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
Ex-DGP spanner in maid murder case: Meghalaya cops
Junior colleagues of Meghalaya’s ex-police chief WR Marbaniang have accused him of trying to put them off a case involving the murder of a maid in his wife’s house, reports Rahul Karmakar.
Updated on Jul 23, 2007 09:19 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rahul Karmakar, Guwahati
Matrilineal Meghalaya in tax dilemma
Around 450 offices across Meghalaya have received a notice from the income tax department asking them to deduct taxes from employees who were born of mixed parentage, R Karmakar tells more.
Updated on Jul 23, 2007 01:44 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rahul Karmakar, Guwahati
Tall, wheatish, whiskered? Join Ulfa
If the armed forces are to be believed, the militant group is recruiting a different breed of "soldiers", reports Rahul Karmakar.
Updated on Jul 22, 2007 08:26 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rahul Karmakar, Guwahati
Postcard missiles for new President
Sensing that a woman could become India's President, human rights activists across 19 countries are buying out postcards for another woman against an Act the armed forces use as an armour, reports Rahul Karmakar.
Updated on Jul 02, 2007 06:56 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rahul Karmakar, Guwahati
Ulfa-abducted FCI officer killed
After keeping him hostage for over ten weeks, Ulfa kills Ghaziabad-based FCI director Phool Chand Ram, reports Rahul Karmakar.
Updated on Jul 01, 2007 03:35 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rahul Karmakar, Guwahati
Seven killed as train derails in Assam
Seven persons, including the engine driver, were killed when a goods train derailed in the North Cachar hills district on Monday, reports Rahul Karmakar.
Updated on Jun 26, 2007 03:29 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rahul Karmakar, Guwahati
Farmers float company, make history
On Sunday, 72-year-old Monsing Teron — the headman of Paroli, a village in Assam's Karbi Anglong district — became the director of the first company to be floated by farmers, reports Rahul Karmakar.
Updated on Jun 25, 2007 02:42 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rahul Karmakar, Paroli (karbi Anglong)
Don’t like your suitor? Play the muin
For ages, women in remote Ri-Bhoi district in Meghalaya have been using the muin, a four-inch multi-purpose musical instrument to keep suitors and lover-boys at bay, reports Rahul Karmakar.
Updated on Jun 21, 2007 02:16 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rahul Karmakar, Shillong
Ulfa threat looms large on Asian GP
2 Ulfa militants confess they were assigned to sabotage the Asian Grand Prix, reports Rahul Karmakar.
Updated on Jun 20, 2007 03:06 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rahul Karmakar, Guwahati
Tea turns toffee to reach kid brigade
Tea researchers in Assam have discovered the toffee route to a “minor” consumer base — children, reports Rahul Karmakar.
Updated on Jun 19, 2007 04:44 AM IST
None | Rahul Karmakar, Guwahati
Pranab launches ‘Look East Policy’ initiative
The external affairs minister launches an initiative towards involving the civil society in formulating and reviewing region-specific foreign policies, reports Rahul Karmakar.
Updated on Jun 17, 2007 02:20 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rahul Karmakar, Shillong
DD Lapang, coalition discuss uranium
The Meghalaya CM takes the 'dinner diplomacy' route to tide over mining row, reports Rahul Karmakar.
Updated on Jun 12, 2007 08:37 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rahul Karmakar, Guwahati
Uranium hunt sparks shutdown in Meghalaya
Atomic energy officials face villagers' hostility who live in the middle of India’s richest uranium belt, report Rahul Karmakar & Reshma Patil.
Updated on Jun 12, 2007 11:57 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rahul Karmakar and Reshma Patil, Shillong
Meghalaya’s monster makeover
Planning an exotic holiday? How about chasing a monster across rainforests, waterfalls and unending stalactite caves? Rahul Karmakar gives details.
Updated on Jun 09, 2007 02:11 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rahul Karmakar, Guwahati
NE states for intelligence sharing against ultras
Police chiefs of four northeastern states and heads of other security and intelligence agencies converged to remove a sore spot in combating militancy—lack of intelligence sharing, reports Rahul Karmakar.
