Nun Expelled For Facebook Addiction

London, Feb 19 : A nun who has lived in a convent in Spain for over 35 years, has now been asked to leave after she was found to be "spending too much time" on social networking website Facebook. Sister María Jesus Galan - dubbed "Sister Internet" by her fellow nuns - wrote on her Facebook page that she has been ask ed to leave the convent after disagreements over her online activities, the Daily...

Is Talking On Mobile While Driving Safe?

In a complete reversal of what motorists have been advised, a new study suggests that those who talk on phone or switch on the radio stations while behind the steering wheel may actually be driving safely. Researchers from Kansas University found that drivers who engage in a "secondary task" pay more attention to the road because some types of distraction can help bored drivers stay focused. ...

Staying Away From Census Makes One Non-Citizen: Mizo CM

Shillong, Feb 19 : The Mizoram government today dubbed as "non-citizens" the section of the state's Christian population staying away from the Census process due to a superstition and said they might not be able get the benefits of government schemes. "They will be deprived of the benefits of citizenship. We will not be able to look after them, because they are not our citizens," Chief...

Mizoram to Celebrate Chapchar Kut

Participants in the Chapchur Kut festival Aizawl, Feb 19 : The Mizoram government is gearing up with gusto and fanfare for the Chapchar Kut festival (which celebrates sowing of seeds) on March 4. The highlights of the government-sponsored festival will be cultural performances and exhibitions of paintings, photographs and handicrafts in a delighful blend of tradition and modernity. Mizoram’s...

The Manipur Advantage

By Hoihnu Hauzel Hoihnu Hauzel on how bamons, people specially designated to cook, add taste to Manipuri cuisine Hoihnu Hauzel It was only after I left Manipur, my home state, in pursuit of higher education, that I began to look at the place with a sense of awe. And over the years, I have explored and discovered interesting facts about this place that was once a princely state. For one, this...

UK Scholarships For Naga Students

The Naga students selected for scholarship in Kohima on Friday. Telegraph picture Kohima, Feb 19 : Nearly 75 Naga students today received scholarships from World War II veterans. The UK-based Kohima Education Trust selected the students, mostly children from poor families but good in academics, for the scholarship. The scholarships were awarded to students from Class VIII to X in the presence...

Decaying Vegetable Matter Threatens Manipur's Loktak Lake

Imphal, Feb 19 : Known as the only floating lake in the world, Manipur's Loktak lake is facing a threat due to the huge decaying vegetable matter floating on the water. The unique fresh water lake faced a threat to its existence due to infestation of the floating vegetable waste as seen on satellite image, an assessment study by the Ahmedabad-based Space Application Centre of ISRO pointed...

Central Team Touring Northeast to Push For Grassroots Governance

Aizawl/Agartala, Feb 19 : A central government team, sponsored by the union panchayati raj ministry, is touring the northeastern states to gather public opinion on devolution of governance to the grass roots level, an official said Friday. Most parts of the mountainous northeast, comprising seven states, have been ravaged by militancy for the past several decades. Anguish, deprivation and distress...