UDF's Royte richest candidate in Mizoram

AIZAWL: With assets worth Rs 31.53 crore, Robert Romawia Royte, United Democratic Front (UDF)'s nominee for the Mizoram's lone Lok Sabha seat is the richest among the three candidates in the fray. The state will go to polls on April 9.Royte and his wife, according to an affidavit submitted to the returning officer and deputy commission of Aizawl district, Juhi Mukherjee, have Rs 5 lakh and Rs 4 lakh...

India's Brahmaputra river: 'The flood waters are eating away at our land'

Flooding on the Brahmaputra has brought death, displacement and disease to what has become one of India's poorest regions Kieran Cooke in Laupani, India Flood of misery … the overflowing waters of the Brahmaputra river have encroached on the land of locals, heaping sand on...

All women’s bank to open three branches in northeast India

Agartala, Mar 23 : The Bharatiya Mahila Bank (BMB) — India’s first all-women bank — will open three more branches in three capital cities of the northeastern states this week, officials said here Sunday.“Three branches of the BMB will be set up in Agartala (Tripura), Shillong (Meghalaya) and Itanagar (Arunachal Pradesh) in this week,” a senior official of the Reserve Bank of India told IANS.The...

Online retailing on the rise in Northeast India

India's North East is quietly becoming one of the fastest-growing markets for online retailers with an increasing number of youngsters from the region logging on to buy mobiles, accessories and much more.Portals such as Myntra, Jabong and Snapdeal are finding good traction for orders from the region as the number of customers looking to buy the best brands at affordable prices is on the rise."Youngsters...

Myanmar Weavers To Train inmates of Mizoram Home

Aizawl, Mar 21 : A number of orphans and drug addicts, all inmates of a home run by Thutak Nunpuitu Team (TNT) at Zuangtui near Aizawl, will be trained at the Handloom Weaving Centre by two Myanmarese weavers.The Handloom Weaving Centre, jointly established by TNT and the Amway Opportunity Foundation (AOF), was inaugurated on Tuesday by G Malsawmdawngliana, joint director of industries (handloom...

Pre-monsoon Rains in Mizoram, Houses Damaged

Aizawl, Mar 21: Pre-monsoon rainfall accompanied by strong squall hit many places in Mizoram on Wednesday evening leaving trails of destruction in a number of places, disaster management and rehabilitation department sources said.Southernmost Lawngtlai district was the hardest hit with around 50 houses damaged in Lawngtlai town and surrounding villages, the officials said. While 12 houses were damaged...

Megadams: Battle on the Brahmaputra

China and India have their eye on the energy potential of the vast Brahmaputra river. Will a new wave of "megadams" bring power to the people - or put millions at risk? Navin Singh Khadka reports from Assam, India. On the banks of the Brahmaputra it is hard to get a sense of where the river starts and ends. It begins far away as a Tibetan...

Football: ‘Work needed at grassroot level’

India’s north-east has long been touted as the nursery of its football. With two clubs from Shillong representing the region in the I-League and Mizoram winning their maiden Santosh Trophy in Siliguri earlier his month, defender Gouramangi Singh feels this is the best phase of the sport in the region. Gouramangi speaks about the transition of football in the region...