the project had started way back in 2009 at estimated cost of Rs 309.46 cr

High Court order puts off Assam tea storm for time being

As an interim relief, the High Court has directed the Assam government to continue supplying subsidised ration to tea gardens till further hearing

The bloody fight for Bodo homeland

Assamese, Bangla-speaking Muslims and the tea-tribe community have been soft targets of a Bodo militant outfit in Assam.

Now, a dedicated air cargo service for Northeast

Mumbai-based Sovika Aviation Services to launch a dedicated cargo airline service to the Northeast

'N-E industry can benefit from Vibrant Gujarat 2015 summit'

The meet was organised by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), which partners the Vibrant Gujarat event