125 Died in Road Accidents in 8 Months in Tripura

Agartala, Sep 20 : As many as 125 people died in road accidents in Tripura over the past eight months while 350 people received serious injuries, an official report said here today. Leading public transport advocacy group of Tripura ARPAN has blamed inefficient traffic management and unprecedented increase in the number of personal vehicles, coupled with encroachment of road space for the accidents....

Manipur Erupts in Pride and Joy For Mary Kom's Achievement

Imphal, Sep 20 : Manipur Chief Minister O Ibobi Singh led the state in congratulating pugilist Mary Kom for winning the World Women's Boxing Championship for the fifth consecutive time, while people of the state erupted in celebrations after she brought home the Gold medal. The 27-year-old prodigy is the only boxer who has got medals in all the six World Boxing Championships. In the first championship,...

'Power is Needed, But at What Cost?'

By Kunal Majumder On one hand I constantly need to mobilise power in the face of a demand growth explosion in my State - on the other hand I cannot turn blind eyes to the other side of development problems. With around 160 hydel power projects planned on Brahmaputra, there is a need for a holistic environment assessment by Pradyut Bordoloi, Power Minister, Assam As a power minister in the...

Jitumoni, a Young Dancing Sensation From Assam

By Peter Alex Todd Guwahati, Sep 20 : People in Assam are overjoyed to see a 10-year-old Jeetumoni Kalita of Guwahati, winning at a popular dance show held recently in Mumbai. A resident of Guwahati Jeetumoni Kalita also feels ecstatic, when he notices how people today view him as someone who has brought laurels to his home State. His talent took him from Guwahati to Mumbai where...

Ambassadors And High Commissioners Arrive in Manipur

Imphal, Sep 20 : A seven-member team of New Delhi-based ambassadors and high commissioners from South East Asian countries has arrived in Manipur to assess the trade relations between the countries and India, officials said today. After arriving yesterday, the team leader and Malaysian Ambassador Dao Tan Seng Sungh said that the ASEAN diplomats would study whether international trade and commerce...

Manipur CM Congratulates Boxer Mary Kom

Imphal, Sep 20 : Manipur Chief Minister O Ibobi Singh has expressed 'immense pleasure' and congratulated boxer Mary Kom on her winning the fifth women's world boxing title at Bridgetown, Barbados on Saturday. In a statement in Imphal on Sunday, Singh stated that it was a moment of supreme pride for the people of Manipur that despite all odds, Kom won the World championship consecutively for the fifth...

Dilemma of a Seminarist

By Patricia Mukhim A seminar in Guwahati: Mumbo jumbo? Northeast India was introduced to the seminar culture in the early eighties. At the time, seminars were the preserve of the academia and intellectual circuits. Today, all colleges are expected to hold regular seminars if they are to be accredited grades by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC). NAAC is an autonomous body...

How Mizos Fight Corruption in Mizoram

By Sanat K Chakraborty A citizens’ action group in Mizoram spearheading an anti-corruption campaign has devised a unique way of tracking down corrupt politicians and Government officials, unearth their wrong doings by using RTI and put them on trial through courts. It’s a kind of secret public balloting process which they call eiru thlan bawm through which the corrupt individuals are identified....