Mizoram To Have Disaster Response Force

Aizawl, Jun 3 : Mizoram Home Minister R Lalzirliana today expressed the desire to have at least 200 to 300 trained personnel of State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) in each of the eight armed police battalions in the state.Speaking at the valedictory function held at the headquarters of Fifth India Reserve Battalion in Lungverh near here for 45 SDRF trainees, Lalzirliana said that the importance...

Cops Suspect Foul Play in Manipur Woman’s Death

Students protest outside Malviya Nagar police station New Delhi, Jun 3 : Days after a young woman from Manipur was found dead in her South Delhi home, the case has been transferred to the Delhi Police Crime Branch. On Saturday, hundreds of students assembled outside the Malviya Nagar police station, alleging that the post-mortem report had been tampered with. Crime Branch sources said since...

Northeast: Burning Since 1947

By Oinam SunilThe insurrection in the erstwhile Naga Hills district of Assam, which later became the state of Nagaland in 1963, is the oldest in the Indian sub-continent and goes back all the way to 1947. In 1997 the Centre began talks with insurgents and made conscious attempts to bring about lasting peace. But, the expansion of the Naga insurgency - Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh and Assam - has made...

Assam Minister Files Defamation Case Against Saradha Chief

Himanta Biswa Sarmah in Guwahati on Saturday. Guwahati, Jun 3 : Assam Health and Education Minister Himanta Biswa Sarmah on Saturday filed a criminal defamation case against Saradha Group and its chairman Sudipta Sen for allegations against him in a purported letter to the CBI. Sarmah is the first person to initiate legal action against Sen although names of several politicians and businessmen...

Dogs Posing Threat To Mizoram Town Residents

Aizawl, May 31 : Man's best friend is posing a threat to residents of south Mizoram's largest town, Lunglei. At least 726 people in Lunglei have been victims of dog bites between January 2010 and April 2013, according to the records of the Lunglei Civil Hospital.The records showed that the number of people bitten by dogs is increasing every year - 139 in 2010, 235 in 2011 and 250 in 2012. Till April...

APSC Seeks To Alter Exam Syllabus

Prelims not to have optional subjectBy SUMIR KARMAKARGuwahati, May 31 : The Assam Public Service Commission (APSC) is planning to do away with the optional subject in the preliminary examination for the combined competitive examinations.The revision of syllabus will be on the lines of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), which recently revised its syllabus for IAS and allied services examinations.The...

Scientists Fear Female Libido Booster Too Effective

Worried that the “female Viagra” could work too well? (Photo via Gabriel Delgado / Wikimedia Commons) Women looking to get their freak back may soon be able to pop a new breed of lust drug: Lybrido. But scientists developing the desire pill sometimes called “female Viagra” confided in one writer an unusual worry. They fear the libido-booster may work too well. (And the problem with that is …?) Journalist...

Arunachal Lonely Planet's Global Tourism Hotspot

By Pradeep KumarItanagar, May 30 : After winning the coveted second runners up position in Lonely Planet magazine's Emerging Destinations In India recently, Arunachal Pradesh, nature's favourite play spot on earth, has made its foray into the world tourism scenario and earned the rare distinction of making it to the BBC's Lonely Planet Traveller magazine's 'Top 21 under-the-radar destinations of...