Mizoram Wins first-ever Santosh Trophy title, beat Railways 3-0 in final!

A bunch of unheralded diminutive footballers took the Santosh Trophy by storm and maintained their brand of fast-paced attacking football in the Final to deservingly win their maiden Nationals crown sweeping aside Railways 3-0 in the 68th National Championships for the Santosh Trophy here at the floodlit Kanchenjunga Stadium on Sunday evening. A brace from Zico Zoremsanga either side of...

Hill Couture

A UK-based label uses traditional weaves from the North-East to create handbags  A model wearing Arunachali necklace, with a handbag made from a Naga warrior shawl.  By Seema Chowdhry She is not looking to infuse her own design sensibilities into the traditional colour palette or weave patterns that make up the body cloth for a man from the Konyak Naga tribe or the Ao Naga...

Mock Quake Drill in Northeast India

Shillong, Mar 10 : Meghalaya, Assam and other states in the seismically-active North East region are all geared up for the replication of 1897's 8.7 magnitude Shillong earthquake next week, the biggest mock drill in South East Asia, aimed at assessing multi-state disaster preparedness, an official said here today.The drill will identify gaps while responding to such a calamity, National Disaster...

Dimapur Police Busts Call Girl Racket

Dimapur, Mar 10 : Dimapur police busted a call girl racket and apprehended three persons in connection with the illicit trade being run in Dimapur and in bordering Lahorijan area of Assam.The three accused have been arrested for their involvement in the illegal flesh trade. Police sources said the three accused have been dealing with call girls from Dimapur to satisfy customers in nearby Lahorijan...

Meet The People Who Want To Go To Mars And Never Come Back

Two-hundred thousand people applied to participate in a project called Mars One. It’s a private enterprise to establish a permanent human settlement on Mars and film a reality show along the way. The thing is, right now the technology can only get them there....

The Rape of Meghalaya

By Shweta Taneja Eight hundred dumper trucks filled to the brim with coal and limestone stand on the Indian side, patiently waiting to cross the border into Bangladesh and dump their load. That’s all they do, day in and day out. Pick up limestone and coal, dug out from the mountains of Meghalaya, head to the border at Dawki, cross into Bangladesh and dump it there. To be exported to China...

Paper trail to be used in Nagaland, Mizoram, Meghalaya

The voter verifiable paper audit trail (VVPAT) system will be used for the first time in the Lok Sabha elections in Nagaland, Mizoram and in one of the two constituencies in Meghalaya, an election official said Thursday."We have decided to use the VVPAT system in Nagaland, Mizoram and in Tura parliamentary constituency in Meghalaya for the Lok Sabha elections after much deliberation," Election Commissioner...

Telangana creation may spur demands from northeast

By Iboyaima LaithangbamThe imminent creation of Telangana State has come as the much awaited shot in the arm for several groups in the north-east which have been clamouring for the creation of new States on tribal lines. However for tactical reasons they are not making a hue and cry as yet.The long standing demand of the Kukis is that there should be a Kuki homeland in Manipur. On the other hand,...