Erratic pre-monsoon, monsoon rainfall impacts North East agriculture

Kharif cultivation of paddy delayed in Assam, Tripura, Nagaland; Boro harvest was affected too   

Cyclone Hamoon: Deep depression in Bay of Bengal may intensify into cyclonic storm on October 23, says IMD

Isolated heavy rainfall over Mizoram and heavy to very rainfall over Tripura expected on October 23 and 24

Climate crisis in North East India: How geography, rainfall variations define calamity course

DTE analyses geography of 8 northeastern states and shows what changing climate and rainfall patterns mean for the region  

Biggest solar plant in Northeast begins power generation

The state has maximum surpluspower in the country

ONGC asked to stop drilling

People in Tripura complain to environment ministry

Teesta deal likely

India and Bangladesh to sign an interim treaty for 15 years

Dams in the north-east will also ruin livelihoods

After neglecting the north-east for years, Delhi now feels the need to initiate "developmental" activities in the region. There is good reason. …

Former militant Bijoy Hrankhal on Tripura's tribal needs

Bijoy Kumar Hrankhal was the founder member and vice-president of the Tripura National Volunteer, the first militant group in Tripura. He laid …

Students' organisation says no to gas pipeline in northeast

Fatal attraction

One river dried, Agartala eyes another

Agartala to be first LED-illuminated city in northeastern India

Switch to LED-based street lighting is expected to save city corporation at least Rs 2 crore

Mautak will flower

In 2006-2007, a bamboo species will flower over vast swathes of Mizoram, Tripura and Assam. When bamboo flowers, it dies; usually a famine follows.…

Why waste management in Northeast India needs an urgent overhaul

Specialised policies needed for mountainous regions;standardised national-level policies lack nuance for regional challenges

Swine flu spreads to Northeast; four deaths reported

Assam Human Rights Commission seeks report on steps taken to tackle, control and contain the outbreak of swine flu

Blowing out a tradition

The ban on conch shell trading has sent the industry into a tizzy

At the crossroads

As the debate continues, the Northeast must stamp the decision: log out of forest bureaucracy and log in to local-based prosperity

The verdict

Read between the lines: the Supreme Court order has a development model hidden for the Northeast

The accused

Governments clinically interpret the ban to make space for the forest bureaucracy, alienating people from their own habitats

ONGCignores green rules

Oil company did not restore abandoned well sites in Tripura

Last mile chaos

New Delhi struggles with a policy to regulate e-rickshaws

Logjam

Whenever the Supreme Court pulls the trigger, why does it miss the target? Because governments like those of the seven Northeast states work …

Water crisis in Tripura town

Feni river dispute fuels water shortage in border town

Agartala wants malls, multiplexes

Extreme weather in North East: Floods in some districts, others stay dry

While some districts such as Assam’s Dhemaji and Dibrugarh received excess rainfall, others in Manipur and Mizoram are reeling under …