16-year-Old Girl Arrives in Sydney After Becoming Youngest Person to Sail Solo Round The World

Schoolgirl given rock star welcome in Sydney as she becomes youngest person to sail solo around the world By Richard Shears A teenage girl who has become the youngest person to sail unassisted around the world was given a hero's welcome when she arrived in Sydney today. Jessica Watson, 16, was met by tens of thousands of people including the Australian Prime Minister waving flags and calling her...

Mizoram to Have NIT, IIMC

Aizawl, May 15 : Mizoram would soon have its own National Institute of Technology (NIT), an Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC) and a medical college, besides a campus of the Rajiv Gandhi Indian Institute of Management (IIM) in Shillong, Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla said here today. Thanhawla told reporters that the permission for establishment of NIT has been obtained and land for...

Hmars To Observe Martyrs’ Day

Hmarkhawlien, May 15 : The Hmars settled in different parts of Assam, Manipur, Mizoram and Meghalaya will observe Martyrs’ Day on May 16 in remembrance of the heroes who sacrificed their lives, fighting for the cause of their people. The memorial services would be the for the Hmars who fought for homeland in Mizoram under the banners of Hmar Volunteers Cell (HVC) and Hmar People’s Convention...

Mug-full of Boomerang at Hard Rock Café, Bangalore

By Nishal Lama While Bangalore is gearing up for one of the biggest music festivals in the country – The Summer Storm – people, too, seem to be waiting for the gig in anticipation, of course with the metal horns raised up in the air. The band members are Atea (vocals), Boom (Guitars), Joshua (Bass) and RS aka Rosangliana Raising the bar on music, Boomerang, the band from the distant land...

The Politics of Tribal Land in Northeast India

U. A. Shimray Memorial Lecture, JNU, New Delhi, May 14, 2010 Walter Fernandes "Those whom God loves die young" was my first reaction when I got the shocking news of Umshnining Angkang Shimray's untimely death on May 6, 2009. The book on tribal land alienation in the Northeast that included his paper had come out of the press that day after a long delay. That was reason enough to celebrate. But around...

Unemployment Problem Grows in Mizoram

Aizawl, May 15 : The number of unemployed youths is fast rising in Mizoram, according to a statistics revealed by the state labour and employment department. The statistics revealed that there are 64, 281 persons registered at the four employment exchanges in Mizoram. Though the state has seven districts, there are only four employment exchanges. Kolasib, Mamit and Serchhip districts fall under...

Census 2010 Begins in Mizoram

Aizawl, May 15 : The 2011 Census started in Mizoram on Saturday, with the details of Chief minister Lal Thanhawla and his wife, Lal Riliani, being recorded by officials. ''As many as 2354 enumerators, 392 supervisors and 92 charge officers have been appointed to visit every household in urban, rural and interior areas of the state to carry out the task of door-to-door headcount for the National...

Maxim's 10 ‘Hottest’ Women

Beating the likes of Rihanna, Megan Fox, Kim Kardashiana and Olivia Wilde, singer Katy Perry has topped the Maxim's list of hottest woman alive among 100 females. Katy Perry Perry, 25, has been crowned the hottest woman alive because she is talented and desirable, according to Maxim's Hot 100 List. Maxim’s editor-in-chief Joe Levy termed Perry as “triple — no, quadruple — kind of hot.” Earlier...