India Should Offer Chin Refugees Protection
(Bangkok, January 28, 2009) – Burma's military government should end human rights abuses against the ethnic Chin population in Burma's western Chin state, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today....
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Verizon offers direct connections through Mumbai, Chennai gateways
Washington, Feb 28 : Verizon Business, a global leader in communications and IT solutions, plans to offer direct connections to one of the world’s largest global networks through its two international gateways in Mumbai and Chennai.This follows approval...
Thursday, February 26, 2009
New Land Use Policy in Mizoram
The much-awaited New Land Use Policy (NLUP) of the Congress is going to take off soon.
There is already Rs 100 crores at hand to launch the first phase of the NLUP, state Congress spokesperson Ronald Sapa Tlau told reporters here today, adding that...
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Mizoram Village Council Elections Results 2009
Village Council elections were held in 555 village councils covering six districts of Mizoram yesterday. The counting of the votes will start soon after the polling ends.
Mizoram village council electorate consist of around six lakh voters.
2,071...
India puts on high alert four states bordering Bangladesh
NEW DELHI, Feb. 25 : India Wednesday put on high alert four states, which share their international border with Bangladesh, in the wake of a mutiny among para-military forces in Dhaka allegedly over pay disputes.
Sources...
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
University suspends boy who circulated girlfriend's video clip
Mumbai, Feb 25 : Amity University has suspended a student who circulated a video clip of his girlfriend stripping, an official said Tuesday.
'It is extremely unfortunate that such an incident took place. We have suspended the student from his course...
Monday, February 23, 2009
Statement of the Chin Community of Indiana
On the Auspicious Occasion of the 61st Anniversary
Of the Chin National Day
February 21st, 2009.
As today marks the 61st anniversary of our auspicious Chin National Day, Chin Community of Indiana wishes a very happy and meaningful National Day to all...
Than Shwe family member to USA
IS US GOVERNMENT WELCOMING DICTATOR THAN SHWE FAMILY MEMBER IN USA?
By Thu Ye Kaung
Lt-Col Nay Soe Maung, retired army doctor and presently serves as a lecturer at the University of Public Health, Ministry of Health. He is son in law of Burma's most...
Manipur Militant Leader Captured in Mizoram
Imphal, Feb 23 : A team of army personnel and Manipur and Mizoram police arrested the leader of a faction of the Kangleipak Communist Party (Military Council), Lanheiba Meitei, during a raid conducted in Aizawl yesterday.
A statement released by Col...
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Teenager’s body pulled out of well in Tripura
Agartala, Feb 22 : The body of a teenager who fell into a 70-foot-deep well over 40 hours ago, was pulled out today in Tripura West district.
The body of Santosh Bhowmik, 16, was recovered from his native village of Harihardola this morning by police...
Rugged terrain, gentle people in Ladakh, India
By David Desjardins
Dancers representing Buddhist deities take part in mystic mask dances during the Hemis festival in the Hemis Buddhist monastery near the popular tourist town of Leh, India. Leh is Ladakh's ancient capital...
Slumdog Millionaire's Dev and Freida spotted 'shopping for a ring'
Slumdog Millionaire on-screen lovers Dev Patel and Freida Pinto have been spotted shopping for a ring, fuelling speculation the pair are romantically involved.
The couple were seen browsing the selection in the Oxford Street branch of a High Street...
Saturday, February 21, 2009
When Gulzar refused to bow to Shah Rukh's lyrical pressure
Mumbai, Feb 21: Shah Rukh Khan is known to take interest in the music of his films and that's how he came up with the words "Love mera hit hit" for a song in his just released "Billu". But when the superstar approached noted lyricist Gulzar with his...
Flower that leads to famine
ONCE every 50 years a species of bamboo flowers in the Burmese state of Chin, heralding the beginning of a famine.
This sounds like the stuff of myth, the first line of a fairytale told to wide-eyed children around the campfire. But it is a well-documented...
Friday, February 20, 2009
Excess summer showers forecast for India
Vinson Kurian
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb. 21 : The March-April-May quarter may see above normal precipitation over the west coast and the central peninsula, according to a leading US forecaster.
The International Research Institute (IRI) for...
ZSP annual conference held in Churachandpur
Churachandpur, Feb 20 : The Zomi Sang Naupangpawlpi, ZSP, Singngat block annual conference was held today at the community hall from about 12 noon.
The programme mainly meant for the Zou students community was attended as chief guest by the local MLA...
ZYF annual assembly
TAMENGLONG, Feb 20 : The Zeliangrong Youth Front, ZYF (Assam, Manipur and Nagaland) annual assembly will be held on 24 February with James Rangshung, president Zeliangrong Union, AMN and TP Guidow, ex-president of ZYF AMN as chief guest and guest of...
Thursday, February 19, 2009
‘India needs a giant leap in higher education’
ITANAGAR, Feb 19 – Since the 21st century has been credited of being the century for India and China, Arunachal Pradesh Governor General (Retd) J J Singh today said that once tagged as the seat of learning, the country needs to make a giant leap forward...
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Eco friendly zero discharge toilets soon in Indian Railways
Tiruchirapalli, Feb 15 : Eco-friendly zero discharge toilets are all set to be introduced in trains across the country.
