Braving The Odds: Northeast Migrants

By Seema Sanghi Many skills at hand. Migrants from the North Eastern States are appreciated in other metros for their commitment to work. But the road to success is not all easy… They wore short red pleated skirts, striped stud-buttoned shirts, big cowgirl-style hats and black boots up to their calves. Some had eyebrow piercings, others small tattoos on their arms. With polite manners...

Korean Culture 'Invades' Mizoram

Aizawl, Aug 29 : Growing affinity with 'Hallyuwood' movies has been reported in Mizoram among teenagers, who have gradually turned away from Bollywood movies and even the Hollywood flicks in favour of the 'Hallyuwood' movies. 'Hallyu' is a term coined by the Chinese media which literally means 'Korean wave'. It refers to the phenomenal growth of Korean popular culture - from music, movies, drama...

Water Supply Scheme For 'Dry' Cherrapunjee

Shillong, Aug 29 : With a drinking water crisis plaguing the once the wettest spot on earth, Cherrapunjee, now known by its old name of Sohra, a concerned Meghalaya government has promised to commission a water supply scheme to ease the situation. With rainfall lessening at Sohra except during the monsoons, 56 km from here, women and children have to trek miles to fetch drinking water. The...

Assam-Arunachal Blockade Temporarily Withdrawn

By Priyanka Kakodkar Sibsagar (Assam), Aug 29 : The indefinite economic blockade by 12 organisations on roads in upper Assam connecting Arunachal Pradesh was temporarily withdrawn from 5 pm on Saturday. The blockade at Charaipung, launched to prevent essential goods from reaching Arunachal Pradesh via Assam, was withdrawn in the interest of the general public of both the states,...

Chinese Diplomat Stopped From Visiting Manipur

New Delhi, Aug 29 : New Delhi "restricted" a Chinese diplomat from visiting Manipur weeks before the current visa row, upsetting some academics in the troubled state. In July, Amar Yumnam, dean of social sciences, Manipur University, had invited Kolkata-based Chinese consul general Mao Siwei to deliver a lecture on " China and India: Related yet different civilizations". Mao "formally...

Manipur University to Open a Branch in Sri Lanka

Colombo, Aug 29 : Sri Lanka Ministry of Higher Education sources say that discussions are underway to set up a branch of India's Manipur University in Sri Lanka. The Vice Chancellor of Manipur University held talks in this regard with the Minister of Higher Education S.B. Dissanayake, sources said. A large number of Sri Lankan students receive higher education in Manipur University or in its...

Mizo NGO Cries Foul on Compensation by ONGC

Aizawl, Aug 28 : Anti-corruption watchdog 'Prism' today claimed to have unearthed a scam in the compensation for landowners displaced due to construction of ONGC-funded Meidum-Hortoki road in Kolasib district. Talking to reporters after filing an FIR with the state Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) here, Prism president Vanlalruata said, ''At least 70 per cent of the total amount of compensation has...

Work to Link Myanmarese Port 'On Schedule'

New Delhi, Aug 28 : A multi-modal transit transport facility -- Kaladan project-- linking Mizoram and other Northeastern states with Myanmarese Sittwe port is being implemented on schedule, the Rajya Sabha was informed today. Answering questions, Minister for External Affairs S M Krishna said in written replies that the Kaladan project envisaged connectivity with Indian ports on the eastern seaboard...