Updated on Jun 04, 2007 09:12 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rahul Karmakar, Guwahati
Entertaining people, on wheels
Around 30 of Assam’s mobile theatre groups do a lot of good work that has nothing to do with the entertainment they put up, reports Rahul Karmakar.
Updated on Jun 04, 2007 05:23 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rahul Karmakar, Guwahati
Rio government averts crisis
The Nagaland government averts a crisis after dissidents meet Governor K Shankaranarayanan for a change in leadership, reports Rahul Karmakar.
Updated on Jun 03, 2007 01:38 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rahul Karmakar, Guwahati
RTI impact: top officer arrested
Police arrest Jagyeswar Nath, a deputy secretary in a state dpt, on charges of embezzlement in rural developmental schemes, reports Rahul Karmakar.
Updated on Jun 01, 2007 09:49 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rahul Karmakar, Guwahati
Tawang orphans find a place they can call home
Arunachal Pradesh is often referred to as India's potential powerhouse with a capability of generating 50,000 MW of hydroelectric power, writes Rahul Karmakar.
Updated on Jun 01, 2007 12:45 AM IST
None | Rahul Karmakar, Guwahati
Anti-Ulfa bandh paralyses Assam
Trade bodies hit back at the Ulfa with a 24-hour bandh, while serving the Assam Govt a seven-day deadline to solve the militancy issue, reports Rahul Karmakar.
Updated on May 29, 2007 12:32 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rahul Karmakar, Guwahati
RTI mover on the run after multi-scam bust
Akhil Gogoi exercised his right to know the status of rural schemes. He is on the run today for he knew too much, reports Rahul Karmakar.
Updated on May 26, 2007 04:09 AM IST
None | Rahul Karmakar, Golaghat (assam)
Gogoi asked to avoid public meetings
Assam police's Special Branch (SB) has advised AM Tarun Gogoi and seven of his cabinet colleagues to restrict their movement and avoid public meetings, reports Rahul Karmakar.
Updated on May 23, 2007 12:15 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rahul Karmakar, Guwahati
Abductions at home and abroad
The abduction of an Assamese engineer by militants in Nigeria puts the focus back on the "kidnapping industry" at home, reports Rahul Karmakar.
Updated on May 21, 2007 07:26 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rahul Karmakar, Guwahati
Abducted Indians in Nigeria may be freed
The two engineers' Indonesian employers say they have begun paying the ransom in installments, reports Rahul Karmakar.
Updated on May 21, 2007 03:19 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rahul Karmakar, Guwahati
ULFA extortion goes micro, EMI
Taking cue from the worlds of banking and investment market, ULFA now decides to extort in "equated monthly installments", reports Rahul Karmakar.
Updated on May 18, 2007 05:59 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rahul Karmakar, Guwahati
After high drama, PM elected to RS
Also declared elected was Kumar Dipak Das of the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), reports Rahul Karmakar.
Updated on May 17, 2007 10:25 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rahul Karmakar, Guwahati
Gogoi vows stern action against ULFA
The Assam CM says this after the rebels gunned down six Hindi-speaking in two eastern Assam districts, reports Rahul Karmakar.
Updated on May 16, 2007 03:17 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rahul Karmakar, Guwahati
RS poll: Consensus eludes Assam Opposition
The Opposition parties in Assam fails to overcome their ideological differences and put up a consensus candidate, reports Rahul Karmakar.
Updated on May 14, 2007 09:24 PM IST
None | Rahul Karmakar
Hope for uranium mining in Meghalaya
Uranium mining takes a step with the State’s Pollution Control Board to hold a public hearing, reports Rahul Karmakar.
Updated on May 12, 2007 08:02 PM IST
None | Rahul Karmakar, Guwahati
PM files Rajya Sabha nomination in Assam
Manmohan Singh on Wednesday filed his nomination papers in the Assembly in Assam seeking re-election for a fourth successive term to the Rajya Sabha, reports Rahul Karmakar.
Updated on May 09, 2007 11:05 PM IST
None | Rahul Karmakar, Guwahati