60 Truckloads of Foodstuff Sent to Imphal

By Pradeep Pareek Dimapur, Aug 9 : Even though the economic blockade launched by the United Naga Council (UNC) continues on National Highway - 39, around 60 trucks loaded with rice and sugar left for Imphal from Dimapur depot of Food Corporation of India today. The consignment of essential commodities is the second in the past nearly four months from Dimapur to Imphal through NH 39. Fourteen...

Northeast's Women Take Peace Initiative

Guwahati, Aug 8 : Women of the northeast region are joining hands for bringing peace and ensure justice and political rights in a region rocked by decades of conflict under the aegis of 'Northeast India Women Initiative for Peace'. "In India’s northeast, women traditionally play a major role in society, yet they have not found their legitimate place at the negotiation table when it comes to resolving...

Jeetu Moni Wins 'Dance India Dance L'il Masters'

New Delhi, Aug 8 : After several weeks of tough competition, 11-year-old Jeetu Moni Kalita from Guwahati was announced the winner of Zee TV's dance reality show ‘Dance India Dance L'il Masters’ at the grand finale held in Pune Saturday. The talented boy pipped Pune-based Vaishnavi Patil, Atul Banmoria from Mani Majra in Chandigarh and Manoj Rathod from Mumbai, to bag the title of ‘Dance Ka Baap’....

Women in Khaki Protects Assam Forest

Guwahati, Aug 8 : Dressed in the trademark khaki uniform of frontline staff, she patrols in an Assam jungle with her other colleagues, ready to fight any threat, for facing the challenges of protecting forest, conservation of animals. About one year back, Saya Rani Das, a 28-year-old girl, decided to join Assam’s Department of Environment and Forests to serve as its frontline staff; her passion...

Railway Relief to Stir-Hit Manipur

Imphal, Aug 8 : Giving a breather to the blockade-hit people of Manipur, the Railways has begun ferrying the state's quota of rice to Jiribam sub-division bordering Assam. This will help the Food Corporation of India (FCI) to ferry rice from its godown at Jiribam, the only railhead in Manipur, to Imphal along National Highway-53, which is also known as the Silchar -Imphal route. On...

CBI Breather For Tainted Assam Ministers

Shillong, Aug 8 : Asserting that the investigation into the alleged diversion of funds in Assam's North Cachar district was progressing well, the CBI on Friday denied reports that it was planning to interrogate 11 people, including some ministers. Talking to TOI here, CBI Shillong DIG H Nongpluh, who is heading the probe, said, "The investigation is progressing well. But there is no truth...

Facebook Protests Lead to Vigil Against Corruption in Assam

New Delhi, Aug 7 : Assamese students in Delhi, expressing their concern over "rampant corruption" in the state on Facebook, have planned a vigil in the capital Sunday to "mourn the death of honesty of our politicians". The idea germinated on the Facebook page of an RTI activist, and attracted outpourings against corruption in the north-eastern state. "We were supporting an RTI activist in Assam...

4 New IIMCs in Mizoram Also

New Delhi, Aug 7 : The country will get four new Indian Institutes of Mass Communication (IIMC) from next academic year. The new institutes will come up in Kerala, Jammu and Kashmir, Vidarbha in Maharashtra and Aizwal in Mizoram, Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni announced today. The government has acquired 15 acres of land for each on the campuses and the initial...