Manipur Militants Target Telecom Firm Employees

By Sujit Chakraborty Imphal, Mar 3 : After targeting employees in the sectors of insurance, banking and hospitality, militants in Manipur have now targeted mobile operators in the state to continue their activities of extortion and abduction. The militants had earlier burned down mobile towers after employees of telecom companies refused to fulfill their demands. In February, militants of the Kangleipak...

Manipur Govt To Demolish illegal Religious Structures

Imphal, Mar 3 : Taking into account the Supreme Court's verdict, the state cabinet has taken up necessary steps to pull down all unauthorized places of worship, quarters and others structures located at public places across the state. The move came at a time when the government has taken up massive road expansion drive and is also pulling down a large number of buildings constructed on both sides...

Meghalaya Has More Women Than National Average

Shillong, Mar 3 : Meghalaya, where the indigenous communities follow a matrilineal system, has a sex ratio that favours women and the number of women per thousand men in the state is higher than the national average. Meghalaya has a higher sex ratio of 972 women to 1000 men, which is greater than the national average of 933 women to 1000 men though it is lower than Kerala where 1058 women outnumber...

Kate Winslet In 'Glamour': Shows Leg, Talks Chubby Past

Kate Winslet covers the April issue of Glamour, and in the interview she talks about body image, winning the best actress Oscar in 2009 for 'The Reader' and raising her kids (with Sam Mendes, from whom she split last year). Glamour's press release follows; scroll down for photos. See the magazine's list of the 50 Most Glam here. On being heavy when she was younger: "I will tell you...

Assam Tops in NREGA Complaints in Northeast

By Rahul Karmakar Guwahati, Mar 2 : Assam has topped the list of complaints related to implementation of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) in the north east. The list covers all complaints that the ministry of rural development received till 31 March 2010. According to the ministry, Assam has 30 comp laints, followed by Manipur with seven,...

Smartphones Below Rs 10,000

Most people associate smartphones with stiff price tags. And for a while, this certainly was true -- you had to start off with a budget in the vicinity of Rs 15,000 if you were in the market for a handset that had a proper operating system with the option of adding and removing applications, multi-tasking, push mail, et al. However, as the competition in the smartphone market has intensified,...

Charlie Sheen Reveals Goddess Sleeping Arrangement

Charlie Sheen's media blitz continues, and Tuesday he spoke with Howard Stern about his "goddesses," the two live-in girlfriends who help him care for his young sons. Sheen revealed that Natty (a bikini model) and Rach (formerly known as Bree, her porn star name), sleep in separate beds in the same room - and he gets to pick which bed he sleeps in. ROBIN QUIVERS: But how do they work it?...

Is This Deepika’s Sexiest Cover Shoot?

Glamorous Bollywood diva Deepika Padukone looks irresistible on the cover of Vogue’s March cover. She has worked her magic on a barely there pink dress. With a toned body like Deepika’s she can even make the most impossible clothes look good. The dress she is wearing is from the label Burberry and the designer himself, Christopher Bailey, styled the look for her. Apparently he was...