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
Assam’s Orang may replace Kaziranga as park with highest tiger density
Orang National Park, one of the smallest national parks in India is poised to emerge as the reserve with the highest tiger density with 35 tigers per 100 sq km.
Published on Jun 17, 2017 12:25 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Guwahati | Rahul Karmakar
Moral policing backfires on NSCN-IM on home turf Manipur
NSCN-IM members have been more into moral policing and ‘tax’ collection since their outfit signed a ceasefire with Delhi in 1997.
Published on Jun 16, 2017 11:49 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Guwahati | Rahul Karmakar, Guwahati
12 dead as rain wreaks havoc across northeast
Flash floods swept away ten people in Mizoram while two persons were electrocuted in a flooded street in Guwahati.
Updated on Jun 13, 2017 11:29 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Guwahati | Rahul Karmakar
Centre’s cattle trade rules have not affected anyone in Northeast: Kiren Rijiju
Kiren Rijiju accused the Congress and ‘pseudo-secular’ groups for creating unnecessary noise over cattle trade rules.
Updated on Jul 05, 2017 01:15 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Guwahati | Rahul Karmakar
NSCN-IM says it has ‘forgiven’ SS Khaplang
SS Khaplang was the chairman of NSCK-K, a bitter rival of NSCN-IM since 1988.
Updated on Jun 11, 2017 02:24 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Guwahati | Rahul Karmakar
In Khaplang’s death, Delhi sees opportunity to wean away Indian Nagas
Delhi is hoping that following the death of Naga rebel leader SS Khaplang, Indian Nagas of the NSCN(K) group may give up insurgency and return to normal life.
Updated on Jun 10, 2017 07:53 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Guwahati | Rahul Karmakar, Guwahati
26 Assam officers take handwriting test after civil service cash-for-jobs scam
Some 250 candidates were selected for the civil, police and allied services in 2015. The scam was exposed after the arrest of an assistant engineer, caught red-handed accepting a bribe of Rs 10 lakh.
Updated on Jun 14, 2017 08:56 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Guwahati | Rahul Karmakar
NSCN(K) leader SS Khaplang dies in Myanmar
Reclusive Naga militant leader Shangnyu Shangwang Khaplang died in Myanmar. He was 77.
Updated on Jun 09, 2017 11:15 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Guwahati | Rahul Karmakar
20-day-old rhino calf dies after being ‘abandoned’ by mother in Assam sanctuary
Experts say rhino mothers keep their calves with them until they reaches adulthood. A male rhino desperate to mate with the mother tends to drive the calf away, even kill in some cases.
Updated on Jun 09, 2017 08:39 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Guwahati | Rahul Karmakar
Mizoram town blocks main highway to protest transfer of district’s only surgeon
NGOs from north Mizoram’s Kolasib are protesting government’s decision to transfer the only surgeon in their town’s government hospital to a district which is the home turf of the CM.
Updated on Jun 07, 2017 10:45 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Guwahati | Rahul Karmakar, Guwahati
Just 38.83% pass 12th Boards: Teachers’ crisis in Arunachal Pradesh needs a solution
One of the reasons for the dismal pass percentage of just 38.83 in the Class 12 CBSE can be attributed to shortage of teachers in Arunachal Pradesh
Published on Jun 06, 2017 05:25 PM IST
Assam: Police arrest man for assault on women who protested cow slaughter
Police said a group of non-Muslims, including the two tribal women, came to Ahmed Ali’s house and told him to stop slicing the animal. Enraged, Ali allegedly charged at the women with his machete and injured two women.
Updated on Jun 05, 2017 12:36 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Guwahati | Rahul Karmakar
Beer bottles turn weapon of choice for Meghalaya student protesters
Protests in the Khasi Hills has seen Molotov cocktails made from beer bottles used in cases of arson
Updated on Jun 02, 2017 03:45 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Guwahati | Rahul Karmakar
Assam SEBA HSLC Class 10 boards 2017: Truck driver’s topper son doesn’t let father’s labours go in vain
Nurul Hoque Ali is the number two topper in Assam’s SEBA HSLC Class 10 board exam 2017. His father is a truck driver
Updated on May 31, 2017 04:51 PM IST
Assam SEBA HSLC Class 10 board exam results 2017: After ‘grace marks’ row, pass percentage dips to 15-year low
Assam SEBA HSLC Class 10 board exam 2017 pass percentage was 47.94, down drastically from 62.70% in 2016
Updated on May 31, 2017 01:03 PM IST
Cyclone Mora reaches northeast, many houses damaged in Mizoram
Strong winds and heavy showers lashed much of Mizoram on Tuesday, damaging at least 80 buildings, including the district hospital in Siaha.