Some of them have already been installed on an expiremental basis in trains in the south. The toilets jointly developed by IIT Kanpur,...
UNESCO award for Puducherry government
Puducherry , Feb 15 : Puducherry government was today presented ` UNESCO Asia Pacific Heritage Award of Merit 2008` for cultural heritage conservation project for restoration of a street here to its ancient architectural features.
UNESCO&aposs...
Satyam top executive resigns
Mumbai , Feb 15 : IT major Satyam Computer's head of automotives division, Subbu D Subramanian, has quit, a company spokesperson said.
Subramanian, who was serving as the Vice-President of the Hyderabad-based company, has put in his papers to seek...
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Salvation Army to fight human trafficking in Northeast India
Aizawl, Feb 15 : The Salvation Army, a quasi-military church, has come forward to tackle the human trafficking that is silently stalking the Northeast India.
The ‘India Eastern Territory Anti-Human Trafficking Project’, which is part of...
Rabbi Gavriel’s parents want to rebuild Chabad House
Mumbai, Feb 15 : The parents of the late Rabbi Gavriel, who was killed during the Nov 26 terror attacks here last year, have announced plans to raise Rs.100 million to reconstruct the ravaged Jewish centre in south Mumbai.
Rabbi Nachman Holtzberg, accompanied...
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
2 Mumbai ATC officials taken off duty
Two Air Traffic Control (ATC) officials in Mumbai were on Tuesday (February 10) taken off duty pending an inquiry by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) into the near-miss between an Air India plane and a helicopter belonging to the President’s...
Meghalaya minister arrested on charges of kidnap, assault
Shillong, Feb 11 : Meghalaya’s Mining and Geology Minister Donkupar Massar was arrested Tuesday night on charges of assaulting and kidnapping people during a local council election, officials here said.
Massar, a cabinet minister in the Nationalist...
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
HDFC to set up hub in eastern India
Kolkata, Feb 11 : HDFC will set up its first back office operations hub in eastern India at the satellite township of Rajrahat at an initial cost of Rs.60 million, a top official said here Tuesday.
“We are initially taking 30,000 square feet of space...
Thursday, February 5, 2009
UKRA to launch operation
Imphal, February 5 : The United Komrem Revolutionary Army (UKRA) is all set to launch operation Red Fox from March 1 in case killers of innocent Komrem people do not come up with a rational explanation before the end of February.
This was stated by...
AP enters semifinals
VISAKHAPATNAM: Andhra Pradesh entered the semifinals of the under-14 boys and girls’ events in the School Games Federation of India all-India badminton tournament at the Swarna Bharati indoor stadium here on Wednesday.
The results: Under-14 boys quarterfinals:...
Population of Nine biggest Churches in Mizoram
Mizoram Kohhran lianber 9 leh an member zat te. Ka rin aiin Baptist an tlem, ka rin aiin UPC an tam a, Seventh day ho khu 7 na anni bawk , an in hmeh khawp mai
The Population of the Nine biggest Churches in Mizoram
S/No. Churches, Headquarters...
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Manipur hospital denounces extortion demand by militants
Imphal : Militant groups in Manipur have started targeting hospitals and educational institutes with extortion demands. The latest institution threatened by them is the S.Kumar Hospital.
Students and staff of S. Kumar hospital at Porompat in Imphal...
Kapil Thapa thanks Darjeeling, Sikkim and North East
February 4th, 2009
Highlighting the need to show unity, the Indian Nepali community of Northeastern region are mobilizing wide support base to propel Dehradun lad Kapil Thapa to the top of the Indian Idol IV contest.
Kapil, who has done a...
Deja Vu all over again. . .
In February of 2005 I went on a mission trip to Manipur, India. Manipur is located in north east India - bordering China and Myanmar. It is one of the few places in India where it actually gets cold in the winter. I traveled there alone to start a ten...
Ceasefire violation will not be tolerated, says Chidambaram
Asks Nagaland government and security agencies to strictly enforce truce terms
Chidambaram reviews security scenario
“One can hope for a better [situation]”
...
Pu HT Sangliana kan hmuak thleng!
Khualtha nei ve ngai ta lo chuan, kan khualtha neih hi kan phur pui hle mai. Han ziah tan mai ngaihna pawh ka hre lo. Nikum September thla vel atang khan Pu Sanga hian US a rawn kal mai tur thu hi min hrilh tawh a. A rawn kal tak tak dawn...
Fundamentalist Hindus harass and threaten Christians in India
Rome, Feb 4, 2009 A number of Catholics from different parishes who were celebrating the priestly ordination of the first priest from the island of Majuli, in the Indian state of Assam, were harassed, threatened, and in some cases beaten,...
Power of the Ox
Feng Shui Matters -Pinky Kapoor
Keep crystal vases in the eastern corner of the house to keep disgrace at bay
Considerable changes will be noticed in the year of the Ox from this month. Feng shui guidance will be of much...
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
The Relevance of Rani Gaidinliu In Current Context of Naga Society
By: Jagdamba Mall
Born to mother Kerotlenliu and father Lothuanang on 26th January 1915 at Lungkao village in Tamenglong district of Manipur, Rani Gaidinliu was a very different person from the very childhood. She was affectionate, hardworking, obedient...
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