Brahmaputra crosses danger mark in Guwahati as monsoon surge continues
River levels are expected to peak within 48 hours as relief camps open across the city.
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Assam’s tea gardens brace for the climate squeeze on first flush
In the gardens around Jorhat, pluckers are picking what managers call a ‘confused first flush’ —…
Meghalaya’s ‘mawsmai’ caves: speleologists map the longest cave system in South Asia
Speleologists have now mapped more than 1,700 caves in Meghalaya, including the Krem Puri — a…
Gangtok’s waste problem: a hill capital fights its own landfill
Gangtok, a city built on a hillside with no room for sprawling landfills, is in a…
Meghalaya’s coal country turns to tourism: the Jaintia transition
A decade after a Supreme Court order ended most rat-hole coal mining in the Jaintia Hills,…
The Barak’s sand islands: how Bangladesh’s biggest river shapes Silchar’s world
The Barak river, which rises in Manipur and drains to the Bay of Bengal, throws up…
Meghalaya’s ‘river caves’ festival: spelunking’s coming-out party
Meghalaya’s first dedicated caves festival, held in the rain-soaked hills above Cherrapunji, took 2,000 visitors underground…
The Khasi pine forests of Shillong: a century-old monoculture under scrutiny
The Khasi pine forests that ring Shillong were largely planted over the past century, replacing broadleaf…
The Mizoram pine-sap harvest: a wild economy under threat
The resin tapped from Mizoram’s pine forests — sold to paint and soap factories across India…
The Mizoram Aizawl–Lunglei highway: the road that splits the state’s future
The four-lane highway that will connect Aizawl to Lunglei is the most ambitious road project in…