The recent violence in Manipur may have cast a temporary shadow over the region, but it doesn’t undermine northeast India’s rise as a popular destination for tourists. While government figures show a record-breaking tourist footfall of 100,000 foreign guests and over 11.8 million domestic visitors in the past one year, travel firms, too, are witnessing … Read more
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A quick Google search on travel trends for 2023 indicates several holiday patterns that are bound to see a rise — solo trips, vacations influenced by films and social media, and tours to the metaverse. But one trend that seems to be on almost every survey’s list is the rise of slow travel. Read more … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has promised to withdraw the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (Afspa) from all northeastern states in the future. Addressing a public rally in Assam‘s Karbi Anglong on Thursday, Modi said that violence in northeast came down by 75% in the last eight years, which led to improvement in law and order. … Read more
Rajya Sabha saw a spirited discussion on the working of the Development of North East (DONER) Ministry with the government claiming that the situation in the north-east has been transformed through better connectivity and development measures while the Opposition said no new industries have come up in the last eight years. DONER Minister Sarbanand Sonowal … Read more
In a major push to road infrastructure in the North East, Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Monday inaugurated and laid foundation stone for 16 national highway projects in Manipur with a total outlay of Rs 4,148 crore. According to a road ministry statement, the projects will provide all-weather connectivity to Manipur with the rest of … Read more
With reopening of malls, markets and other trade activities in view of improving COVID-19 situation in Delhi, the district authorities have deployed more enforcement teams and issued increased number of challans for violation of Covid appropriate behaviour. Around 6,000-7,000 challans are being issued over violation of Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) orders to enforce Covid … Read more