A Triangular Battle For A Lone Mizoram Seat

By Himanshu KapoorWith a lone Lok Sabha seat, the General Elections in Mizoram would be a triangular one. After the withdrawal of candidature by Independent candidate Vanlalngaia, only three candidates are in the fray. The ruling Indian National Congress has fielded sitting MP CL Ruala and United Democratic Front, an alliance of eight opposition parties, has fielded Robert Romawia Royte, while the...

Meghalaya takes to the skies to create poll awareness

Election commission ropes in famous singers and sportspersons By Archisman Dinda Image Credit: Archisman Dinda/Gulf News The Election Commission has organised kite flying to encourage voters to cast their franchise. Guwahati: The election department of Meghalaya is banking on music and kites — the two favourite pastimes of the people of the region — to create awareness among...

Arunachal Pradesh Congress Committee says Money envelopes ‘unknowingly’ given to journalists

APCC clarifies that envelopes containing money were meant to be distributed to committee staffItanagar, Mar 31 : After a section of Arunachal Pradesh’s media accused Congress of trying to bribe media, the APCC on Sunday said envelopes containing money were “unknowingly” handed over to few journalists.Arunachal Press Club (APC) and Arunachal Pradesh Union of Working Journalist (APUWJ) lodged a complaint...

A pledge to be the ‘different’ One

By ZODIN SANGA Robert Romawia Royte Aizawl, Mar 27 : Government employee-turned-successful entrepreneur Robert Romawia Royte, Independent candidate for Mizoram’s lone Lok Sabha seat, has promised that if he ever gets elected to Parliament, he would be a “different” MP. Accusing the previous MPs from Mizoram of not doing enough to draw funds from the Centre, Royte said he would do “more...

Non-development of northeast forcing people to migrate to other cities in India

By Bolla AlekhyaYet another attack on people from north-east in the Capital, where a couple from northeast state of Manipur were beaten up allegedly by their landlord's son and his associates. This is not the only incident of violence against northeast people, if we just look at this year's record, there are already three other incidents where they were thrashed. The incidents were Nido Taniam murder...

Can't promise on Naga settlement: Rahul Gandhi

By Xavier RutsaKOHIMA: Speaking on the Indo-Naga peace process at a rally in Kohima on Thursday, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi said, unlike Nagaland chief minister Neiphiu Rio, he did not want to promise something that he could not fulfill."I am not like your chief minister. I do not like to make promises in the air," he added.Rahul came to Kohima to campaign for K V Pusa, Congress's candidate...

Field of Menhirs Promises To Shed New Light on History of Mizos

By Adam HallidayAizawl, Mar 27 : Mizoram has made an entry into India’s archaeological map. In a first, the Ministry of Culture has declared a 9,000 sq m area dotted with several caves, and more than a hundred menhirs embossed with figures of humans, animals and weapons as an ancient site of national importance.Some 170 menhirs, each at least as tall as a man, stand at the site at Champhai district’s...

NE couple thrashed for defying Munirka curfew

By Jayashree NandiNew Delhi, Mar 27 : A couple was beaten up allegedly by their landlord's son and some goons in Munirka on Tuesday for trying to step out of their rented house at 9.30pm. The landlord, who likes to lock the main gate of the house early, was reportedly angry with the couple from Manipur when they asked for the keys. He allegedly called in youths from the neighbourhood to intimidate...