The Lovely and Talented Mila Kunis

  Mila Kunis in 'GQ' Actress Mila Kunis is leaving her "That 70s Show" persona behind and taking the silver screen by storm. After films like "Extract" and "The Book of Eli," the bubbly brunette appears in "Date Night" this month. The potty-mouthed starlet gives "GQ" the scoop on "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" co-star Jason Segal's... manhood, and more. “I love a good d*ck joke,” Mila...

Mizoram Police Blames Sex Tapes For Sexual Assault, Rape Incidents

By Rahul Karmakar Guwahati, Nov 15 : Fairly permissive Mizoram had been wondering why 'mainland malaise' such as rape and pedophilia were stalking the highlanders. The police have found an answer – sex videos – after an influential students' body blamed it on 'sexy' school dresses. Finding a pattern to rapes in Mizoram, the police in this northeastern state discovered that most men caught...

Back to Mizoram

By Satyabrata Chakraborty The Mizoram government has finally started repatriating Bru (Reang) evacuees from Tripura but no one is sure when the process will be completed. The first batch of 51 families, comprising 251 men, women and children, left on 3 and 4 November. The Centre had set 31 October as the deadline. The repatriation process had to cross many hurdles. The Mizoram government...

Dam Projects ~ The Bigger Picture

By Prasenjit Biswas The recent protests over the National Hydel Power Corporation-run project in Gerukamukh, officially known as the Lower Subansiri Dam Project, highlighted the sordid portrayal of impending human disaster. Following the report of the three-member expert committee appointed by the Assam government about the possible environmental impact of the Subanbsiri project, intellectuals,...

Mizoram Doing Wonders With Rural Job Scheme

By K. Balchand MNREGS has given them the leeway to club a number of schemes Primary importance is attached to construction of roads Aizawl, Nov 15 : The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) has been adopted as a community work by the well-knit, classless society in Mizoram. Unlike in other States, people in Mizoram do not apply for jobs; it is the village council...

Rape Cases On The Rise in Mizoram

Aizawl, Nov 15 : Mizoram has witnessed an increase in rape cases during the last few years, Aizawl Superintendent of Police Lalbiakthanga Khiangte said here today. Police registered 66 cases of rape in 2007, while there were 70 rape victims in that year. Fifty-one rape cases and 56 rape victims were registered in 2008, which increased to 68 rape cases and 71 victims. This year the police have...

Shillong Choir To Sing in Bangalore Soon

By Francis Sundar Singh Bangalore, Nov 15 : “I hope we have done justice to our country,” says Damon M Lyndem, coordinator and member of the Shillong Chamber Choir, who were given a chance to perform before US President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle at a banquet hosted by President Pratibha Patil at the Rashtrapathi Bhavan during their recent visit to India. Performing at a VVIP banquet...

‘Corruption Almost Legalised in Nagaland’

Dimapur, Nov 15 : Former Nagaland Chief Minister Dr SC Jamir has rued that corruption has become so legitimate in Nagaland that it has become an almost essential part of governance and administration. Jamir, who also served as Governor of Goa and Maharashtra, stated this at the inaugural session of the first ever technical festival ‘Techaura 2010’ organized at the School of Engineering & Technology...