Continuity And Change

‘Shops in Imphal stay open later than usual. Some claim that this is an improvement’ By Patricia Mukhim It was a pleasant surprise to be escorted to the swanky new Classic Hotel at Imphal, a few meters away from the Kangla Fort. The hotel is spick and span and serves an eclectic range of fruits for breakfast, including the exotic dragon fruit that you are unlikely to see anywhere else except...

HIV/AIDS Awareness Workshop For Police Personnel in Manipur Held

Imphal, Apr 19 : Police personnel, including senior officers, here on Saturday participated in a daylong training programme on HIV/AIDS awareness. This workshop was conducted at camp of No.1 Battalion of Manipur Rifles in Imphal. Presiding over the inaugural session of the programme, Manipur's Director General of Police, Y Joykumar in his address said the police had a major role in prevention...

Ropeway Project Planned For Aizawl

Aizawl, Apr 19 : The Mizoram government has mooted a novel scheme to raise ropeways over a network of roads in the central part of Aizawl city, said chief minister Lalthanhawla last night over phone. The scenic hilltop city is plagued with traffic snarls giving commuters a harrowing time everyday. The chief minister said the longest of this proposed ropeway would be raised over a 2.5km stretch...

‘Radio Assam’ Internet Service Launched

Guwahati, Apr 19 : VedantiNET, the broadband and application service provider of Guwahati promoted by SM Computer Consultants Pvt Ltd, has launched the service of first Internet Radio of Assam, ‘Radio Assam’, in the city. Informing this at a press conference, Dr Sanjib Barthakur, director of SM Computer Consultants Pvt Ltd, said that the radio channel that functions on 24/7 basis, addresses the...

Youths Killed in Clash Over Worship in Manipur

By Khelen Thokchom Imphal, Apr 19 : Two tribal youths were hacked to death and four were wounded in a clash between a batch of devotees of Lord Ibudhou Thangjing and local residents at Golthol in Manipur’s Churachandpur district last night. Police are yet to ascertain the exact cause of the altercation that led to the clash. The incident sparked tension between the local residents and the Meiteis...

Hire And Fire Continues in Assam's Media

By D N Singh The media houses in Assam have got an opportunity to 'hire and fire' the media men, whimsically by taking advantage of easily available mass communication degree holders and serious unemployment problems in the state. Taking advantage of easily available mass communication degree holders and serious unemployment problems in the state, the media houses in Assam have got an opportunity...

Assam Hornets’ Nest Stirred

Language appeal to Bengali Muslims draws flak Of the people Guwahati, Apr 19 : An appeal by an umbrella organization of religious minorities, asking the linguistic minority to identify themselves as Bengalis instead of Assamese during the ongoing census, has threatened to open old wounds in Assam. The state has already seen two rounds of language-related agitation in the past. The Citizens’...

I Wish We Had larger Number of MPs: Lal Thanhawla

When Lal Thanhawla seeks an appointment with an Union minister in New Delhi, no one disappoints him despite the fact that he is the chief minister of one of the small, far-flung Northeast states. After all, he first became Mizoram’s CM when Indira Gandhi was the Prime Minister. In an interview to Shantanu Nandan Sharma, he lists out some of the handicaps in leading a small state. ...