Northeast to Showcase its Dance, Music During CWG Games

Agartala/Aizawl, Oct 1 : Northeast India’s cultural prowess will be in full flow during the Commonwealth Games, with artists from Assam, Tripura, Manipur, Nagaland and Mizoram set to perform in Delhi. On show will be a range of traditional dances and songs during the 12-day mega international event. The lively Mizo bamboo dance, which symbolises excellence and skills, will entertain spectators at...

Heidi Klum Quits Victoria's Secret

We never thought we'd see the day, but supermodel Heidi Klum will no longer work for Victoria's Secret after their 13-year collaboration, Page six reports. She told the gossip column, "All good things have to come to an end. I will always love Victoria's Secret. It has been an absolutely amazing time." We've put together our favorite Heidi as an Angel moments throughout the years. Take a look through...

Mizoram Now Hub of Fake Indian Currency Printing

Silchar, Oct 1 : Gangs printing counterfeit currency notes in the Northeast have shifted their base from Bangladesh to Mizoram and the south Assam border district of Karimganj. A senior BSF official in Cachar district last night confirmed that fake currency notes were recovered from different places in Mizoram and Karimganj districts in eight raids since January this year. The investigating agencies,...

City-Dwelling Anthropologist and Naturalist Seeks Arunachal's Wildlife

By Hema Vijay As she trekked to Taflagam, the last village on the Indo-China border in eastern Arunachal Pradesh, in February 2006, anthropologist Ambika Aiyadurai was in for a shock. This is a terrain probably never visited by a city dweller so far. Accompanied by her guide and interpreter, Lobinso, a young man from the indigenous Mishmi tribe, she passed by rows of curious, 1.5 metre-tall...

How to Apply For Unique ID From Indian Govt

India's ambitious Unique ID project dubbed "Aadhaar", which aims to give every Indian citizen a unique number mapped to biometrics, was launched on Wednesday in the Nadurbar district of Maharashtra. The Technoholik.com team got a sneak peek at the UIDAI (Unique ID Authority of India) tech centre in Bangalore, to tell you everything you need to know about the enrolment process. The setup...

Sudden Outbreak of Hepatitis A Epidemic in Agartala

Agartala, Sep 30 : Authorities have issued alert among both health establishments and citizens following spread of Hepatitis A virus in Agartala and its adjacent areas over the past two months. According to report, as many as 32 positive cases of Hepatitis A were detected among 45 random samples collected from Agartala during the past two months. Experts have advised to drink water after due purification...

India's Holiest River 'Ganga' To Become Dry

There will be no Ganga after 25 years: Shekhar Kapur Mumbai, Sep 30 : Internationally acclaimed Indian filmmaker Shekhar Kapur feels that the water crisis will get worse in future and if things continue as they are then after 25 years the Ganga will disappear too. The filmmaker appealed to the people of India and rest of the world to conserve water which, he said, is a social commodity and a fast...

Ayodhya Ram Lalla Site Goes to Hindus

Remaining Land Split Three Ways Lucknow, Sep 30 : The Allahabad High Court on Thursday ruled by majority that the disputed land in Ayodhya be divided into three parts and distributed among the Sunni Waqf Board, Nirmohi Akhara and the party for 'Ram Lalla', said lawyers. Quoting the judges, senior lawyer and BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad said the main Ram Lalla Virajman place, where the idols...