This Election, Mizoram May Not Vote On Polling Day

By Alok Pandey Aizawl, Apr 7 : The north-eastern state of Mizoram sends just one Member of Parliament to the Lok Sabha. But this election season, the state may witness an unprecedented situation on polling day. Youth organisations, NGOs and women's groups in the state -- all extremely influential -- are set to enforce a 72-hour-long bandh from Monday morning, which will extend...

First Train Service in Arunachal Rolls Out

Itanagar, Apr 7 : A passenger train would roll down from Tezpur to Naharlagun through the newly built Harmuti-Naharlagun railway line tomorrow to put landlocked Arunachal Pradesh on the railway map of India, informed Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Nabam Tuki.While fixed wing aircraft from Itanagar airport and intensified helicopter services to improve airconnectivity, power crisis would end with...

With Rs 3,500 in Hand, Arunachal Candidate Fights Crorepatis

By Samudra Gupta KashyapItanagar, Apr 7 : Arunachal Pradesh, which is heading for simultaneous elections to its 60-member state assembly alongside the Lok Sabha polls on April 9, will see a contest among crorepatis in most of the seats. But while 91 of the candidates are crorepatis, there is at least one candidate who has joined the fray with just Rs 3,500 cash in hand and a bank balance of just...

Voting Starts From Northeast India

New Delhi, Apr 7 : India's general election, to elect 543 members to the 16th Lok Sabha, or the House of People in the bicameral parliament, kicks off Monday, with balloting starting from two states in the northeast, Assam and Tripura.The nine-phase voting, that will be done in 930,000 polling stations across the length and breadth of this huge nation with a staggering 814 million electorate, will...

Displaced Mizo refugees cast postal ballot in Tripura

A woman from the displaced Bru community casts her vote through postal ballot at a refugee camp in Tripura on Tuesday. Photo: Ritu Raj Konwar Displaced persons of the Mizoram Reang tribe kicked off the 16th Lok Sabha elections here on Tuesday, exercising their franchise by postal ballot. Of the 11,243 eligible voters, around 2,500 participated in the first day of the three-day...

6 Northeast Residents Beaten By Mob in Gurgoan

By Sanjay Yadav & Maria Akram The victims said the mob shouted racial slogans and targeted northeast people in the area after a Manipuri student had an altercation with his landlord.  NEW DELHI/GURGAON: In another brutal racial attack in the National Capital Region, a mob of 15-20 locals beat up six persons from the northeast with hockey sticks and iron rods in Gurgaon's...

Thai court orders extradition of NSCN arms deals ‘broker’

Willy was picked up by Thailand at India’s request last year. In a significant breakthrough, a Bangkok court on Monday issued an order to extradite a Thai national and middlemen Willy Naruenartwanich, accused of brokering arms deals between Chinese suppliers and Northeast insurgent outfits, said officials. It relates to an NIA case in which Anthony Shimray, a top NSCN (IM) operative,...

No Show: Northeast women's Tryst With Politics

By Ninglun Hanghal The seven states of northeast India present a truly contrasting picture when it comes to its women. On the one hand the region is home to all-powerful women's groups like the Meira Paibis of Manipur, the Naga Mothers Association and the Mizo Women's Federation, which have effectively tackled issues like alcoholism, gender rights and conflict. Moreover, women's participation...