Delhi Group Tours Northeast To Fight Discrimination

By Khelen Thokchom Rahul Anand Singh addresses the news meet in Imphal on Sunday. Imphal, May 18: A New Delhi-based organisation, Fight 4 Your Pride, has embarked on a tour of the Northeast to unite all the students’ organisations of the region against racial discrimination against people from the region. A nine-member team of the organisation is currently in Imphal and will hold a...

Congress Candidate Chawngthu Wins Hrangturzo Bypoll

Aizawl, May 16 : Congress candidate Vanlalawmpuii Chawngthu today won the bypoll for the Hrangturzo assembly seat, becoming the first woman legislator in Mizoram after a gap of 27 years.Chawngthu defeated her nearest United Democratic Front (UDF) rival H Lalduhawma by a margin of 2,503 votes.Bypoll for the Hrangturzo seat was necessitated as it was vacated by Chief Minister La Thanwawla who had...

BJP Leading in Nine Seats in North East States

BJP was leading in nine while Congress was ahead in seven seats out of 25 Lok Sabha constituencies in eight North Eastern states as per early trends. (Representational Image) ...

International Trade Expo Begins at Aizawl

Aizawl, May 16 : Mizoram Governor Vakkom Purushothaman this afternoon inaugurated the 2nd International Trade Expo at Assam Rifles Ground in Aizawl organised jointly by North East Trade Expo and Industries Department of Mizoram Government.The Expo which has participants from foreign countries will be held for 15 days.Thanking the organisers of the Trade Expo, the Governor expressed his hope that...

Last Of The True Communist Posts

Agartala, May 16 : Manik Sarkar of Tripura, one of India’s last Communists, is a fine specimen of this disappearing species. Tripura, this finger of land wrapped around Bangladesh is the last refuge for many of India’s most endangered species, including the pygmy hog, the white-bellied heron and, perhaps most critically, the dyed-in-the-wool Communist....

Assam Court Denies Bail To Accused in 1000-cr NC Hills Funds Scam

By Pranjal BaruahGuwahati, May 16 : Accused of swindling a thousand crore from the NC Hills Autonomous Council, R H Khan and Mohit Hojai, along with four associates, will have to spend some more time in prison with a special court here rejecting their bail petitions on Thursday. They have been in jail since 2009.Khan, then deputy director of the social welfare department, Hojai, then chief executive...

Counting For Lone Mizoram Lok Sabha Seat Tomorrow

Aizawl, May 15 : Elaborate arrangements have been made for counting of votes tomorrow for the lone Lok Sabha seat in Mizoram.Polling for the seat and the Hrangturzo assembly by-polls was held on April 11 last.Votes polled in all the eight districts would be counted in the district headquarters here and those polled in Hrangturzo assembly seat would be counted in Serchhip, State joint chief electoral...

Sharmila To Appear Before Delhi Court

Imphal, May 15 : An Imphal court has allowed activist Irom Sharmila Chanu to appear before the court in New Delhi in connection with a pending case over a hunger strike at Jantar Mantar in 2006.On Tuesday, the court granted permission to the superintendent of Manipur Central Jail to produce Sharmila before the Delhi court on May 28. The jail authorities would have to produce her before the local...