https://northeastindia.guide/news/ News that changes a North-East India trip, checked and sourced. en-IN https://northeastindia.guide/news/#arunachal-ilp-feehttps://northeastindia.guide/news/#arunachal-ilp-feeWed, 07 Oct 2026 00:30:00 GMTThe state's official permit portal shows a two-step fee for the tourist Inner Line Permit: ₹300 for a stay of up to three days and ₹500 for anything longer, up to a maximum of fourteen days. The online permit is for Indian citizens only. Foreign nationals are directed to the national e-FRRO portal for a Protected Area Permit. https://northeastindia.guide/news/#nagaland-ilp-dimapurhttps://northeastindia.guide/news/#nagaland-ilp-dimapurWed, 07 Oct 2026 00:30:00 GMTThe official portal lists the Inner Line Permit at ₹200 for a domestic visitor, valid thirty days, plus a small payment charge. Under a state notification of September 2024 the Inner Line also takes in Dimapur, Chumoukedima and Niuland, which used to be outside it. Passengers simply passing through with a valid onward ticket are exempt. https://northeastindia.guide/news/#numaligarh-blockade-threathttps://northeastindia.guide/news/#numaligarh-blockade-threatTue, 06 Oct 2026 00:30:00 GMTA community organisation, the Kalita Janagosthi Sanmilan, says it will block National Highways 37 and 39 at Numaligarh in Golaghat district on 24 October, and the highway at Agia in Goalpara on 2 November, unless the Assam government responds to its land-rights demands by 16 October. https://northeastindia.guide/news/#mizoram-pap-foreignershttps://northeastindia.guide/news/#mizoram-pap-foreignersTue, 06 Oct 2026 00:30:00 GMTAn EastMojo investigation reports that foreign nationals can apply for Mizoram's Protected Area Permit only after arriving in India, through the e-FRRO portal, and that approval takes about a week. It describes one visitor fined Rs 50,000, another whose permit came through only as he was leaving, and a scholar who cancelled his trip. https://northeastindia.guide/news/#siang-protestshttps://northeastindia.guide/news/#siang-protestsMon, 05 Oct 2026 00:30:00 GMTDemonstrations against survey work for the proposed Siang Upper Multipurpose Project turned violent in Upper Siang district on 5 October, with a security camp set on fire and vehicles damaged. The report mentions no road closures or prohibitory orders. The farmers' forum leading the protest has offered to meet the chief minister after 11 October. https://northeastindia.guide/news/#nh10-night-closurehttps://northeastindia.guide/news/#nh10-night-closureMon, 05 Oct 2026 00:30:00 GMTThe highways agency NHIDCL has barred all vehicles from NH-10 between Sevoke and Rangpo, about 52 km, from 9 pm to 6 am on 7–15 October and again from 26 October to 5 November, while it cuts and protects landslide-prone slopes. It says further closures may be announced as the work proceeds. https://northeastindia.guide/news/#sangai-2026https://northeastindia.guide/news/#sangai-2026Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:30:00 GMTManipur's chief minister chaired a review of arrangements for Sangai Festival 2026 on 9 September, and the national tourism portal lists it for 21–30 November in Imphal. On 5 October the United Peoples' Front asked the government to drop the plan, saying conditions are not right while many people remain in relief camps and movement on the highways is restricted, and urged the public not to run stalls. https://northeastindia.guide/news/#orang-reopenshttps://northeastindia.guide/news/#orang-reopensMon, 05 Oct 2026 00:30:00 GMTOrang, the small tiger reserve on the north bank of the Brahmaputra, reopened on Sunday 4 October. It is closed on Tuesdays. Elephant safaris run from 6 to 8 am and jeep safaris from 7 am to noon and 1 to 3 pm. Mobile phones are not allowed inside, following a Supreme Court direction on tiger reserves. https://northeastindia.guide/news/#tawang-road-conditionhttps://northeastindia.guide/news/#tawang-road-conditionSun, 04 Oct 2026 00:30:00 GMTTravellers quoted by the Arunachal Observer describe the Dirang–Tawang stretch of the highway as rough, muddy and prone to landslides, with slips near Sapper Camp blocking about 120 metres of road and holding traffic for hours at a time. This is a report of road conditions, not an official closure. https://northeastindia.guide/news/#kaziranga-reopenshttps://northeastindia.guide/news/#kaziranga-reopensSat, 03 Oct 2026 00:30:00 GMTKaziranga National Park reopened to visitors on Saturday 3 October at its central Kohora range. Jeep safaris are running in two daily slots, 7:30 to 10 am and 1:30 to 3 