MBA Seats For Cash: This is India

IT dept raids Welingkar's Director In raids that stretched for almost 48 hours, the Income Tax (IT) authorities over the November 20 weekend searched the residences and office of Dr Uday Salunkhe, Director of Welingkar Institute of Management, Matunga, Mumbai. While it is learnt not a lot of cash was found, documentary evidence has been seized to help with further investigation. The raids that started...

US Consul General to Visit Nagaland During Hornbill Festival

Kohima, Nov 25 : The US Consul General, Kolkata, Beth A Payne will be attending the inaugural ceremony of the Hornbill festival as the state guest on December 1 next at Kisama Heritage village here. According to official sources here today, Ms Payne is likely to inaugurate one of the events of the famous tourist festival which would be showcasing the culture and tradition of all the Naga tribes...

Assam Activists Vandalise Vishal Mega Mart Stores

Guwahati, Nov 25 : Hundreds of activists of the All Assam Students Union (AASU) Thursday vandalised at least three Vishal Mega Mart shopping malls in Assam. About a dozen students were injured when police used batons to disperse them. AASU accused the shopping chain of defaming it, two days after a newly floated students' forum released telephonic conversations between a Vishal Mart executive and...

The Oldest Surviving Heart Patient in India From Mizoram

Aizawl, Nov 25 : VL Bela, who cut his 100th birthday cake on October 11, claims to be the oldest surviving heart patient in India. The retired schoolteacher, who now lives at Tuikual locality here, had created history by undergoing “stent angioplasty” in Kolkata at the age of 95 and became the oldest man in the world to survive the operation. Dr Tarun Praharaj, director of Cardiac Catherisation...

Meghalaya Produces World’s Best Carnation Flowers

Shillong, Nov 25 : West Khasi Hills District Horticulture Development Officer S Kharlukhi today said Meghalaya is known as the carnation belt in the country. The carnation flowers of the State are famous not only in the country, but also all over the world. Talking to newsmen today, S Kharlukhi said that though  West Khasi Hills District was lagging behind in many aspects, the district...

Manipur Girl Gang Raped in Delhi

After 40 mins, rape victim dumped at Mongolpuri By Rahul Tripathi New Delhi, Nov 25 : A 30-year-old BPO employee, from Manipur, was picked up by four drunken men near Dhaula Kuan and gangraped for over 40 minutes in a moving vehicle early on Wednesday morning. The woman was forced into the vehicle near Nanakpura gurdwara at 1.21am and found in a semi-conscious state in Mongolpuri Industrial...

No Takers For 'Mr India', Film On HIV Positive Body Builder

Panaji, Nov 24 : 'Mr India', a documentary film depicting the struggles and triumphs of HIV positive body builder Pradeep Kumar may have won several international awards, but is finding no takers for a theatrical release in India. Filmmaker Haobam Pabankumar is disappointed that the film will go to DVDs directly despite winning more than 12 national and international awards. The documentary...

Mizoram Cracks Down Against Non Locals

By Laishram Shamungou Imphal, Nov 25 : Mizoram is no place for those who have no Inner Line Permit (ILP) and the implementation of ILP system there is such that non-Mizos who do not possess the document are transported beyond the boundary of the State in terms of truck loads every day. A team of 13 journalists who recently conducted a tour of Mizoram witnessed strict implementation of ILP...