West Bengal is setting up holding centers for suspected illegal foreigners and foreign prisoners. This move institutionalizes the state's '...

Assam's government has welcomed West Bengal's move to fence sensitive border areas. This includes the Siliguri Corridor, vital for connecti...

Assam Governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya addressed the Assembly on border security. He noted efforts to curb infiltration and welcomed West B...

Recent assembly election victories have significantly strengthened Prime Minister Narendra Modi's strategic position. This success provides...

People got frightened and rushed out of their houses but no loss of life or property has been reported so far, an official said.

Though officially, the trade is to remain controlled and the products must come from animals in captivity, “We are deeply concerned,” said ...

Officials of the SDCC, on Friday met West Bengal governor Gopal Krishna Gandhi and demanded that Siliguri be declared as another district o...

Though a signatory of CITES, India is still one of the major 26 global exporters of animal body parts to the main five trade routes.

There is no concrete data, but an estimated 550 ha area of the district hosts marijuana cultivation - needless to say, illegally.

At Siliguri fruit wholesale market, veteran trader B. Burman said, “The rise in demand for Bhutan stock is indirect effect of shrunken supp...

The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas is readying North East Hydrocarbon Vision 2030 for development of the hydrocarbon sector in the r...

Not only Bhutanese traders but huge numbers of Indian stakeholders have also become victims of the situation.

As matter becomes a serious concern for health care sector, politicians have come up with even higher level of virulence to churn out polit...

The company, which has stopped the project now after completing 70 per cent of the work, had filed a police complain in March 2013 in Assam...

Guwahati tea auction centre witnesses increase in private sale despite VAT cut GTAC failed to attract more tea. .

NRL produces around 1.6 MT of HSD annually out of which 20% is consumed in Northeast and rest sent to other parts of the country.

Though long-standing and backed by a large number of traders of the region, these demands will not be easy to accept for the ministry.