Northeast Motor Sports Clubs Form Regional Body

Kohima, Aug 6 : The first coordination meeting of Motor Sports Clubs of North East India was held at Dimapur and resolved to form the Federation of Adventure and Motor Sports Association (FAMSANE). According to a release issued by Lhakpa Tsering here today, the coordination meeting of the Motor Sports Clubs, under the initiative of the Nagaland Adventure and Motor Sports Association, was held at...

Security Firmed up Along Manipur Highways

By Iboyaima Laithangbam Imphal, Aug 6 : In a show of the tough stand taken by Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram against the Naga outfits imposing frequent blockades against Manipur, a large number of security forces have been deployed along the two lifeline highways of the State to prevent the destructive activities of tribal miscreants. Heavily armed personnel of the Central Reserve Police Force,...

'Pastors Trafficking Northeast Children for Church Grants, Foreign Donations'

By Dhananjay Mahapatra New Delhi, Aug 6 : Promising proper education, pastors are trafficking children from the north-eastern states to Tamil Nadu and Karnataka with an oblique motive to get grants from churches and abroad, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights said in a damning report to the Supreme Court. Inquring into recent rescue of hundreds of children trafficked from the...

'Doctors Without Borders' Begins Work in Nagaland

Kohima, Aug 6 : The Medecine Sans Frontier (MSF), popularly known as 'Doctors Without Border' has taken over the management of the Mon District Hospital at Mon town. Official sources today said a formal ceremony to mark the partnership between the Nagaland Health and Family Welfare Department and MSF was organised on the occasion of taking over at the hospital premises yesterday. Nagaland Forest...

NEC Scheme Scam: CBI Files Chargesheet Against 5

New Delhi, Aug 6 : CBI has filed a chargesheet against five people, including a former officer of the Indian Railway Accounts Service, for their alleged involvement in a multi-crore fraud in North Eastern Council (NEC) -- an apex body for development of north-eastern state -- scheme. The chargesheet, which was filed at the Special CBI Court in Shillong, has named U N Majhi, a civil servant and former...

Development Works Would Curb Extremism in India: Expert

Agartala, Aug 6 : Former Director General of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Shankar Sen today opined that development activities would curb insurgency and that the extremists were the main violator of human rights in India. The retired Indian Police Service (IPS) official remarked that Tripura has emerged as a model in carrying out successful counter insurgency operation. The state government...

Paramedical Institute in Nagaland Soon

New Delhi, Aug 6 : The North Eastern Council (NEC) has cleared a proposal to establish a paramedical institution in the PPP mode in Nagaland. A review meeting of NEC, chaired by Union Mines and DoNER Minister Bijoy Krishna Handique, cleared the project here recently. The proposed institution that would impart paramedical education is likely to be established in the Regional Referral Hospital Campus...

Manipur Forms Team to Tackle Naga Issue

By Sobhapati Samom Imphal, Aug 6 : The Secular Progressive Front government in Manipur has decided to send a ministerial team to meet Naga leaders to end the blockade that began on Wednesday. Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh finalised the team on Wednesday. It comprises Information Minister T.N. Haokip, Sports Minister N. Biren and Tribal Development Minister D.D. Thaisii. “The ministerial team...