Mizo Students Rest House Triggers Tension

By ZODIN SANGA   An activist guards the land at Borapansury.  Aizawl, Jun 13 : The Mizo Zirlai Pawl’s plan to build a Mizo rest house at Borapansury within the Chakma autonomous district council in southern Mizoram has triggered communal tension. The MZP, an apex student organisation, has decided to go ahead with its plan to construct the Zofate Chawlhbuk or Mizo rest house...

Northeast Committee To Submit Report Next Month

New Delhi, Jun 12 : A committee which was constituted to look into the concerns of persons hailing from the North Eastern states will submit its report early next month suggesting remedies and if necessary recommend change of laws for their protection."We will submit our report with some concrete suggestions," chairman of the committee and former Union Tourism Secretary M P Bezbaruah told PTI without...

Problems Over Bru Refugees' Cut-off Year

Aizawl, Jun 13 : As the Mizoram government is all set to carry out the sixth phase of repatriation of Bru refugees from Tripura, the stalemate over the cut-off year is likely to resurface.Mizo Zirlai Pawl, the state's apex students' body, has planned to identify bonafide citizens of Mizoram among the repatriated Brus, based on the 1995 Mizoram electoral roll.MZP, in its meeting today, decided to conduct...

Village Called Modi paves Own 'achche din' by building road to world beyond

By Rahul Karmakar and Sobhapati SamomImphal, Jun 13 : 'Achche din' is in your hands. Residents of a Manipur village named Modi, helped by their neighbours and paramilitary personnel, seem to have conveyed this by paving a 22km road to the world beyond.An Anal tribal chieftain had 100 years ago chosen a highland in present-day Chandel district of Manipur for his people to settle down. He subsequently...

World-Class Training Facilities in The Northeast Will Help Football in India

By Rajdeep SardesaiForget power cuts, ‘Ache din’ are here for the Indian sports fan. Over the next few weeks, the world will be tied into football fever. We will be dazzled by the artistry of a Messi and Ronaldo; fans in Kolkata will wear Brazilian shirts; pubs in Mumbai will have special screenings; and life in Goa and Kerala will revolve around a ball. We will celebrate the spirit of the beautiful...

Bangladesh Allows Transit of Foodgrain To Northeast India

By Sujit ChakrabortyAgartala, Jun 13 : In a highly significant move that was evidently cleared at the highest level, Bangladesh is allowing India to ferry foodgrain to the landlocked northeastern states using its territory and infrastructure."To begin with, the Bangladesh government has under a special transit facility agreed to transport 10,000 tonnes of foodgrain for Tripura via its territory,"...

Northeast Committee Meets DU Vice Chancellor

New Delhi, Jun 13 : A committee examining the concerns of people from the northeastern states living in other parts of India, Thursday met i and discussed the steps taken by it for students from the northeast.The committee, headed by M.P. Bezbaruah, was set up by the home ministry after Nido Tania, a 19-year-old student from Arunachal Pradesh, was beaten to death in Delhi in January."It was a regular...

Play Ball or Die

By Sean Elder 'The Only Real Game' explores baseball's long history in the northeastern Indian state of Manipur. Baseball Dreams, LLC Jeff Brueggemann has had an interesting baseball career. He started off pitching for the Minnesota Twins AAA team in the late 1970s, but after tearing up his arm in an offseason job at an olive cannery, he began...