Assam to push for four more highway emergency facilities, says Himanta Biswa SarmaAssam is building new emergency landing strips for aircraft. This is part of a larger plan to strengthen India's defense in the Northeast. ...
16 Feb, 2026, 10.50 AM IST
Chinese Checkers: India's strategic message to Beijing with a road, port and fest in the eastOn January 1, 2026, Arunachal Pradesh plans to host the Sunrise Festival in Dong village near the India-China-Myanmar border, featuring a m...
25 May, 2025, 05.00 AM IST
Cabinet approves 166 km long greenfield highway between Meghalaya and Assam; capital cost pegged at Rs 22,864 croreThe government has approved a new highway project. This project will connect Meghalaya and Assam. The high-speed corridor aims to improve r...
01 May, 2025, 12.28 AM IST
Cabinet okays caste survey to be part of next censusThe Union Cabinet has approved the inclusion of caste-based enumeration in the upcoming national census, a decision announced by Union Mini...
30 Apr, 2025, 05.51 PM IST
Union Cabinet approves key reforms: Higher sugarcane FRP, Shillong-Silchar highway project, and caste censusThe Union Cabinet has approved a sugarcane price of Rs 355 per quintal for the 2025 season, ensuring farmers receive Rs 329.05/qtl even wit...
30 Apr, 2025, 04.32 PM IST
NHAI ropes in Dineshchandra R Agrawal Infracon to develop Guwahati Ring RoadThe 121 km long road will be developed at a total cost of Rs 5,729 crore on build operate toll (BOT) mode with zero grant and 30 years of t...
03 Apr, 2025, 08.11 PM IST
Meghalaya High Court has asked state Chief Secretary to ensure that illegal coal mining activities are stopped at onceThe court has asked to constitute a committee free from political interference be constitute to monitor the execution of Supreme Court and ...
09 Mar, 2022, 08.49 AM IST
Consider State specific projects as recommended by the 15th Finance Commission, Meghalaya CM to PM ModiConrad K. Sangma expressed his gratitude to the Government of India and Prime Minister for providing an amount of Rs. 5,105 crore from the ...
11 Feb, 2021, 08.35 PM IST
Modi's projects that tilted the northeast states towards BJPThe PM's 'Act East' policy included a big push for road and railway infrastructure; steps taken to boost the regional economy also bore fru...
05 Mar, 2018, 04.55 PM IST
Northeast airports facelift: Government may invest Rs 8,000 crore more“We are already in the process of upgrading various airports in the Northeast, which is likely to reach completion by 2019-20,” AAI chairma...
20 Dec, 2017, 12.50 AM IST
India to build sea bridge, tunnel to connect Sri Lanka at a cost of Rs 24,000 crore: Nitin GadkariIndia is set to build a sea-bridge and tunnel connecting Sri Lanka while a pact has been inked with Bangladesh, Bhutan and Nepal for flow o...
16 Dec, 2015, 09.23 PM IST
Time to open up north eastern borders: Meghalaya CM Mukul SangmaThe NE states have been engaging with the Centre to take up with the neighbouring countries and promote economic activities and people to p...
26 Nov, 2015, 09.56 PM IST
- Centre okays 3 greenfield airports in NE
To improve air connectivity, the Centre has approved three greenfield airports in the Northeast region, an official statement said on Satur...
24 Jul, 2010, 06.55 PM IST