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Background:

Northeast India (general)

India decoded: The forgotten east, by Ruhi Tewari (re 15/05/2012)

Arms not under control, by Kishalay Bhattacharjee (rep 26/07/2011)

Indigenes and interlopers: As the agricultural frontier advances, the Northeast needs to move toward a regime that recognises the rights and humanity of all, be they natives or settlers, as equal, by Sanjib Baruah (hsa 07/2010)

Northeast counterculture (hsa 07/2010)

Arunachal Pradesh


Assam

Assam marks Bhanu Jayanti, by Rewati Raman Sapkota (rep 15/07/2011), Bhanu Jayanti in Assam, by Reawti Raman Sapkota (rep 15/07/2011)

Assam Nepali literary congregation next week, by Rewati Raman Sapkota (rep 18/04/2011)

Three Nepali nationals killed in Assam following abduction (nn 29/11/2010)

Nepali-speaking youths shot dead in Assam (nn 11/11/2010), Nepali Speakers Hit: Two Nepalese speaking Indian citizens were killed in the recent violence in the north Indian state of Assam although the they did not seem to be the target, by Uma Kanta Khanal (sp 19/11/2010)

Gaining Ground: Gorkhas living in Assam are for the first time getting government aid through the Gorkha Develoment Council, by Umakanta Khanal (sp 03/09/2010)

Those school-less days: Strikes and blockades mean different things to different people – but for children during the Assam Agitation, they were just an extended holiday, by Pankaz Sharma (hsa 07/2010)

Darjeeling

Fresh trouble brewing in Darj Hills: A slew of events has fuelled distrust between state govt and GJM, by Mahesh Acharya (kp 25/04/2012)

21 houses gutted in Darjeeling, by Roshan Sanwa (rep 21/04/2012), 90 houses gutted in Darj blaze (kp 21/04/2012)

Gorkhaland territorial administration: Delay throws GTA into question, by Mahesh Acharya (kp 19/02/2012)

GJM raises new demand, by Roshan Sawar (rep 01/11/2011)

30 people killed in Darjeeling bridge collapse (nn 23/10/2011)

Darj set-up gets legal recognition (kp 04/09/2011)

Success Of A Sort: With their demands accepted, the people living in the hills of Darjeeling heave a sigh of relief, by Uma Kanta Khanal (sp 05/08/2011)

Gorkhaland issue: New deal likely on Darjeeling by Friday (kp 17/07/2011), Darjeeling wins more autonomy, by Roshan Sanwa (rep 19/07/2011), GJM, state, central govt ink ‘historic’ deal: Gorkhaland Territorial Administration gets more teeth than earlier set-up, by Mahesh Acharya (kp 19/07/2011), Footnotes of 'historic' Gorkhaland treaty, by Kishalay Bhattacharjee (rep 20/07/2011), Dooars, Tarai Gorkhas to be part of GTA: GJM, by Parbat Portel (kp 20/07/2011), Footnote to Sugauli: Two hundred years is a long time to figure out where you belong, by Jyoti Malhotra (nt 22/07/2011), The flower that beat the sickle, by Danielle Preiss (kp 23/07/2011)

Dissension Grows, by Uma Kanta Khanal (sp 01/07/2011)

Gorkhaland issue: GJM, state talks ‘positive’, by Mahesh Acharya (kp 07/06/2011), Interim set-up deal ‘struck’, by Mahesh Acharya and Parbat Portel (kp 08/06/2011), Darjeeling deal draws flak from CPRM, ADGL, by Parbat Portel (kp 09/06/2011), Interim deal to push demand: GJM, b y Parbat Portel (kp 10/06/2011)

WB govt, GJM to resume talks on June 6, by Mahesh Acharya (kp 01/06/2011)

Nepali speaking community gear up for Darjeeling election (rep 02/04/2011)

GJM acolytes swamp cop precincts (kp 15/02/2011), 5000 protestors court arrest in Darjeeling (nn 15/02/2011), GJM supporters continue to flood police stations (kp 16/02/2011), Four-day respite
from GJM strike
(kp 19/02/2011), Burning hills: Chaos grips the Darjeeling hills following the death of two Gorkha Janamukti Morcha supporters in police firing, by Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay (fl 26/02/2011), Indian Home Ministry positive on resolving issue, says GJM, by Parbat Portel (kp 26/02/2011)

Five die in Gorkhaland agitation (nn 09/02/2011),Darjeeling tense after killing of 3 Gorkhaland supporters; WB govt wants Army to step in (nn 09/02/2011)

In A Lull: Darjeeling is quiet now as a lull before a storm, by Uma Kanta Khanal (sp 29/10/2010)

Gorkhaland talks end in standoff, by Parbat Portel (kp 18/08/2010)

Premature Gorkhaland, by Sanjay Pradhan (hsa 07/2010)

Troubled Movement: Assasination of senior Gorkha leader Madan Tamang was a major setback to Gorkhaland Movement, by Uma Kanta Khanal (sp 18/06/2010), Travails of the new Darjeeling satrap: Failure to act on the murder of opposition leader Madan Tamang reflects the political calculations involved in maintaining the tripartite talks on the Gorkhaland question, by Niraj Lama (hsa 07/2010)

Gorkha leader killed in Darjeeling (nn 21/05/2010), Gorkhaland leader killed, by Parbat Portel (kp 22/05/2010), GJM bid to smear Maoists, by Parbat Portel (kp 24/05/2010), Tamang murder deathknell for GJM, by Parbat Portel (kp 26/05/2010)

Gorkhaland: Fresh Agitation, by Uma Kanta Khanal (sp 21/05/2010)

Darjeeling Deadlock: The movement for separate Gorkhaland state within India peaks, by Uma Kanta Khanal (sp 05/03/2010)

Agitating Again: Gorkha Janamukti Morcha announces a new round of agitation after its fourth tripartite talks fail, by Uma Kanta Khanal (sp 08/01/2010)

Manipur

Home before dark: In an atmosphere of fear, simple entertainment has become a luxury difficult to obtain in Manipur, by Akoijam Sunita (hsa 07/2010)

Valley versus hill: The crisis in Manipur is based in the Imphal government’s inability to regard all the state’s population as its own, and its indifference towards Naga concerns, by Dolly Kikon (hsa 07/2010)

Beyond ethnicity and territoriality: The standoff in Manipur demonstrates the evolving politics of ethnic exclusionism in the Indian Northeast, and New Delhi’s collusion in the process, by Yengkhom Jilangamba (hsa 07/2010)

After 69 days: Into the Manipur tangle, where a record-long economic blockade has only sharpened the polarisation, by Kishalay Bhattacharjee (hsa 07/2010)

Meghalaya


Mizoram


Nagaland

Nepal blamed for ‘missing’ Naga leader (kp 04/10/2010)


Sikkim

Sikkim Tourism Hurt: The recent earthquake badly hurt tourism in the Indian state of Sikkim, by Uma Kantza Khanal (sp 21/10/2011)

Sikkim Assembly supports 'genuine and legitimate' Gorkhaland demand (nn 30/03/2011)

Dreaming Gangtok: Our politicians should go to Sikkim to see and learn from the progress it has made, by Khagendra N. Sharma (kp 07/01/2011)

Back to the hills: Will Nepali hills be like Sikkim which could prosper even without agricultural produce of the plains?, by Pramod Mishra (kp 24/02/2010)


Tripura


Uttaranchal

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