After The Rains

By Anjana Palepu Women pluck tea leaves at the Amchung garden in Assam. (Anupam Nath/AP/File photo) Young Assamese dancers perform the Bihu, a folk dance from Assam, during Rongali Bihu celebrations, the festival which marks the Assamese new year and the onset of spring. (Anupam Nath/AP/File photo) The seven sisters is the wettest region in the country, receiving over 432 mm of rainfall...

Guwahati Features in Top 15 Online Shopping Destinations

By Bikash Singh Guwahati, Sep 6 : Northeast India is fast taking to online shopping. The size of online shopping industry of the region is between Rs 75 Crore to Rs 100 Crore. Myntra.com fashion portal, conducted a study recently that highlighted the growing prominence of online shopping among the youth in Guwahati. This study ranked Guwahati 11th among the top 15 cities in India for online...

‘Save Mizoram Long March’ Concludes

Participants of the ‘Save Mizoram Long March’ campaign on Tuesday, September 3. Aizawl, Sep 5 : The Zoram Nationalist Party’s (ZNP) ‘Save Mizoram Long March’ campaign concluded on Tuesday at Lunglei in Mizoram after having covered 175 km. The march was flagged off on August 26 from at Vanapa Hall, Aizawl.The purpose of the march was to save Mizoram from its bondage, to heal the wounds that cripple...

JNU To Have Separate Hostel For Northeast Students

By Pradeep KumarNew Delhi, Sep 5 : Clearing numerous hurdles for construction of a 500-bed North East Students' hostel, the JNU authorities today identified land, courtesy the initiative of NE MPs Forum (NEMPF).JNU Vice Chancellor Prof Sudhir Kumar Sopory, Rector Prof Sudha Pai, Deputy Registrar Kh Siile Anthony and Superintending Engineer Pradeep Kumar along with the forum's Secretary General Takam...

World Zomi Convention Next Month

Imphal, Sep 5 : With an aim to create awareness, the Zomis or the Zo community settling at various parts around the globe will converge at the 3rd World Zomi Convention at Lamka, Churachandpur district in Manipur between October 25 to 27 under the theme, 'Marching on ....' , and reason together on the means to be followed by the community in order to make them stand more united in the face...

Mizoram FA Launches Official Ball & Theme Song for MPL

The Mizoram Football Association today, September 4 unveiled the official ball and theme song for the Mizoram Premier League - Season II. The official ball for the MPL II is the Nivia Shining Star 2022 with an MPL logo printed on it. The ball was unveiled by Scott O'Donell, the AIFF Technical Director for Regional Academies, who currently is in the Mizoram capital Aizawl conducting the AFC...

Mizoram Likely To Restart Reang Refugees' Rehabilitation

Aizawl/Agartala, Sep 5 : The Mizoram government is likely to initiate the return of the 37,000 tribal refugees sheltering in Tripura for almost 16 years from this month, officials said Wednesday."I have called a meeting of officials concerned Sep 9. In the meeting, the schedule of repatriation of refugees would be finalised. We want to restart the repatriation from this month," Deputy Commissioner...

High Child Rights Abuse Rate in Northeast

Guwahati, Sep 5 : The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), an independent regional non-governmental organization holding general consultative status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, has urged the Human Rights Council to engage in constructive dialogues with the Government of India to ensure that the government take all measures to reduce threats faced by children in conflict...