pm. Elephant safaris have not restarted: the forest minister said they should follow within two to three weeks of opening. https://northeastindia.guide/news/#pobitora-reopenshttps://northeastindia.guide/news/#pobitora-reopensSat, 03 Oct 2026 00:30:00 GMTAssam has set 13 October for the reopening of Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary in Morigaon district, the last of the state's three big rhino destinations to open after the monsoon. The sanctuary received 35,371 visitors last season. https://northeastindia.guide/news/#monsoon-late-2026https://northeastindia.guide/news/#monsoon-late-2026Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:30:00 GMTThe weather office had yet to declare the south-west monsoon withdrawn from the North-East at the start of October; last year it left on 14 October. The season itself was unusually dry: rainfall from June to September was 26 per cent below normal across the region, and 60 per cent below in Meghalaya. Sikkim and Nagaland were slightly above normal. https://northeastindia.guide/news/#tawang-late-octoberhttps://northeastindia.guide/news/#tawang-late-octoberFri, 02 Oct 2026 00:30:00 GMTThe Tawang Marathon is on 24 October, with more than 4,000 runners expected at about 10,000 feet. The national tourism portal lists the Tawang Festival for 27–31 October, and the tourism ministry's International Tourism Mart brings operators from 27 countries to the town on 29–31 October. https://northeastindia.guide/news/#sairang-trains-rainhttps://northeastindia.guide/news/#sairang-trains-rainFri, 02 Oct 2026 00:30:00 GMTHeavy rain left water and debris on the new Bairabi–Sairang line at the start of October. Four trains were held on the way, some services were cancelled and the railway arranged twenty buses for passengers. Officials said the track itself was undamaged and trains would resume shortly. The line marked its first year in September, with more than five lakh passenger journeys through Sairang. https://northeastindia.guide/news/#manas-reopenshttps://northeastindia.guide/news/#manas-reopensThu, 01 Oct 2026 00:30:00 GMTManas National Park reopened on 2 October. Each range now rests one day a week: Bansbari on Tuesdays, Kuklung on Wednesdays, Bhuyanpara on Thursdays and Panbari on Fridays. The park now holds more than fifty rhinos, with no poaching reported for three years. https://northeastindia.guide/news/#wangala-50https://northeastindia.guide/news/#wangala-50Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:30:00 GMTThe Garo harvest festival known as the Hundred Drums marks its Golden Jubilee, the fiftieth organised edition, this year, and the committee is preparing a performance with a thousand drums at the Chibragre venue. The festival usually falls in the second week of November; the report we read gives no dates yet. https://northeastindia.guide/news/#manipur-situationhttps://northeastindia.guide/news/#manipur-situationSun, 27 Sep 2026 00:30:00 GMTThe United Naga Council suspended its four-month economic blockade of National Highways 2 and 37, the roads into Imphal from Dimapur and Jiribam, from 6 pm on 26 September after talks with the state and central governments. It is a suspension, not an end. On the same day two civilians were shot dead in Senapati district, and reports put deaths in this year's violence between Naga and Kuki groups at about forty. The UK's foreign office continues to advise against all but essential travel to Manipur, including Imphal. https://northeastindia.guide/news/#pakyong-no-flightshttps://northeastindia.guide/news/#pakyong-no-flightsFri, 25 Sep 2026 00:30:00 GMTThe Airports Authority of India's traffic tables show no passengers at Pakyong in August 2026, and none for April to August as a whole. Separately, the authority has begun early studies of three possible sites for a new airport in the state, which is not a decision to build one. https://northeastindia.guide/news/#rimbi-yuksom-roadhttps://northeastindia.guide/news/#rimbi-yuksom-roadSun, 20 Sep 2026 00:30:00 GMTA recurring landslide has swept away a section and a culvert on the Rimbi–Yuksom road in West Sikkim, closing it since 14 September. The district plans a Bailey bridge, with no completion date. Traffic is using the longer Legship–Tashiding–Gerethang road. https://northeastindia.guide/news/#lachen-reopenshttps://northeastindia.guide/news/#lachen-reopensFri, 11 Sep 2026 00:30:00 GMTLachen has reopened to tourists for the first time since the flash flood of October 2023 destroyed the roads of North Sikkim. Permits for Lachen and Gurudongmar Lake have been issued again