After 10 yrs Train Reaches Jiribam

Imphal, Aug 6 : After a gap of about ten years, a goods train has arrived at Jiribam in the Manipur-Assam border ferrying goods for Manipur. Reports said that a train loaded with food grains had reached Jiribam carrying 770 metric tons of food grains for Manipur this evening. The food grains will be unloaded into a godown in Jiribam by tomorrow and the transportation to Imphal will follow soon...

Speedy CIC Appointment Sought in Mizoram

Aizawl, Aug 5 : The Aizawl-based anti-corruption watchdog People’s Right to Information and Development in Mizoram (PRISM) today said it has sent a memorandum to president Pratibha Patil seeking quick appointment of a chief information commissioner for the State Information Commission. Copies of the memorandum were also sent to prime minister Manmohan Singh and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, PRISM...

Blockade Back in Manipur

By Iboyaima Laithangbam Imphal, Aug 5 : Empty trucks waiting for escort to lift essential commodities from Assam to Imphal on Dimapur NH-39 at Khuman Lampak, on Wednesday. Photo: Bipin Sharma The United Naga Council (UNC), ignoring an appeal from the Manipur government, reimposed its blockade from Wednesday morning. The UNC and the All Naga Students' Association Manipur (ANSAM) also spurned the...

Mizoram to Spend Rs 236 to Pay Hiked Salary

Aizawl, Aug 4 : Mizoram Chief Secretary Van Hela Pachuau today said the state government would initially incur an additional expenditure of around Rs 236 crore for implementation of the enhanced salaries for the government employees as per the central sixth pay commission recommendations. Addressing a press conference here Pachuau said the Pay Commission recommendation as examined and recommended...

Acidity in Water Causes Damage to Dam in Assam

Shillong, Aug 4 : Acidity in the reservoir waters of Assam’s first hydro-electric project Kopili has damaged underwater parts of the dam, prompting the State-run North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Ltd. (NEEPCO) to replace the parts. The NEEPCO, which runs the dams, has begun an exercise to repair underwater parts of power houses of the 275 MW dam, located in North Cachar district. “The exercise...

Fresh Census Begins in Tripura Refugee Camps

Agartala, Aug 4 : A fresh Census for Reang refugees lodging in six camps of North Tripura for over a decade following ethnic clash in Western Mizoram began last week with the initiative of the Mizoram government. Officials in North Tripura today said owing to a miscalculation in the head count of refugees, the Mizoram Bru Displaced People's Forum (MBDPF), the apex body of the Reang refugees, had...

Flaming Hot Naga Chillies

By Rushina Munshaw Ghildiyal Flaming hot Naga chilli The Naga chilli has a wonderfully fruity flavour.But to taste it,you have to survive its incendiary spice ... Ever since the Naga chilli scorched its way to world fame as the hottest chilli in the world,dethroning the selectively bred Red Savina, it has been the hot favourite of cooks and foodies. But there's much more to the...

Manipur Rushes to Stock Commodities Ahead of Blockade

Imphal, Aug 4 : A day ahead of an announcement stating that an economic blockade would be imposed for 20 days, beginning Wednesday (August 4), residents in Manipur are rushing to local markets to buy essential commodities and stock them. The announcement has been made by the United Naga Council (UNC), which said that the blockade would be imposed along the two National Highways leading to Manipur.eople...