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NGT had to intervene into the alleged illegal coal mining by Star Cement Limited after hundreds of villagers from Lumshnong and nearby of East Jaintia Hills of Meghalaya registered strong protest opposing public hearing for expansion of limestone mining in the area, conducted by Meghalaya Pollution Control Board and Deputy Commissioner of the district in the office premises of Star Cement Pvt Ltd March 20 this year.

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Vote for the 2 seats of Barak Valley, Silchar and Karimganj, were polled on April 18. The fate of candidates is sealed in ballot boxes. Till the results are out, they sit with fingers crossed. But, arithmetic and chemistry both will be at play, to predict the winner. An analysis of it at the same time is also a part of the responsible media. 

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As the third and final round of the Lok Sabha elections in Assam – which incidentally sends 14 lawmakers to the union legislature – is on April 23 last, the one single but crucial question in a curious mind is, will the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), this time be able to retain at least one of the three Lok Sabha seats: Kaliabor, Barpeta and Dhubri, or will it fare poorly as it did in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls in the State when it drew blank?  

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For the restive border state of Manipur, the 17^th Lok Sabha election will forever remain special as it is during this parliamentary election, Manipur entered the history books as the first Indian state to have all-women polling booths in at least three assembly constituencies, wholly managed by women poll officers. As per the Election Commission's (EC) directions to set up polling stations entirely managed by women, such booths are set up across the country but Manipur takes the cake by having three assembly segments manned only for women poll officers.

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With the current Lok Sabha election in progress all over India, will the eight states in North East comprising 25 seats, create a viable impact in the format of the next government at the Centre by giving a fillip to the national touch? This is the question lingering in the minds of a section of people, especially in North East, as a large number of political analysts, who are keenly observing the political scenario with utmost interest in the once-neglected and a step-motherly treatment meted out to the region. The people in North East are hoping against hope that just like the East and South India that played a prominent role in the formation of the Central Governments during the tenure of Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi, V.P. Singh and A.B. Vajpayee, the North East would  be playing  a pivotal role in the functioning of the Central Government, and more so, when the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to retain power, after the results are declared on May 23, this year.