BJP Alleges Corruption in Arunachal Power Project

The BJP in Arunachal Pradesh has accused a Congress MLA of resorting to corruption while executing a power project in remote Anjaw district bordering China.The party in a statement today alleged that Congress MLA Karikho Kri has misused public money and misled the state government along with AICC secretary in charge of Arunachal Pradesh Sanjay Bapna about the actual status of the Hatipani hydel project...

No Mudslinging For Votes Please, This Is Mizoram

By Prasanta Mazumdar  For hours, Lalsawta, Sailothanga Sailo and K Laltuvela answered a volley of questions from voters at a joint campaign platform organised by local NGOs on Thursday evening. But not once, they attacked or criticised the rivals.They are candidates in the prestigious Aizawl East-II assembly constituency in Mizoram which goes to polls on November 25.In a country where polls...

Presbyterian Church holds key to campaign in Mizoram

An outsider to Christian-majority Mizoram will hardly be able to realise that Assembly elections here are just a week away as posters, placards and wall graffiti are few.It is the all powerful Presbyterian Church controlled Mizoram People’s Forum (MPF), an election watchdog, that dictates the dos and don’ts of campaigning.All the main political parties in the State, including ruling Congress, main...

Mizoram Elction Update: Nov 18

Average age of Mizo poll candidates around 52 The oldest candidate contesting the election to the 40-member Mizoram Assembly to be held on November 25 was the present Revenue Minister J H Rothuama (74) from Champhai North seat while the youngest candidate was Pazawna (27) of the BJP contesting from Mizoram-Tripura border Hachhek seat. According to the affidavits filed by the contesting candidates,...

A Treat of the Seven Sisters

By Michael Swamy Chef Michael Swamy graduated from the prestigious Cordon Bleu culinary school, London. He has worked with several Michelin chefs which helped him create a career in food styling and photography. Michael is a Gourmand Award winner (2012) for his book The East Indian Kitchen. He took his expertise further and put it to good use as the food consultant for MasterChef India season...

Anup Chetia could not be extradited to India Now

By Syed Sajjad Ali Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde with his Bangladeshi counterpart Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir during the inauguration of the newly-built Integrated Check Post between India and Bangladesh at Akhaura Border in Agartala on Sunday. First Integrated Check Post on Bangladesh border opened Bangladesh will hand over extremists and criminals wanted in India in keeping...

Police Register Case Against Agitating ATSUM

Imphal, Nov 16: Police in Manipur has registered a case against the agitating All Tribal Students’ Union Manipur (ATSUM) for allegedly threatening railway staff and workers to halt all works related with the construction of Jiribam to Tupul railway line. Tunnel construction of the Jiribam to Tupul railway line in Manipur had been stopped since November 12 following ban to the implementation of national...

Guwahati To Have First Police Commissioner By January 26

GUWAHATI, Nov 16 (Agencies): Five years after chief minister Tarun Gogoi mooted the idea of having a police commissionerate in the city following serial blasts by NDFB that killed more than 65 people in Guwahati alone, the city is likely to have its first police commissioner by January 26. The blasts had killed more than 100 people in the other parts of the state. Assam DGP Jayanto Narayan Choudhury...