05 March 2014

First green campus college in Notheast India

In a first for the North East region, a city-based College was adjudged as having an eco-friendly 'green campus', officials said.St Anthony's College, one of the leading colleges in the state, affiliated to the North Eastern Hill University here, received the distinction of being the only campus to have passed the ambient air quality testing conducted by the Meghalaya State Pollution ControlBoard,...
04 March 2014

Mass Prayers To Keep Mizoram Liquor Prohibition

Sinlung's ONE CENT View: Shouldn't the church be concentrating on fighting corruption rather than Prohibition. Corruption is the root of all evil in Mizoram. Aizawl, Mar 4 : Mizoram Synod's second highest decision-making body, the Synod Executive Committee (SEC) of the Presbyterian Church of India, the most powerful church in Mizoram, decided to organize mass prayers across the state to pray...

Economics of Pork in Nagaland: Garbage Scavenging Pigs imported

Seen here are pigs feeding on garbage in Nirvana Slum, Uttar Pradesh, one of the places from where pigs are supplied to Nagaland. A report has revealed how unfair trade practices and lack of hygiene mark the quality of Supply Pork in Nagaland.   Abokali Jimomi Dimapur, Mar 4 :  Not all consumers in Nagaland are aware of where most of the imported pork they eat comes from.For the...

Tribunal starts hearing on extremist groups in Tripura

By Syed Sajjad AliAgartala, Mar 4 : The central government tribunal has started its hearing in Agartala on Monday to scrutiny legal locus standi over decision of the union government to declare two extremist groups unlawful. The proceedings chaired by Delhi Court Judge Justice Veena Birbal would continue till Wednesday before delivering a judgment.The union government declared National Liberation...

Protests Against Arrest of Peasant Leader

Guwahati, Mar 4 : Protests were staged in various parts of Assam today against the arrest of Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) president Akhil Gogoi here in the wee hours yesterday.KMSS workers and supporters staged protests in different parts since yesterday against the arrest, blocking roads in some parts, mainly in eastern Assam and outskirts of Guwahati.They have also demanded unconditional...

Manipur moots highway protection force

KHELEN THOKCHOM Imphal, Mar 4 : The Centre has agreed in principle to the raising of two more India Reserve Battalions (IRB) in Manipur for deployment along the Imphal-Dimapur and Imphal-Jiribam highways as a dedicated protection force to ensure free movement of trucks. Deputy chief minister Gaikhangam, who is also the home minister, told the Assembly today that the force...
03 March 2014

Mizoram 'Unfriendly' to Disabled Persons

Aizawl, Mar 3 : Lalchhanchhuaha, a visually-impaired, was allegedly made to undergo a physical test just like normal people when he applied for a post in the state's environment and forests department recently. "It was not until I made a complaint to the central government which issued a notice to the environment and forest department that I was appointed. The 'Person with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities,...

Manipur - The new Indian consumer economy

Despite being among the poorest states, Manipur’s record on literacy and sanitation was much above the national average, as per Census 2011 Consumption expenditure in rural Manipur grew faster than prices in the nine years to 2013. Photo: Indranil Bhoumik/Mint Consumption expenditure in rural Manipur grew faster than prices in the nine years to 2013. Despite being among the poorest states,...