Manipur, Mizo Groups Want Inner Line Permit Reintroduced

Aizawl/Agartala, May 18 : A Manipuri group of activists has demanded the reintroduction of Inner Line Permits (ILP) in northeastern states to “protect the indigenous and domicile” people in the region. “In the first phase of our agitation, we will not allow non-Manipuri people to enter Manipur between June 1 and June 5 if the ILP system is not reintroduced by May 31,” Sapamacha Jadumani, spokesperson...

In The Shadow Of Guns

By Irfan Ahmad Sonia Nepram. Sonia Nepram talks about her debut film “Gun and a God” Making a documentary film on a woman who is an ex-insurgent is not easy. It takes a lot of courage to go ahead with such a subject and do justice to it. Independent filmmaker Sonia Nepram took on this subject in her debut documentary Gun and a God. The documentary tells the story of Purnima, an ex-insurgent...

Cyclonic Storm Mahasen Weakens Into Deep Depression Over Mizoram

Aizawl, May 17 : The cyclonic storm Mahasen over the Bay of Bengal moved northeastwards and weakened into a deep depression and lay centred at 1730 hours today over Mizoram, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. A bulletin issued by the IMD this evening said Mahasen lay centred near latitude 24.00 N and longitude 92.50 E, about 35 km North of Aizawl.It would move northeastwards and weaken...

Bangalore's IT Workers Start Tech Tattoo Craze

Bangalore, May 17 : In Bangalore, India’s technology capital, tattoo artists have reported an uptick in men asking for brand tattoos to celebrate jobs at the world’s top technology companies, including Microsoft and IBM.Young high fliers in India’s technology capital Bangalore are so proud to work for Western technology firms such as Microsoft and IBM that they are having their logos tattooed on...

Why is Mizoram A Distant Dot in The National Mind Space?

A landslide in Aizawl that killed 17 people struggles to find space in the national as well as Northeast media. Why is there both, a national and regional disconnect with Mizoram, asks Ratnadip Choudhury The landslide site in Aizawl, Mizoram. PTI photo On 13 May, the website of a leading English daily carried a story with the headline ‘Meghalaya landslide toll rises to 13, more...

Cyclone Mahasen Likely To Hit Mizoram Tonight

Mahasen Reaches Coastal Bangladesh Aizawl, May 16 : With Cyclone Mahasen likely to hit the State on Thursday night, the Mizoram Government has decided to close all schools on Friday and declared a half-holiday tomorrow. State Education Secretary K Lalnghinglova said today that a circular to this effect has already been issued and circulated to the head of the institutions of government schools...

Aizawl Landslide: All Bodies Recovered, Clearing Work Begins

Aizawl, May 16 : With the last remaining body being recovered from under the debris, the workers were now busy clearing the site here that was hit by the massive landslide on May 11 leaving 17 people dead.SP (Traffic) Lallianmawia on Wednesday said the body of Vanlalrema of S Lungpher village was recovered last night.This was the last of the 17 bodies that had been recovered from under huge chunk...

Update: Cyclone Mahasen Panic Grips Mizoram

Cyclone Mahasen to hit NE in 72 hrs GUWAHATI/KOHIMA: Tropical cyclone Mahasen is expected to hit northeast India in the next 72 hours with heavy rains and thunderstorms expected in the region. On May 16, the cyclone is expected to cross the Bangladesh coast between Khepupara and Teknaff, close to Chittagong.The cyclonic storm over the south-east Bay of Bengal moved northwards and lay centred near...