Updated on Jun 18, 2017 05:12 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Guwahati | Utpal Parashar and Rahul Karmakar
BJP’s Arunachal ‘test case’ for citizenship to non-Muslims runs into rough weather
Modi government’s decision to grant citizenship to non-Muslims who fled or are fleeing Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan has stoked anger in the state.
Published on May 30, 2017 06:53 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Guwahati | Rahul Karmakar
KPS Gill: A ‘fearsome’ police officer even during Assam Agitation days
His reputation as a no-nonsense officer nosedived after 22-year-old Khargeshwar Talukdar, a students’ union leader died on December 10, 1979, allegedly of police action.
Updated on May 27, 2017 03:53 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Guwahati | Rahul Karmakar, Guwahati
PM Modi celebrates 3-year anniversary of BJP govt, highlights achievements
Modi’s choice of Assam to mark three years of the NDA government is being seen as the BJP’s push to control the region where it is in power in four states.
Updated on May 27, 2017 12:15 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Guwahati | Rahul Karmakar, Guwahati
Modi govt @3: Focus on farmers, sanitation, black money, making India digital
Modi gave a detailed account of the government’s efforts for transforming agriculture and doubling farmers’ income by 2022.
Updated on May 26, 2017 08:49 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Guwahati | Rahul Karmakar
PM Modi inaugurates Dhola-Sadiya in Assam: All you need to know about India’s longest bridge
9.15 km Dhola-Sadiya bridge is longer than the Bandra-Worli Sea Link in Mumbai.
Updated on May 26, 2017 07:23 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Guwahati | Rahul Karmakar
340 Myanmar refugees, driven out by rebels to India, repatriated
Myanmar’s Rakhine state has since 2012 witnessed ethnic violence that has made more than 200,000 Muslim Rohingyas flee the country.
Updated on May 25, 2017 09:42 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Guwahati | Rahul Karmakar
Meghalaya boy thrashed for taking TV from employer against unpaid wages
East Jaintia Hills district police lodged a complaint after video of the boy being tied and thrashed by a mob went viral.
Updated on May 25, 2017 07:52 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Guwahati | Rahul Karmakar
CRPF officer’s revelation: Assam incident tip of the ‘fake encounter’ iceberg
Human rights activists say that a top CRPF officer’s report flagging a fake encounter in Assam in which two alleged Bodo militants were shot in cold blood in March, is just the tip of an iceberg.
Updated on Jun 15, 2017 12:13 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Guwahati | Rahul Karmakar
Major Gogoi, who tied Kashmiri man to jeep, lionised in Assam as medieval war hero who fought Mughals
After the Jammu and Kashmir Police refused to quash the First Information Report (FIR) against him for tying a man to the bonnet of his jeep to serve as a ‘human shield’, Major Leetul Gogoi defended his act by saying that he took the step “to save the people trapped in the polling booth.”
Updated on May 26, 2017 07:18 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Guwahati | Rahul Karmakar
Meghalaya Class 10 and Class 12 (arts) results on May 23, know how to check
Meghalaya expects an improvement over last year in the Class 10 and Class 12 (Arts) results, as was the case with the Class 12 (Science and Commerce) results that were declared on May 8.
Updated on Jul 11, 2017 05:29 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Guwahati | Rahul Karmakar
Build tunnels under Brahmaputra river to outfox enemy forces, says Army
Lt General DS Ahuja, commanding officer of an Army setup in Shillong, said enemies invariably target strategic bridges in a bid to snap communication and disrupt the movement of troops, supplies and weaponry.
Updated on May 22, 2017 07:13 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Guwahati | Rahul Karmakar
Myanmar’s ethnic minorities feel the heat after Rohingyas, flee to India
The ethnic minorities, mostly Christians, allegedly face persecution by majoritarian Buddhist groups in the country.
Updated on May 22, 2017 07:29 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Guwahati | Rahul Karmakar
Arunachal’s Anshu Jamsenpa is first woman to scale Mt Everest twice in 5 days
This was not the first ‘double ascent’ of Mt Everest for Arunachal Pradesh’s Anshu Jamsenpa, a 32-year-old mother of two. On her first attempt in 2011, she had conquered the 29,029 ft peak twice in 10 days between May 12 and 21. Her third successful attempt was on May 18 two years later.
Updated on May 22, 2017 07:28 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Guwahati | Rahul Karmakar
Assam gangrape: NCW demands speedy trial through fast track court
NCW member Sushma Sahu, in Guwahati to hear some cases registered with the commission, said she would write to chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal and director-general of police Mukesh Sahay for prompt action.
Updated on May 20, 2017 08:45 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Guwahati | Rahul Karmakar