SHILLONG: Shell-shocked at losing power even after winning a controversial trust vote in the Assembly, the Meghalaya Progressive Alliance (MPA) on Sunday made a renewed effort to revive its lost power by sending a representation to Governor RS Mooshahary...
Monday, March 30, 2009
MPA stakes claim to form govt in Meghalaya, Cong counters
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Sangma, others to lose post in Meghalaya
Shillong, March 30 : Over 100 persons with political affiliations, including NCP leader P A Sangma, who were in boards and corporations under the Meghalaya government, have lost their posts after they were de-notified in the wake of imposition of President's...
Human rights law network organised
ALLAHABAD: Human Rights Law Network organised a state level legal training workshop on the implementation of SC/ST Act and other related issues at the Nirala Sabhagar wherein over hundreds of advocates and activists from 15 districts participated.
Inaugurating...
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Fake currencies worth Rs 1 lakh found from Reang refugees
Agartala , Mar 30 Fake currencies worth Rs one lakh were recovered from two inmates of Reang refugee camps of Kanchanpur sub-division in North Tripura district, police said today.
The duo were apprehended with the counterfeit notes at tribal...
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Mizoram News Briefs 24th March
The Chief Minister, Mr. Lal Thanhawla said, the boundary between Mizoram and Assam as accepted by the Government of Mizoram is the boundary drawn by Governor General-in-Council in 1875. Intervening in the reply to a question asked by the MPC member, ...
Friday, March 20, 2009
It was 'murder' of democracy in Meghalaya, claims ousted CM
New Delhi, Mar 20 : Terming the imposition of President's rule in Meghalaya as "murder of democracy", ousted chief minister Donkupar Roy today accused Governor R S Moosahary of acting as a "stooge" of Congress party.
"It is nothing but murder of democracy...
MSU-in thudik lo report-ah puh
Aizawl:Mizo Students’ Union chuan Kolasib district, Saihapui V-a Assam sawrkarin school a din nia an sawi school education department-in minister hnena report a pek danah thil dik tawk lo a awm nia sawiin, he school chungchangah hian Mizoram sawrkar...
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Speaker stand irks governor
R.S. Mooshahary
Shillong, March 19 : Meghalaya Governor R.S. Mooshahary was apparently angered by Speaker Bindo Lanong’s refusal to adhere to Raj Bhavan’s list of dos and don’ts during the trial of strength, prompting him to take the drastic...
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Bush fires spark alert
Silchar, March 18 : The Mizoram government has placed its forest and environment department on alert following the death of four farmers in bush fires over the past week. According to official sources, the state government has asked the department to...
Kerala church Vs Mizoram church in politics
By Paritosh Chakma
Is it necessary to put religion aside from politics? Well, the Church in Kerala does not seem to think so. Recently, the powerful Latin Catholic Church in Kerala has reportedly sent a recommendation letter to Congress President...
Friday, March 13, 2009
Congress Announces Third List of 25 Candidates for Lok Sabha Elections 2009
Congress Announces Third List of 25 Candidates for Lok Sabha Elections 2009 New Delhi, Mar 13 : The Congress on Thursday announced a list of 25 candidates for the Lok Sabha elections for seats falling in Assam, Madhya Pradesh,...
Cultural exchange
Aizawl:Saiha Young Lai Association sub hqrs chuan nimin khan Mizoram chhimlam biala a vawikhatna atan Saiha-ah Cultural exchange a buatsaih a, MADC EM, i/c Revenue MH Tiaby-a’n a hmanpui.He programme-ah hian YLA branch hrang hrang bakah MTP Hqrs, Saiha...
BSF mulls new training institute
Silchar, March 13 : The BSF is scouting for a plot in Cachar to set up a centre that would train recruits in counter-insurgency and urban terrorism operations. A top BSF source today said the Union home ministry has sanctioned a plan to set up a Subsidiary...
Crisis in NCP-led Meghalaya government
There is crisis in Meghalaya politics as MLAs withdraw support from the NCP-led alliance.
Will Purno Sangma manage to survive this round or will the Congress manage a coup before the elections?
In March 2008, one saw a happy family photograph of the...
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Mission candidates learn first-hand in remote villages
MARIAMPUR, India, Mar 13 -- Three days in remote tribal villages was an eye-opening trip for seminarian Shoji Abraham and 260 others preparing to work as missioners in northeastern India.
Sisters visiting a family in a village...
Mizoram News Briefs 12th April
The Governor, Lt. Gen. MM Lakhera who also is the President of Mizoram Rajya Sainik Board highlighted various assistance given to the ex-servicemen and their widows. Addressing Mizoram Rajya Sainik Board Meeting held in Raj Bhawan today, the Governor...
