The Demand For 'Sovereign Nagaland'

By Salome Phelamei For over six decades, Naga nationalist leaders have been skirmishing for a separate 'Naga state' although not much headway has been made in the struggle till date. The Nagas, who reside in states neighbouring to Nagaland, have a wide gap in economic and social status as compared with the Nagas living in Nagaland. This disparity has also dented prospects of real integration...

Northeast India Faces Another Year of Erratic Monsoon

Shillong, Aug 19 : Northeast region stared at another year of erratic monsoons as most states of the zone recorded below normal rainfall and the weatherman apprehending that the loss is unlikely to be recovered. Meghalaya so far has received 59 per cent less rainfall, followed by Manipur (minus 50 per cent). Nagaland has recorded minus 30 per cent, Arunachal Pradesh minus 29 per cent...

Assam Extortion Racket: Govt Employees Collect Illegal Tax

Assam, Aug 18 : Vehicles carrying forest produce in Assam are forced to pay a certain illegal tax to the Forest Department. NDTV investigated the scam of illegal check gates in the state and found documentary proof of a well organized extortion racket run by government employees. In reply to a RTI filed, the office of the Chief Conservator of Forests informed that the state has 32...

Surrounded by Insurgency, Mizoram Keeps its Peace

By Syed Zarir Hussain Aizawl, Aug 18 : From one of the most violent states to an oasis of peace, tiny Mizoram, almost unnoticed by the rest of India, has scripted a happy story in a problem-ridden northeast with the transformation riding on people’s zeal for change and development. “We are fortunate to be a peaceful state and this is primarily because of the comprehensive socio-economic development...

Mizoram Drugs Control Issues Warning

Some Ayurvedic medicines have been found to contain allopathic drugs. Aizawl, Aug 18 : Mizoram Drugs Control Administration on Tuesday has issued a warning on the use of some Ayurvedic medicines meant for remedies of erectile dysfunction called by some doctors as the Indian Viagra which have been found to contain allopathic drugs. A recent study conducted by the Delhi Institute of Pharmaceutical...

Meghalaya Emerges as Drugs Transit Route

By Raju Das   Shillong, Aug 18 : Meghalaya has become the main transit route for smuggling of Phensedyl and other Codeine-based cough syrups to Bangladesh, recent seizures suggest. In this year alone, Codeine-based cough syrups worth over Rs 59 lakh was seized in Meghalaya. A total of 1.12 lakh bottles were confiscated in three seizures. Officials say, many of these cough syrups were meant...

Assam Girl’s Leaps to Freedom From Brothel in Agra

Agra, Aug 18 : A 19-year-old girl from Assam jumped off the second floor of an Agra building to escape from a brothel after seven months of torture. “She fell in front of a grocery store and suffered minor injuries. Locals quickly took her to hospital and later handed her over to police,” Asfaq Ahmad, the city superintendent of police, Agra, said. The teenager, who had left home in January...

Lalrindika Ralte Among Most Promising Youngsters in Indian sports

1. Avyay Gujral ( Football) Avyay Gujral, this young lad has made all Indians proud, as he is one of those talented players who have been selected by Tata Tea Arsenal talent hunt, Coca Cola talent hunt and Belgian club Anderlecht to be a part of their football club. He has displayed his extraordinary feats, in Brazil as a part of the Coca Cola India U17 team. He even qualified for the Nike Talent...