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
‘Dangerous’ trees posing risk to people? Meghalaya has helplines for cutting them
The Meghalaya forest department provided three helpline numbers for people to inform about trees that pose a risk to commuters, and to avoid accidents.
Updated on Aug 15, 2017 02:43 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Guwahati | Rahul Karmakar
Flood situation worsens in Assam, 5 dead
Saturday’s casualty has taken the toll in floods to more than 150 across five north-eastern states — Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Mizoram and Nagaland.
Published on Aug 12, 2017 11:17 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Guwahati | Rahul Karmakar, Guwahati
RSS running Assam govt, Sonowal is ‘spineless’, says ex-CM Tarun Gogoi
Congress leader Tarun Gogoi said the Assam government has been made accountable to the RSS, and even the chief secretary has to update the RSS on the government’s performance.
Updated on Aug 12, 2017 09:33 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Guwahati | Rahul Karmakar
Marital problems may have driven Buxar DM Mukesh Pandey to suicide: Family
District magistrate of Buxar in Bihar, Mukesh Pandey (29), was found dead on the railway tracks in Ghaziabad on Thursday night. Family, friends and colleagues, who arrived in Ghaziabad following the suicide by the 2012 batch Bihar cadre IAS officer, said they were shocked.
Published on Aug 11, 2017 11:16 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Peeyush Khandelwal and Rahul Karmakar, Ghaziabad
India at 70: In Nagaland’s men-only politics, one woman is shaking up the system
Rosemary Dzuvichu has made her presence felt in local administration in Kohima. And as president of the Kohima District Mahila Congress, she had drafted the party’s first manifesto on women.
Updated on Aug 11, 2017 09:04 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Kohima | Rahul Karmakar
Miss Arunachal 2017 pageant to have quotas for 3 tribes with China roots
Women belonging to three underprivileged tribes – Lisu, Nah and Puroik -- will be given direct entry into the contest when auditions open next month
Updated on Aug 10, 2017 05:41 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Guwahati | Rahul Karmakar
Meghalaya: Action against NCP MLA sought for ‘assaulting’ woman, army-job seekers
The MLA, however, denied assaulting or misbehaving with anyone and claimed people with vested interests are trying to tarnish his image.
Updated on Aug 07, 2017 08:59 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Guwahati | Rahul Karmakar
Students denied MBBS seats: End racism against indigenous Chakmas by encouraging merit, Mizoram CM urged
The Mizoram government cancelled seats of four Chakma students within hours of allocation on July 20 after a Mizo student body demanded that medical seats be allotted only to Mizo students
Updated on Aug 07, 2017 06:19 PM IST
Chakma students protest discrimination by Mizoram govt
Four Chakma students lost admission to medical colleges after a student group demanded that ethnic Mizos receive preferential treatment.
Published on Aug 07, 2017 04:30 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Guwahati | Rahul Karmakar
Former Nagaland CM Shurhozelie Liezietsu wins assembly bypoll
Shurhozelie Liezietsu was ousted by NPF colleague TR Zeliang in July 19.
Updated on Aug 03, 2017 03:27 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Guwahati | Rahul Karmakar
PM Modi takes stock of Assam flood damage after being criticised for visiting home state first
At least 130 lives have been lost and more than 25 lakh people have been hit by floods in Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur and Mizoram between April and July
Updated on Aug 01, 2017 01:13 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Guwahati | Rahul Karmakar
Rescued from Kaziranga floods, 8 rhino calves complete a year in rehab
Kaziranga’s divisional forest officer Rohini B Saikia said the park took a longer time to inundate this year, enabling more animals to flee to higher grounds than in 2016.
Published on Aug 01, 2017 07:09 AM IST
Drunk Meghalaya Police constable shoots senior, runs away with service rifle
West Jaintia Hills superintendent of police R Muthu said the assailant was in an inebriated state when the incident took place.
Updated on Jul 30, 2017 06:40 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Guwahati | Rahul Karmakar
Man accused of rape shot dead by militants in Manipur
Banned outfit United National Liberation Front (UNLF) said it gave “exemplary punishment” and killed a 43-year-old man accused of raping his 11-year-old niece.
Updated on Jul 29, 2017 10:32 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Guwahati | Rahul Karmakar
Nagaland bypoll records 77.12% turnout
The election was necessitated after Shurhozelie’s son Khriehu Liezietsu resigned last month to enable his father be an elected member of the Nagaland assembly in order to retain the CM’s chair.
