World's Largest Family Prepares To Vote in Mizoram Polls

By Manogya Loiwal Serchhip (Mizoram), Nov 20 : Ziona, the head of family, has 38 wives, 32 sons, 18 daughters, 22 grandsons, 26 granddaughters and seven great grand children and all live under one roof. The largest family in the world is the star attraction in Mizoram and the mega family will be voting for a new government in the north-eastern state on November 25. The family has 162...

NE Business Summit to address development issues of region

The Union Ministry of Development of North East Region (DoNER), along with the Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC), has organized the ‘North-East Business Summit’ in Dibrugarh, Assam from November 22-24.This will be the ninth edition of the summit, which is the largest trade and investment conference-cum-exposition on India’s North-East Region (NER).  This is the first time that the event is being...

Guwahati’s Cosmetic Development

By ARUNI KASHYAP EPA Police personnel patrolling the banks of Brahmaputra River ahead of Republic Day celebrations in Guwahati, Assam, on Jan. 23, 2009. “I come from Guwahati—a small town in the northeastern part of India,” I used to tell my friends in Minnesota, until one person asked me how large is Guwahati. When I answered, he looked at me shocked, “A small town of only 1.4 million...

A Tilak Turns Poll Scenario Riotous

By Devirupa MitraNew Delhi, Nov 19 : A tilak on the forehead of four-time Mizoram Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla has been raked up into a poll issue, as the Opposition in the north-eastern state take up Mizo nationalism as their main plank.The main Opposition alliance Mizoram Democratic Alliance seems to be exploiting the frustration inherent from a highly-educated young population, who are currently...

In Patriarchal Mizoram, Women Still Fighting For Space

By Prasanta MazumdarAizawl, Nov 19 : More than half of the state's voters are women, but only six are in the fray for the 40 assembly seats.Women make up almost 51 per cent of Mizoram’s voters but they are still being treated as second class citizens, both politically and socially.In patriarchal Mizoram, Mizos are guided by customary laws that deny women the right to inherit property among others....

Mizo Nationalism Raises its Head

Aizawl, Nov 19 : Three decades after the issue of Mizo nationalism went into oblivion, the Mizoram opposition alliance has raked it up as one of their main planks of their November 25 state Assembly poll campaign.“The issue (Mizo nationalism) was always there as it is the issue of our own identity. No one can ever compromise with his or her identity, or the identity of his community which is at...

Mizoram election Update: Nov 19

Social media, SMS new campaign tools in Mizoram Political parties in Mizoram have been using social media and mobile phones to woo voters, especially the youths, for the coming election to the 40-member state assembly to be held on November 25. Zoram Nationalist Party chief Lalduhawma has an account on Facebook. Rothuama Sailo, a close aide of Lalduhawma said a large number of Facebook...

Pre-paid Power Meters To Come Up in Nagaland

Kohima, Nov 19 :  In move towards overcoming the Aggregate Technical and Commercial (AT&C) losses to the extent of 60 per cent faced by the state through power supply, the Department of Power, Nagaland would be introducing pre-paid power meters throughout the state in a phased manner.  The pilot project in the state would first be implemented in Dimapur district, said Parliamentary...