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Mizoram News Briefs
The Contractor of Greater Aizawl Water Supply Scheme Phase - II, Johnson Eastern Power (JEP) said, a ward of assurance is required to continue the remaining works in the Project. Talking to news persons in Aizawl last night, the representative of JEP,...
Mizo Divorce: No Longer At A Wink
By Linda Chhakchhuak,
They were married in church before friends and family. They lived together for many years. He was a nobody before he married her, but with her support as a working woman he came up in life. He was her success story when he rose...
Monday, March 9, 2009
This English village is all yours for £22 million
London: Imagine settling down in your own village after retirement, spending time farming or watching a cricket match in your private stadium, and going for a stroll in the evening to buy necessary items from your personal shop.
Well, your imagination...
Girl killed in Uttar Pradesh over bowl of wheat
LUCKNOW - A 12-year-old girl accused of stealing a bowl of wheat was brutally killed by a couple in Uttar Pradesh, police said Monday.
The couple, Mahapeeri and Dheer Singh, allegedly killed Soni in Godhna village of Muzaffarnagar district, 350 km...
Meghalaya village goes alcohol-free
Shillong, March 9 (PTI): A small village in Meghalaya’s East Khasi Hills district, which is a popular tourist hub, has imposed a ban on alcohol.The Dorbar Shnong (village council) declared the picturesque Laitkynsew village a “no alcohol zone” and also...
HCL Tech emerges lowest bidder for BSNL deal
ERP project may be implemented in 18 months.
Thomas K Thomas
New Delhi, March 9 IT major HCL Technologies has emerged as the lowest bidder with a quote of Rs 230 crore for the enterprise resource planning (ERP) project of Bharat Sanchar...
Stay in Oman, work in UAE to beat high rents
Dubai, Mar 9 : Frustrated by the high rents in the UAE, many expats and nationals are now living in the neighbouring Oman and working in the UAE in order to make both ends meet.
People working in Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Al Ain are increasingly looking...
Sunday, March 8, 2009
Thundershowers for coastal TN from today
Vinson Kurian
Thiruvananthapuram, March 9 The Regional Meteorological Centre, Chennai, has forecast isolated rain or thundershowers over coastal Tamil Nadu and Puducherry during the next 24 hours as a wave of summer showers pushes its way into the...
Saturday, March 7, 2009
More Job Cuts at Apple?
http://gawker.com/5165811/more-job-cuts-at... Something's going on at Apple. Normally a leak-proof ship, the S.S. Steve Jobs has been taking on rumors of layoffs. The latest: Cuts in Mac...
Eight injured in mishap in Churachandpur
Churachandpur, March 08 : Eight passengers of a Churachandpur bound Direct' bus were injured, at least one of them seriously after the mini-bus they were traveling crashed on a roadside tree and uproot near Ningthoukhong in Bishnupur sub-division.
One...
Friday, March 6, 2009
Pancake winner dies in all-you-can-eat contest
The winner of a pancake-eating contest dropped dead after gorging himself on 43 of the cream and banana stuffed desserts.
Boris Isayev, 48, from west Russia, collapsed to his knees and died on stage after stuffing himself with pancakes in a competition...
The Mizo community in India’s North Eastern state of Mizoram should look at the recent Human Rights Watch report on Chin people’s suffering in military
ruled Burma from a human rights perspective, the HRW said on Friday.
Report not aimed at Chin, Mizo confusion: HRW
Meenakshi Ganguly, South Asia researcher of the US-based Human Rights Watch said the report focuses on the persecutions suffered...
Monday, March 2, 2009
CPL in Mizoram agrees to transform Raj Bhavan
Aizawl, Mar 2 : The Congress Legislature Party (CPL) in Mizoram has agreed to transform the proposed Raj Bhavan at the New Capital Complex here into the much-awaited Mizoram High Court buildi...
Nirmala Venkatesh criticises Govt. for sacking her over Mangalore pub probe
Bangalore, Mar 2 : Former National Commission for Women (NCW) member Nirmala Venkatesh, on Monday critisised the government for sacking her over the Mangalore pub attack probe.
Addressing a press conference here, Venkatesh defended her controversial...
Sunday, March 1, 2009
BDR men return to Indo-Bangla border posts
BDR men, who had remained elusive since Wednesday's mutiny in the force's headquarters in Dhaka, were seen returning to their posts on the Indo-Bangla border on Sunday.
BSF sources said BDR personnel were seen at Dawki Immigration Post and other export...
Dalit activists set Cong headquarters afire
Hyderabad, Mar 1 : At least four activists of Madiga Reservation Porata Samiti (MRPS), a Dalit outfit, attacked the APCC headquarters in Hyderabad on Saturday and set fire to the ground floor offices and reception area. The incident happened even as...
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