Published on Jul 29, 2017 10:31 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Guwahati | Rahul Karmakar, Guwahati
Nagaland CM Zeliang denies helping RSS push Hinduism in northeastern state
Some sections allege that the RSS is patronising Hinduism-like indigenous faiths such as Heraka that has some 2,000 followers in Nagaland where Christians constitute 88% of the population.
Updated on Jul 27, 2017 08:11 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Guwahati | Rahul Karmakar
In Nagaland, 81% of MLAs now have the status of a minister
TR Zeliang has doled out special statuses, giving 47 legislators loyal to him the same perks enjoyed by ministers. By protocol, the state can only have 12 ministers
Updated on Jul 25, 2017 08:19 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Kohima | Rahul Karmakar, Kohima
BRO seeks land for tunnels to shorten road to China border in Arunachal Pradesh
The BRO has handed over a copy of the approved alignment plan to West Kameng deputy commissioner Sonal Swaroop on July 20.
Updated on Jul 23, 2017 11:00 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Guwahati | Rahul Karmakar
Congress ‘purifies’ Assam college hosting RSS training camp
Some 100 members of Congress and NSUI sprinkled milk and lit lamps at the gate of a college to “rid it of communal germs”.
Updated on Jul 22, 2017 10:28 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Guwahati | Rahul Karmakar
Student body demands refund of Gauhati University’s entrance exam fee
Entrance examinations for various postgraduate courses in Gauhati University have been postponed indefinitely
Updated on Jul 22, 2017 05:59 PM IST
Nagaland party members hold beef fest, invite ‘partisan’ governor to dinner
The NPF had severed its ties with the BJP soon after the governor dismissed Shurhozelie and appointed TR Zeliang as the chief minister.
Published on Jul 21, 2017 08:36 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Guwahati | Rahul Karmakar
Chief minister TR Zeliang wins trust vote in Nagaland Assembly
Zeliang was sworn-in on Wednesday replacing Shurhozelie Liezietsu.
Updated on Jul 21, 2017 05:21 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Guwahati | Rahul Karmakar
Assam’s only African white rhino dies at 47, meets a lonely end without a mate
People For Animals said Mohan’s death is a reminder that feral animals should not be made to undergo life in captivity.
Updated on Jul 19, 2017 09:47 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Guwahati | Rahul Karmakar
Nagaland CM Liezietsu fails to turn up for floor test, House adjourned
Former chief minister TR Zeliang, who was forced out of office in February following large-scale protests over holding of urban local bodies election with 33% reservation for women, had staked claim to form the government saying he had majority support in the House.
Updated on Jul 19, 2017 12:16 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Kohima | Rahul Karmakar
Nagaland floor test tomorrow after court dismisses CM Liezietsu’s plea
The governor’s directive to the Nagaland assembly speaker said the agenda of the special session would be “to test the majority support of the present cabinet” led by Shurhozelie.
Published on Jul 18, 2017 08:06 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Guwahati | Rahul Karmakar
Medical shocker: Manipur patient dies in excavator on way to Myanmar hospital
Community leaders allege the incident has once again exposed development disparity between state’s Imphal Valley and surrounding hills
Updated on Jul 18, 2017 10:34 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Guwahati | Rahul Karmakar
Children of unpaid Assam paper mill employees given BPL-like assistance to study
Several children had to give up seats in institutes across India because they were unable to pay admission and course fees.
Updated on Jul 17, 2017 02:05 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Guwahati | Rahul Karmakar
‘Black day’ protest greets Arunachal Pradesh CM Khandu on completing 1 year in power
Khandu assumed power in the frontier state on July 17 last year first as Congress chief minister and then wore a regional colour before switching over to the BJP eventually.
Updated on Jul 17, 2017 01:46 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Guwahati | Rahul Karmakar
Assam floods: Pregnant women, lactating mothers struggle in crammed relief camps
Life is tough for pregnant women, lactating mothers in a crammed facilities as Assam remains flooded.
Updated on Jul 16, 2017 11:17 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Kaziranga | Rahul Karmakar
Assam floods: Islands of high ground keep Kaziranga’s marooned wildlife safe
Abutting the Brahmaputra river, the lowlands of Kaziranga are inundated every year and the floodwater replenishes an eco-system that sustains the largest population of one-horned rhinoceros in the world.
Updated on Jul 16, 2017 08:07 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Kaziranga | Rahul Karmakar