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
Mokokchung rises from ashes
A Nagaland town that was set ablaze in December 1994 by the army in retaliation to a rebel ambush, is now an important link in Indo-Myanmar trade, reports Rahul Karmakar.
Updated on Dec 06, 2007 03:09 AM IST
None | Rahul Karmakar, Nagaland
Tribal tribulations
There is a divide between the adivasis and non-adivasis in Assam. The authorities can ignore this division only at the region’s peril, writes Rahul Karmakar.
Updated on Nov 28, 2007 10:00 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rahul Karmakar
Assam simmers over woman’s stripping
The retaliatory violence during an unruly Adivasi demonstration in Guwahati on Saturday has left Assam shocked after an Adivasi woman was and stripped in public and assaulted, reports Rahul Karmakar.
Updated on Nov 27, 2007 01:53 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rahul Karmakar, Guwahati
Mobs lynch tribals in Guwahati
A rally by Adivasis demanding Scheduled Tribe (ST) status turned into bloodbath in Guwahati on Saturday, killing one person— though the unofficial toll was 7—and injuring over 300.
Updated on Nov 25, 2007 02:59 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rahul Karmakar and Digambar Patowary, Guwahati
Monkey business in corridors of power
Dogs hounding legislators and monkeys trying to grab cell phones of political leaders are a common sight at the Assam Assembly, reports Rahul Karmakar.
Updated on Nov 18, 2007 01:57 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rahul Karmakar, Guwahati
Probe panel indicts Mahanta
The KN Saikia Commission report holds Assam’s “police hierarchy up to the home minister” responsible for the extra-judicial killing of militants and their relatives during the late 1990s, reports Rahul Karmakar.
Updated on Nov 16, 2007 02:19 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rahul Karmakar, Guwahati
In-laws-to-be thrash man for hiding baldness
The future in-laws of a 33-year-old man thrashed him black and blue on Monday night, reports Rahul Karmakar.
Updated on Nov 15, 2007 02:25 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rahul Karmakar, Guwahati
Chilli shock for elephants
Authorities are erecting rope fences dipped in chilli powder around paddy fields and plantations to reduce man-elephant conflicts, reports Rahul Karmakar.
Updated on Nov 14, 2007 12:29 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rahul Karmakar, Guwahati
The last bastion of rock
While the metros sway to desi beats and Beyoncé, the Northeast is the country’s only region to actively promote home-grown rock, reports Rahul Karmakar.
Updated on Oct 28, 2007 03:31 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rahul Karmakar, Guwahati
‘Assam losing land to Bangladesh’
The Ministry of Home Affairs’ (MHA) alleged indifference has led Assam to lose large stretches of fertile land to Bangladesh, reports Rahul Karmakar.
Updated on Jun 07, 2012 05:20 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rahul Karmakar, Guwahati
Assam Rifles ‘rebel’ soldier in dungeon for 9 months
India’s oldest paramilitary force has allegedly made a rebel soldier undergo a primitive punishment months in a pitch-black dungeon, reports Rahul Karmakar.
Updated on Oct 02, 2007 02:07 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rahul Karmakar, Shillong
A clan returns to claim 'its' Shillong
Numbering over 800, the Nongkhlaws — a Khasi clan — ask the government of Meghalaya to hand over some 1,000 acres of prime land in Shillong, Rahul Karmakar tells more about this unique tribe...
Updated on May 16, 2012 10:34 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rahul Karmakar, Guwahati
Ulfa heading for split, claims army
Electronic intercepts by the army indicate such a possibility for perhaps the only outfit in the Northeast that has kept factionalism at bay, reports Rahul Karmakar.
Updated on Sep 27, 2007 02:37 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rahul Karmakar, Guwahati
Muslim man’s dream helps save temple
A Muslim man’s dream has helped uncover what archaeologists believe may be the remains of an 11th century temple in Guwahati, reports Rahul Karmakar.
Updated on Sep 24, 2007 02:16 AM IST
None | Rahul Karmakar, Guwahati
Not Bollywood, but this remake is a hit
Although Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag bombed at the box office, Champak Sarmar Sholay is a rage in Assam, reports Rahul Karmakar.
