New Bodo Body Seeks Separate State

Guwahati, Nov 20 : Around 42 bodies of Bodo tribal community formed a conglomerate — Bodo National Conference (BNC) — on the concluding day of first Bodo national convention on Friday for unification of all Bodo groups. The convention, held in Kokrajhar district, unanimously adopted a resolution to demand for separate state for the Bodo tribals living in Assam. A four-member committee of the BNC...

Mizoram Bru Refugees Fail to Leave Due to Blockade

Aizawl, Nov 19 : Sixty Bru refugees, who were scheduled to return to Mizoram as part of the second phase of repatriation, could not do so today as anti-repatriation agitators blocked the road they were to take. Sources from the relief camps in Tripura said over 100 people blocked the road preventing the refugees to leave for Mizoram. As only a few Tripura policemen were deployed there,...

Former Prostitute in 'Saved on the Strip'

A former Las Vegas lady of the night is on a mission to help other prostitutes find God. Annie Lobert is a former Sin City prostitute who found Jesus and wants to help other girls do the  same on the new three-part series, "Hookers: Saved on the Strip" on Investigation Discovery. Lobert worked as a hooker for over 10 years before starting Hookers for Jesus in 2006.  ...

11 Feared Dead in Arunachal Heli Crash

Guwahati, Nov 19 : An Indian air force transport helicopter crashed in the mountainous northeast of the country near the border with China on Friday, with up to 11 people feared dead, a defence official said. The Mi-17 Russian-made helicopter was travelling from Tawang in the state of Arunachal Pradesh to Guwahati in Assam with 11 on board when it crashed in bad weather, the official told AFP, asking...

War Survivor in Arunachal Recalls Haunting 1962 Battle

By Utpal Boruah Itanagar, Nov 19 : The bitter reminiscences of the bloody Sino-India war of 1962 are still afresh in his mind. The sounds of bullets coupled with the screams of dying soldiers still haunt him even at the fag end of the life of Alorno Pul, who served as a porter during the Chinese aggression of 1962. 76 year-old Alorno, a local priest and a cultivator from Walla...

Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC): What is That? We Explain

Mandated to inquire into a specific subject, a JPC is constituted either through a motion adopted by one House and concurred by the other, or, through communication between the presiding officers of the two Houses. The members are either elected by the Houses or nominated by the presiding officers. As in the case of other parliamentary committees, they are drawn from different groups. The strength...

Indian-American Embezzled 34 Million Dollars

Boston, Nov 19 : A former Indian-American executive of Koss Corporation was on Thursday sentenced to 11 years in prison for embezzling $34 million from the Milwaukee headphones maker. Sujata "Sue" Sachdeva, the company's former vice president of finance, had pleaded guilty to using company funds to pay her personal bills. The 47-year-old Sachdeva admitted running up expensive bills at Milwaukee-area...

People Magazine's "Sexiest Man Alive"

Hollywood star Ryan Reynolds has been voted People Magazine's "Sexiest Man Alive" for the year 2010. Click on to check out others in the list. Ryan Reynolds The 34-year-old Canadian star most famous for his role in "The Proposal" and his actress wife Scarlett Johansson are no doubt Hollywood's most good-looking couple. Reynolds also stars in the much anticipated sci-fi movie "Green Lantern". ...