Rahul Karmakar was part of Hindustan Times’ nationwide network of correspondents that brings news, analysis and information to its readers. He no longer works with the Hindustan Times.
Articles by Rahul Karmakar
Boys swapped at birth: Assam court says let them decide at 18 about returning
The court said the boys were too attached to their non-biological mothers to be exchanged again, and decided that the boys should choose at 18 whom they want to be with.
Updated on Jan 26, 2018 11:53 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Guwahati | Rahul Karmakar, Guwahati
Close shave for Manipur CM, 177 others as bird hits Air India flight
Though the plane was damaged, the pilots managed to land it safely at Guwahati’s Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi Airport. However, the flight’s onward journey was cancelled.
Updated on Jan 19, 2018 11:00 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Guwahati | Rahul Karmakar
BJP’s Northeast policy faces test in elections in Meghalaya, Nagaland and Tripura
The Election Commission on Thursday announced the election dates – February 18 for Tripura and February 27 for Meghalaya and Nagaland. The results will be declared on March 3.
Updated on Jan 18, 2018 07:06 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rahul Karmakar
Northeastern neighbours wary of migrant spillover as Assam updates NRC
The first draft of the National Register of Citizens established 19 million people out of 32.9 million as legal residents. Officials have promised that those left out will be included in the next list – expected by July – after their documents are verified.
Updated on Jan 07, 2018 08:04 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Guwahati | Rahul Karmakar
Assam police registers case against Mamata Banerjee over NRC remark
The West Bengal chief minister had accused the Centre of hatching a conspiracy to drive out Bengalis from Assam by excluding their names from the first draft of National Register of Citizens.
Updated on Jan 04, 2018 09:13 PM IST
Guwahati, Hindustan Times | Rahul Karmakar
Chinese troops intruded into Arunachal with road equipment
China’s latest incursion, which comes four months after the two nuclear-armed neighbours ended a tense border standoff at Doklam is a rare one for this time of the year.
Updated on Jan 03, 2018 07:24 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Guwahati/New Delhi | Rahul Karmakar and Rajesh Ahuja
Five injured as Assam tea estate owner, brother open fire at irate labourers
The tea plantation workers were protesting against the “measly” Durga Puja bonus awarded to them when the incident occurred. The two have been arrested.
Updated on Dec 13, 2017 08:20 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Guwahati | Rahul Karmakar
Test this: Arunachal civil service exam questions copied from Pakistan website
More than half the questions were copied from www.cssforum.com.pk, a resource website for civil services examinations in Pakistan
Updated on Dec 12, 2017 08:33 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Guwahati | Rahul Karmakar
Brahmaputra blackened by China? Assam sends water samples to Hyderabad lab
Blackened, muddy waters of the Siang triggered conspiracy theories about China constructing a tunnel to divert the water of Yarlung Tsangpo.
Updated on Dec 09, 2017 09:06 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Guwahati | Rahul Karmakar
NHRC issues notice to Arunachal, HRD over stripping of schoolgirls
Eighty-eight students of class VI and VII of a shool were allegedly forced to undress by three teachers as a punishment for writing vulgar words against the head teacher.
Updated on Dec 01, 2017 09:03 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Guwahati | Rahul Karmakar
Case registered against Arunachal teachers for disrobing girls
The case was registered on Thursday after a team from the women’s police station went to the school and took the statement of the girls.
Updated on Nov 30, 2017 11:11 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Guwahati | Rahul Karmakar, Guwahati
Gunrunner charge sheeted by NIA appointed NSCN-IM military chief
Anthony Ningkhan Shimray, the new military chief of NSCN (I-M) faction, spent almost six years in Delhi’s Tihar jail after being arrested for gunrunning in 2010.
Published on Nov 29, 2017 09:30 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Guwahati | Rahul Karmakar
Siang River turns muddy but Arunachal Pradesh is happy with diversion
Officials feared for the aquatic life if the Siang river continues to be this turbid.
Updated on Nov 29, 2017 08:55 AM IST
Guwahati, Hindustan Times | Rahul Karmakar
China on the sidelines, badminton team’s Arunachal owners recruit Taiwan star
Taiwanese shuttler Wang Tzu Wei, the men’s world number 10, is the icon player of North Eastern Warriors.
Updated on Nov 27, 2017 11:00 PM IST
Guwahati, Hindustan Times | Rahul Karmakar
5 out of 5: Gold rush for India at Women’s Youth World Championships
Indians won as many as five gold medals in the Women’s World Youth Boxing Championships in Guwahati on Sunday. This is India’s best ever show at the event
Updated on Nov 26, 2017 09:39 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Guwahati | Rahul Karmakar
Manipur needs image makeover to be India’s Act East hub, says CM N Biren
In the recently concluded North East Development Summit , the state has signed 49 deals worth Rs 5,000-crore, the chief minister says.
