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A barge carrying 540 metric tonnes of methanol left Dibrugarh for Bangladesh on Monday, marking the first cargo shipment from upper Assam to a foreign port since Independence. The voyage will test the Brahmaputra’s potential as a commercial freight corridor

The Southwest Monsoon has not yet withdrawn from the Northeast, which recorded a 26 per cent rainfall deficit during June-September. Meghalaya recorded the region’s highest shortfall at 60 per cent, while East and Northeast India saw their lowest rainfall since 1901

A sense of optimism following the restoration of an elected government in February this year appears to be fizzling out, giving way to despondency once again in the northeastern State

The Cockroach Janata Party plans to expand its presence across Northeast states, spokesperson Ashutosh Ranka said. The party will focus on issues concerning students, youth, indigenous rights and man-made floods, a day after Assam Police detained Ranka and others

The CRPF will commemorate the 40th anniversary of its first all-women battalion on September 25 in New Delhi. The force, which now has six women-only battalions and over 10,000 women personnel, will felicitate serving and veteran women personnel

Vice President C P Radhakrishnan said Arunachal Pradesh is integral to India’s unity and highlighted the Northeast’s growing role in national development. Addressing the state Assembly, he praised Arunachal’s biodiversity, agricultural achievements, rising income and rapid road infrastructure growth

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced a foundational AI roadmap aimed at accelerating inclusive economic growth and improving public governance, while establishing critical regulatory frameworks to ensure data privacy and ethical technology deployment across the state

As refugees from Myanmar and violence-hit Manipur seek shelter in Mizoram, India confronts a growing humanitarian challenge without a formal protection framework

Assam and Tripura police arrested 11 individuals linked to Bangladesh-based fundamentalist groups, including the Indian Mujahideen-K, for allegedly planning to destabilize the Northeast and establish "Muslim supremacy," based on intelligence from central agencies, officials said

A transgender social activist cycling from Delhi to Manipur for peace safely crossed the Kuki-dominated Kangpokpi district under central forces’ security after a Kuki outfit issued a warning, highlighting the deep ethnic divide in violence-hit Manipur

The Indigenous Tribal Leaders’ Forum (ITLF) in Manipur’s Churachandpur district has ended its indefinite shutdown following an agreement with local authorities after the death of a Kuki woman during a crossfire. Her funeral will be led by a philanthropic organisation

Activists of a tribal organisation enforced an indefinite shutdown in the district in protest against the killing of an elderly Kuki woman. Markets and business establishments remained closed, while vehicular movement was disrupted as Indigenous Tribal Leaders Forum (ITLF) activists, including women, blocked several roads in the district

By inviting China to view Bangladesh as an extension of the Chinese economy, Yunus signalled a willingness to align more closely with Beijing

Apart from climate change, anthropogenic factors, meaning human activities like habitat destruction, pollution, hunting etc, may or may not have played a role in the drop of the population of the primate species

In 2023 monsoon season, India recorded 820 mm of rainfall, which was 94.4 per cent of the long-period average of 868.6 mm

Twenty-seven fatalities occurred in Mizoram, with twenty-one resulting from a quarry collapse in Aizawl district, while four deaths were recorded in Nagaland, three in Assam, and two in Meghalaya.

The Indian Army and the Assam government organised the tech event, which also featured MSMEs, defence PSUs, and start-ups showcasing their goods

Since June 1, total rainfall in India has been 6 per cent lower at 805.3 mm against the normal of 853.4, IMD data showed.