Updated on Sep 06, 2007 02:24 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rahul Karmakar, Guwahati
Assam bans begging by elephants
Principal chief conservator of forests (wildlife) has issued an order asking his officers to take action against those who use jumbos for begging on the roads, reports Rahul Karmakar.
Updated on Aug 30, 2007 02:51 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rahul Karmakar, Guwahati
Ethnic heat on Assam’s carnage zone
Barely a fortnight after witnessing bloodbath against Hindi-speaking settlers, Assam’s Karbi Anglong district is under siege again, reports Rahul Karmakar.
Updated on Aug 19, 2007 08:30 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rahul Karmakar, Guwahati
'Rambos' to battle Assam ultras
The Assam Govt will train 1,000 men who will live in the jungle much like actor Stallone in First Blood, reports Rahul Karmakar.
Updated on Aug 18, 2007 11:38 AM IST
None | Rahul Karmakar, Guwahati
Rambos to counter Ulfa
The Govt will raise a battalion of Rambo-like fighters and also involve local people for intelligence gathering against militants, reports Rahul Karmakar.
Updated on Aug 17, 2007 08:34 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rahul Karmakar, Guwahati
Farmers turn shareholders
Manga Singson, a farmer from Kotlem village, never knew the ginger he grew was worth a fortune. Today, he is a key member of a bullish group of growers possessing market-driven share certificates, reports Rahul Karmakar.
Updated on Aug 17, 2007 06:11 AM IST
None | Rahul Karmakar, Diphu, Karbi Anglong
6 more non-Assamese killed
Karbi Longri Northcachar Liberation Front (KLNLF) militants shot dead six persons in Karbi Anglong Hill district since Saturday night.
Updated on Aug 13, 2007 01:35 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Digambar Patowary and Rahul Karmakar, Guwahati
No data on Bangladeshis in Assam: Gogoi
A week after putting the 'Indian' tag on over 3,000 suspected Bangladeshis ejected by Arunachal and Nagaland, Assam CM has said that their citizenship was being verified, reports Rahul Karmakar.
Updated on Aug 06, 2007 06:25 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rahul Karmakar, Guwahati
Meghalaya tribal award for Al Gore
Gore will be awarded for his hard-hitting environmental documentary An Inconvenient Truth, which won three Academy Awards, reports Rahul Karmakar.
Updated on Aug 03, 2007 03:19 PM IST
None | Rahul Karmakar, Guwahati
Assam ban on civilians in battle fatigues
The Assam government has barred civilians from wearing olive green battle fatigues donned by Army and paramilitary forces personnel, reports Rahul Karmakar.
Updated on Aug 03, 2007 03:14 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rahul Karmakar, Guwahati
Making most of deluge in Assam
Members of a committe in Assam pray for annual floods so that they can lease out the surface area of their flooded crop fields to fish mahaldars, reports Rahul Karmakar.
Updated on Aug 02, 2007 05:44 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rahul Karmakar, Guwahati
Naga truce extended for indefinite period
The Centre and NSCN(I-M) decides to extend the truce indefinitely subject to progress of peace talks between the two sides to find a negotiated settlement.
Updated on Aug 01, 2007 02:21 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rahul Karmakar, Dimapur
Crucial Delhi-NSCN talks tomorrow
A crucial, decade-ender dialogue between New Delhi and the NSCN (Isak-Muivah) group gets under way at Dimapur on Tuesday, reports Rahul Karmakar.
Updated on Jul 31, 2007 01:53 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rahul Karmakar, Guwahati
Manipur begins fowl culling
All chicken and other domesticated birds within five kms of Chingmeirong area would be killed, reports Rahul Karmakar.
Updated on Jul 27, 2007 03:14 AM IST
None | Rahul Karmakar, Guwahati
Rain delays Manipur fowl culling
Rain and medical check-up of the culling team delayed the exercise by over 10 hours in Manipur, reports Rahul Karmaka.
Updated on Jul 26, 2007 07:58 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rahul Karmakar, Guwahati
Driving into a script row in Manipur
There is a new 'menace' on the roads of Manipur these days — vehicles sporting registration numbers in an ancient script few can read.
Updated on Jul 25, 2007 05:06 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rahul Karmakar and Sobhapati Samom, Guwahati/imphal