Updated on Nov 26, 2017 06:33 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Imphal | Rahul Karmakar
India’s longest bridge is reason for festival in Assam
Organisers hope to cash in on the large volume of traffic in the winter and get the government’s recognition to pitch the festival as an official event.
Published on Nov 26, 2017 06:32 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Guwahati | Rahul Karmakar
Despite ban by govt, militants, tobacco use is climbing in Assam and Manipur
Tobacco consumption has increased from 39.3% to 48.2% in six fiscals since 2009-10 in Assam and from 54.1% to 55.1% in Manipur.
Updated on Nov 26, 2017 04:36 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Guwahati | Rahul Karmakar
Packing a punch: Haryana boxer Jyoti wants to be father’s golden girl
Jyoti, 17, has outpunched formidable Ukrainian, Italian and Kazakh opponents to reach the final of the Women’s World Youth Boxing Championships, which is likely to produce India’s crop of boxers for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Updated on Nov 25, 2017 08:01 PM IST
Guwahati | Rahul Karmakar
Nagaland seeks support after women’s cricket team crashes to 2 all out vs Kerala
Nagaland U-19 women’s cricket team were dismissed for just 2 runs. Kerala won the 50-over match by 10 wickets off the first delivery in Guntur
Updated on Nov 25, 2017 11:34 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Guwahati | Rahul Karmakar
‘Plan bee’ keeps elephants off railway tracks in Assam
Growing man-animal conflict including train accidents has resulted in deaths of 225 jumbos in Assam between 2006 and 2016.
Updated on Nov 24, 2017 07:50 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Guwahati | Rahul Karmakar, Guwahati
Three Indian boxers enter finals of AIBA World Youth Boxing Championships
Jyoti Gulia (51kg), Shashi Chopra (57kg) and Ankushita Boro (64kg) claimed contrasting victories to enter the summit clashes of their respective weight categories in the AIBA World Youth Boxing Championships.
Updated on Nov 24, 2017 10:24 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Guwahati | Rahul Karmakar
Assam civil service officer quits, says pained by media trial in cash-for-jobs scam
A dentist last year helped the police trap an assistant engineer in Dibrugarh taking a bribe of Rs 10 lakh for an assured job in a government hospital.
Updated on Nov 24, 2017 04:29 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Guwahati | Rahul Karmakar
Assam minister Himanta Biswa Sarma says sins cause cancer, draws criticism
Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said some people suffered from cancer, some died in accidents and this was all because of sins.
Updated on Nov 23, 2017 09:22 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Guwahati | Rahul Karmakar
Angry with ‘VVIP culture’, woman argues with minister Alphons over flight delay
The video shows a passenger, who had to attend a funeral in Patna, complaining to Alphons about the flight being delayed due to VIP movement.
Updated on Nov 23, 2017 08:17 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Imphal | Rahul Karmakar, Imphal
Stuck in Manipur jail for 5 years, Rohingyas seek UN help
Caught entering India illegally in 2012, Mohammed Hussain’s term expired six months later. But the Myanmar government is reluctant to accept him and 13 others.
Published on Nov 22, 2017 12:14 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Guwahati | Rahul Karmakar, Guwahati
Spurned by family, hungry Mizo boxer sets ring on fire
Mizoram’s Vanlalhriatpuii became the School Games Champion in 2015 and gold at the National Championship earned her a berth in the national youth team earlier this year
Updated on Nov 22, 2017 11:58 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Guwahati | Rahul Karmakar
YouTube turns virtual teacher for 10-year-old rhythmic gymnast in Assam
Upasha Talukdar, a 10-year-old rhythmic gymnast from Assam, watched Russian and Ukranian gymnasts on YouTube and began copying their moves and postures as there were no coaches available in the Northeast to teach her this art.
Updated on Nov 19, 2017 09:32 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Guwahati | Rahul Karmakar
ISL 2017-18: Ten-man Jamshedpur FC hold NorthEast United FC to goalless draw
NorthEast United FC started their Indian Super League 2017-18 campaign with a goalless draw versus debutants Jamshedpur FC, who were reduced to ten men late in the second half
Updated on Nov 18, 2017 11:39 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Guwahati | Rahul Karmakar
ISL 2017: Rowllin Borges may miss NorthEast United FC’s opener vs Jamshedpur FC
NorthEast United FC’s skipper Robert Lalthlamuana feels Rowllin Borges’ absence will not dim the fire his boys have to challenge Jamshedpur in their Indian Super League (ISL 2017) opener , a team formed largely by players from Kerala FC and Atletico de Kolkata.
Updated on Nov 17, 2017 08:57 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Guwahati | Rahul Karmakar