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Braving cold, rain, people spend the night outside

Braving cold and pouring rain, frightened residents spent the night outside their homes in the areas rocked by Sunday’s quake in Sikkim and West Bengal.

Sikkim dam develops cracks after tremors

The major earthquake that rocked Sikkim may turn out to be a major disaster as a NHPC dam in north Sikkim developed crack and gushing water has started inundating low lying area forcing hundreds of fa

6.8 quake jolts India’s Northeast, damage feared

At least a dozen houses collapsed in this Sikkim capital on Sunday due to a strong 6.8 earthquake which jolted large parts of eastern and northern India, witnesses said.

Northeast joins Anna campaign

Along with rest of the country, the northeastern states too stirred up into action to support Anna Hazare by organising mass protest in various forms all across the region on Wednesday.

Civil society fails to take note of Irom Sharmila

When civil society groups are rallying behind Anna Hazare for an effective Jan Lokpal aimed at to check the abuse of power, the civil societies of northeastern states are wondering as to why their str

Karbi breakaway rebels kill 1

With the home ministry preparing to sign a peace-accord with two dominant separatists groups UPDS and KLNLF, a fledgling rag-tag group of armed rebels Karbi Peoples Liberation Tigers has launched offe

5 die, 20 hurt in Manipur blast

In what is said to be the first major offensive after the unification of at least seven separatist groups of Manipur, five people lost their lives and more than 20 were left injured when a powerful im

Ministry mulls pvt funding for Manas

In what has been seen as an attempt to maintain the world heritage site, ministry of environment and forest is going to embark upon its ambitious plan to involve corporate houses to fund conservation

Handique refuses Assam Cong post

In two significant political developments, former Union minister Matang Singh was reinducted into the Congress while former Union minister B.K.

Mamata in Siliguri, Hills pact today

Chief minister Mamata Banerjee arrived in Siliguri 24 hours before the signing of the tripartite agreement between the Centre, the state government and the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM).

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