With India continuing to build ties with ASEAN under New Delhi’s Act East Policy, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Friday called for greater connectivity between the northeastern states of India and South-East Asia. At an interactive session with the Chief Ministers of the northeastern states on the Act East Policy, she said that state […]

Several Bodo organisations including the All Bodo Students union, National democratic front of Bodoland (progressive) and the People’s Joint Action Committee for Bodoland have intensified their demand for a separate Bodoland. In support of their demands the Bodo groups staged a blockade on NH 15 in Rowta at Udalguri district in Assam. The Bodo groups are […]

An International Conference on Biodiversity and Sustainable Development Goals was held at the state capital of Sikkim, Gangtok. The event, held at the city’s Chintan Bhawan, was inaugurated by Chief Minister Pawan Chamling. Present at the inauguration ceremony were environmental activist Dr Vandana Shiva and Bernward Geier from Germany. While addressing the event, Chamling stated […]

Earlier in a report, Northeast live exposed the presence of huge amounts of lead and arsenic in the drinking water of Guwahati and the inefficiency of all the water treatment plants of the city to treat the arsenic content in the water. However, lately it has been brought to light that the presence of these […]

In one of the biggest encounter in recent times, Bhaskar Kalita, the Officer in Charge of Bordumsa Police Station in eastern Assam’s Tinsukia district, martyred during a fierce gun battle between ULFA-(I) cadres and the security forces in Tinsukia’s Bordumsa on Friday night. A fierce gun battle between United Liberation Front of Asom-Independent ULFA-(I) cadres […]

The north eastern region is very likely to experience thunderstorms on Friday and Saturday, warned the Indian Meteorological Department. The warning comes a day after heavy rain, winds and lightning killed over a 100 people and injured over 200 in Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh. Thunderstorm accompanied with squall is very likely at isolated places over […]

One lakh Amphetamine tablets called “R 7” of foreign origin having a total worth of around Rs 2 crore was seized from one identified as 39 year old Sujit Das by the anti-Smuggling unit officers, Customs division Imphal today. The seizure was carried out in the North A.O.C area of Imphal. As per reports, the […]

The Indira Gandhi National Tribal University, Manipur is all locked up amidst protests by students for demands not being met. The students of the university have been demanding for student’s hostels, staff quarters and other basic amenities. A 99 per cent seat reservation for tribal students is also being asked for. Infuriated at being asked […]

The Director of the NIT Yupia, Arunachal Pradesh, Professor Rajiv Kumar Garg, has allegedly resigned from his post after getting life-threatening calls. In this regard, the president of All Arunachal Pradesh Student’s Union Hawa Bagang has a different story, reportedly he had called the MHRD and he was informed by the Ministry that on April […]

Northeast development conclave 2018 is being held today at Leela Palace in Chanakyapuri New Delhi. The conclave is an initiative to bring together the leading stakeholders for policy debate to find ways and means of strengthening the country`s North Eastern States as well as to remove constraints & bottlenecks to economic prosperity in this region. […]