The Indian Army has been actively involved in extensive flood relief operations in the villages of Sivaguri (Dhemaji District, Assam) and Village Mer (East Siang district, Arunachal Pradesh) in the Pasighat Region, which has been severely affected by incessant rains since June 29.
PM Modi also slammed the Congress and said that it would have taken the grand old party 20 years to accomplish what his government did in the last five years for the development of the northeastern states.
A tripartite agreement was signed in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah, between Government of India, Government of Tripura and The Indigenous Progressive Regional Alliance/TIPRA, popularly known as Tripra Motha and other stakeholders, in the national capital on Saturday.
At least 3 persons who were engaged in a coal mine in Arunachal Pradesh's Changlang district along the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border were abducted by a group of suspected militants, officials said.
Expressing confidence over the decision, Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma said that fencing would reduce incidents of cross-border insurgency and infiltration through better surveillance.
BJP National President JP Nadda hit out at Congress on 'Bharat Nyay Yatra' at a party event in Assam's Guwahati on Wednesday. He alleged Congress was a hypocritical party and the on one hand, it spoke about OBCs and on the other, abused an OBC Prime Minister.
The police on Tuesday recovered three suspected handmade Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) in the Sonitpur district of Assam, which borders neighbouring Arunachal Pradesh.
Arunachal Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein attended the inaugural ceremony of the third Inter-State Cultural Exchange Festival of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh at Hollongi on Friday.
Union Minister for Roads Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari inaugurated and laid the foundation stone for 26 National Highway Projects with an investment of more than Rs 17,500 crore during a programme held in in Guwahati on Tuesday.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh who arrived in Tezpur on Monday for a two-day visit to Assam and Arunachal Pradesh interacted with Armed Forces personnel deployed in the region during 'Barakhana' organised in Tezpur on Monday evening.