since 11 September. Under a district order, tourist vehicles must cross the Toong check post by 4 pm on the way up, and by 4 pm again on the way down. https://northeastindia.guide/news/#indigo-guwahati-bangkokhttps://northeastindia.guide/news/#indigo-guwahati-bangkokMon, 07 Sep 2026 00:30:00 GMTIndiGo will fly Guwahati to Bangkok from 27 October, with regular flights on Wednesdays and Saturdays from 31 October. The published timings are a 6:15 pm departure from Guwahati and an 8:50 am departure from Bangkok. It is the airline's first international route from the North-East, and is subject to final regulatory approval. https://northeastindia.guide/news/#cherry-blossom-2026https://northeastindia.guide/news/#cherry-blossom-2026Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:30:00 GMTThe festival moves out of the city to the New Shillong Highland Grounds, about thirty minutes from Shillong. Khalid, Swae Lee and Boys Like Girls are the first acts announced. Day tickets start at Rs 2,500, and the state says it will run a traffic plan for the weekend. https://northeastindia.guide/news/#hornbill-2026https://northeastindia.guide/news/#hornbill-2026Thu, 27 Aug 2026 00:30:00 GMTThe Hornbill Festival runs from 1 to 10 December at Kisama Heritage Village near Kohima. An adviser to Nagaland's chief minister said in August that anyone trying to book then would struggle to find a hotel room or a taxi, because the state's capacity is limited. https://northeastindia.guide/news/#shillong-august-unresthttps://northeastindia.guide/news/#shillong-august-unrestMon, 24 Aug 2026 00:30:00 GMTAfter vehicles registered in Assam were vandalised in Shillong in August, drivers' groups blocked the highway at Jorabat and taxi groups blocked it at Umiam. Both blockades were lifted after the two governments met on 22 August. The states set up a hotline, a standing district-level mechanism and a joint committee with the tourist-taxi associations. https://northeastindia.guide/news/#imphal-buses-resumehttps://northeastindia.guide/news/#imphal-buses-resumeSun, 23 Aug 2026 00:30:00 GMTPublic transport on the Imphal–Dimapur–Guwahati route along National Highway 2 resumed on 21 August after a gap of nearly three years. The first 125 passengers reached Guwahati safely, and more than 200 left Imphal on the second day. https://northeastindia.guide/news/#shillong-runwayhttps://northeastindia.guide/news/#shillong-runwayFri, 14 Aug 2026 00:30:00 GMTWork has begun to lengthen the runway at Umroi from 1,829 to 2,400 metres. The chief minister expects it to be finished within fifteen months, allowing larger aircraft from the metros to land from 2027. https://northeastindia.guide/news/#visitor-numbers-2026https://northeastindia.guide/news/#visitor-numbers-2026Mon, 10 Aug 2026 00:30:00 GMTFigures given to Parliament by the tourism minister put domestic tourist visits in the first half of 2026 at 46 lakh for Assam and 23.5 lakh for Sikkim, with Sikkim receiving the most foreign visitors of the eight states at 43,734 and Assam next at 32,471. Sikkim's own tourism department counts far fewer domestic visitors for the same months, about 12.3 lakh, a gap that officials have not explained. https://northeastindia.guide/news/#glaw-lake-ramsarhttps://northeastindia.guide/news/#glaw-lake-ramsarTue, 04 Aug 2026 00:30:00 GMTGlaw Lake, inside the Kamlang Tiger Reserve in eastern Arunachal Pradesh, was declared a wetland of international importance on 3 August, taking India's tally of Ramsar sites to 101. More than 150 tree species and 49 orchids are recorded around it. https://northeastindia.guide/news/#kaziranga-new-ruleshttps://northeastindia.guide/news/#kaziranga-new-rulesSun, 02 Aug 2026 00:30:00 GMTIn August the park's director said that from this season visitors would not be allowed to use mobile phones inside Kaziranga, safaris would be booked online, every vehicle would carry a trained guide, visitor numbers would be regulated and one range would close one day each week. The steps follow Supreme Court and tiger-authority guidelines. Reports of the reopening do not say how strictly they are being applied yet; Orang is already keeping phones out. https://northeastindia.guide/news/#tezpur-airport-closedhttps://northeastindia.guide/news/#tezpur-airport-closedWed, 29 Jul 2026 00:30:00 GMTCivilian flights at Tezpur stopped on 1 October 2024 so that the runway, shared with the Air Force, could be rebuilt. The planned reopening of 31 March 2026 passed, and the airport director says no timeline has been received. Official traffic data shows no passengers there in August 2026.