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Monday, October 13, 2025
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Topic: Northeast

How long-decayed insurgent groups are growing across Northeast as Manipur conflict drags on

NIA has charged PLA with receiving military assistance from NSCN-IM. Charges show ethnic warfare, coupled with Myanmar meltdown, can spark off renewal of violence across region.

Repolling underway in 4 assembly seats in Arunachal amid security arrangements

Repolling at 8 polling stations & 4 assembly seats was necessitated amid reports of violence & damage to EVMs. Polling began at 6 am & is scheduled to end at 2 pm.

Modi inaugurates Sela Tunnel connecting Assam to Arunachal. Why it is strategically important

Sela Tunnel is designed in such a way that all Army equipment, including Bofors, tanks & Vajra howitzers, can easily travel through it, away from the prying eyes of the Chinese.

Arunachal to get 3 critical bridges in Lohit valley to ease movement of civilians, heavy vehicles & arms

Bridges connecting east and west banks of Lohit river will also link to 75-km road being constructed between Dong and Jachep near India-Myanmar-China trijunction.

Rahul Gandhi is conquering the margins like Shivaji did. Is this marginal politics?

The so-called ‘middle class’ is not the fat middle but a thin crust in Indian society. Politics of the margins is mainstream politics as the mainstream flows through the margins.

Kamakhya corridor, Guinness book entry—how Himanta Sarma is fashioning Assam renaissance

In ‘Modi’s Northeast Story’, Tuhin A Sinha and Aditya Pittie have compiled a number of essays on the role of the Modi govt in the growth and development of the Northeast.

Beijing is making inroads, Delhi is building fences. India shouldn’t give up on Myanmar

The real question for India is why it has allowed politics to mire strategically important states like Manipur in ethnic conflict, sabotaging its hopes of completing Asian Highway 1.

276 Myanmar army personnel enter Mizoram after armed ethnic group Arakan Army overruns camp

Reports from Mizoram’s border district of Lawngtlai say Myanmarese soldiers arrived at Bandukbanga village with arms and ammunition, and were being taken care of by Assam Rifles.

Back to AGP after resigning from Congress? Assam leader slams party for neglecting North Cachar polls

BJP retained power by sweeping 25 of 28 seats in North Cachar Hills Autonomous Council polls. Compelled to leave party & submit resignation, says Apurba Bhattacharjee.

Arunachal Pradesh is the Davos of vroom vroom vroom. It’s the motorsport hub of the rich

The once-sleepy streets of Dambuk are now lined with McLaren, Audi R8, Ferrari, Aston Martin, Porsche, Nissan GTR, and Lamborghini. The exotic wheels have put state tourism in the fast lane.

On Camera

No Mamata Banerjee, women’s safety isn’t a curfew issue

For Indian women, the smallest unit of control becomes the family; the largest, the State. Both speak the same language.

Niti Aayog recommends fully decriminalising 12 offences under new I-T Act to ‘foster more trust’

Recommendations appear in Niti Aayog’s Tax Policy Working Paper Series–II. It says there is a need to shift away from fear-based enforcement to trust-based governance.

India, UK sign £350 mn deal for Martlet. What are these Lightweight Multirole Missiles

In service with the British military since 2019, it is also known as the Martlet missile. Ukrainians have also deployed these missiles against Russian troops.

CJI, IPS, IAS & Homebound: A wake-up call 75 years in the making

Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.