World Cup Football Fever In International Border

07 August 2010: When the people of the world are shivering with the fever of joy of the FIFA world cup, the inhabitants of the India Bangladesh International Border (IBIB), specially, no man’s land area, could not keep themselves aloof from the wave of it, but there are certain interesting facts not widely known, writes Shib Shankar Chatterjee.

Dilution of AFSPA will break the country

30 June 2010 [by Brigadier Arun Bajpai (Retd)]: At a time when India’s 83 districts and 40000 square kilometer of area has been literally liberated by the Naxals, Pakistani ISI and Jehadis have openly joined hands to destabilize India, a fact recently disclosed by National Investigative Agency (NIA) that interrogated David Coleman the Mumbai attack mastermind and North East India simmeri

Erratic Rainfalls in Assam

26 May 2010: Heavy rain has lashed many places in Assam so far this year and affected hundreds of people as flooding has displaced thousands of households. It destroyed houses and crops and caused shortage of drinking water and disrupted electricity supply. Access to some areas has reportedly been cut by floodwaters.

Illegal Raping of Forests in Northeast India

23 June 2010: Extremists and Timber Mafias of Indian States and Bangladesh are actively engaged in deforestation in persuit of timber, the 'green gold' of Northeast India. Prohibitory warning order to stop illegal falling of forests in Northeast India has os far proved ineefective in protecting the forest cover, writes Shib Shankar Chatterjee.