Naga Students Demand Prompt Restoration of Traffic Highway

Kohima, Nov 12 : The Naga Students' Federation (NSF) today expressed anguish over the delay in restoration of traffic on National Highway 39, the lifeline between Nagaland and Manipur. In a release NSF president Mutsikhoyo Yhobu criticized the 'poor workmanship' of the Border Road Task Force (BRTF), an organization under the Border Roads Organization (BRO), which is responsible for the maintenance...

TPO Asks Nagaland Govt to Free Intanki National Park

Kohima, Nov 12 : The Tenyimi Peoples Organisation (TPO), an union of ten Naga tribes, has called upon the Nagaland government to get rid of Naga United (Inavi) village and all other encroachers from the Intanki National Park without delay. In a representation to the Nagaland Forest, Ecology, Environment and Wildlife Minister signed by the TPO president Z M Sekhose and other representatives of the...

Mizoram-Hmar Rebels Talks On in Aizawl

Aizawl, Nov 12 : The peace talks between Mizoram government and the Hmar People’s Conference (Democratic) got under way today at the state guesthouse in the capital town of Aizawl. The team of senior state government officials was headed by home secretary Lalmalsawma while the HPC (D) was led by its President Lalhmingthanga. The home secretary said over phone from Aizawl last night that the Mizoram...

Solve Water Sharing Problem, Bangladesh Urges India

Agartala, Nov 12 : Bangladesh is keen to resolve the problems of water sharing and basin management of 54 common rivers and to sign an extradition treaty with India, its Foreign Minister Dipu Moni said here Thursday. "We have no problems in signing an extradition treaty with India. The existing law also permits handing over of any wanted person or prisoner to each others country," Moni told reporters...

IIMC Campus Project in Mizoram Kickstarted

Aizawl, Nov 12 : Mizoram will soon have Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC). Disclosing this today, Mizoram chief secretary Vanhela Pachuau today said that in this connection, Sunil Tandon, Director of Indian Institute of Mass Communication had arrived in the state to survey establishment of IIMC campus in Aizawl on Wednesday and had a series of meeting with top officials of the state...

Pregnant Miranda Kerr Poses Nude for W Magazine

Miranda Kerr, high-fashion supermodel and wife of Orlando Bloom, posed nude for the December issue of W magazine. The December issue is all about family, and Kerr, Katherine Heigl, Usher, and Madonna are all discussing their own families in the issue. Miranda, who married Orlando this summer, was surprised to find out she was pregnant at a Jil Sander campaign in Paris, says HollywoodCrush.com....

Meghalaya: Where The Chowkidar ‘Prescribes’ Medicines

Shillong, Nov 11 :  The chowkidar allegedly prescribes medicines at a health subcentre in West Khasi Hills. The only nurse appointed to  attend to patients there is hardly seen on duty. Taking a serious note of the matter, Federation of Khasi Jaintia Garo People (FKJGP)’s Umshynrut unit today demanded that the State Government should take urgent steps to ensure proper functioning...

Indian Army Raises Arunachal Scouts Unit

Shillong, Nov 11 : The Indian Army today formally raised the first battalion of the Arunachal Pradesh scouts— a well-trained army unit that will be operative only in Arunachal Pradesh. The functions and operations of Arunachal Pradesh scouts will be similar to that of the Ladakh scouts — the frontier unit of the Indian Army that had played a major role during the Kargil war. The raising...