Manipuri Woman Molested By 'Drunk' Youth in North Delhi

New Delhi, Aug 7 : A 23-year-old woman from Manipur was allegedly molested in Roop Nagar area of North Delhi, police said today.The accused, identified as Vikram, was in an inebriated condition when the incident took place last night, and was nabbed by a constable who was present at the spot.Vikram works at a printing press in Civil Lines and resides in Sabzi Mandi area.The woman is a student at...

Mizoram CM Asks Union Home Secy Goswami to Help Disenfranchise Bru Relief Camp

Aizawl, Aug 7 : Mizoram Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla has asked Union Home Secretary Anil Goswami to plead with the Election Commission of India, or ECI, on the state’s behalf to remove from the state’s electoral rolls those internally displaced Brus who have “refused” to return home to Mizoram from Tripura in spite of an ongoing repatriation process.Disenfranchisement of more than 10,000 Brus, who...

Assam State Bird 'Deo Hans' On Verge of Extinction

By Suresh NandiGuwahati, Aug 7 : The Assam state bird — white-winged wood duck, also known as ‘deo hans’, is facing an extinction threat due to human activities, habitat loss, hunting and sheer neglect by the government.Ironically, the Assam Forest Department has not yet conducted any specific survey to get an estimate of the population of the endangered duck despite it being in the 2010 IUCN Red...

Foodgrains for Tripura Reach Ashuganj Port

Agartala, Aug 7 :  The first consignment of food grains for landlocked northeast India’s Tripura state has reached the Ashuganj river port, a minister here said. He said that in the next two days, the consignment will enter the state through the Akhaura integrated check...

Train Services Resume in Mizoram After NGOs Lift Weeklong Blockade

Silchar, Aug 6 : After a weeklong blockade, train services resumed in Mizoram on Tuesday.A meeting between officials from Assam, Mizoram and the Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) resolved the crisis and train services resumed from Tuesday afternoon. The Silchar-Bairabi passenger left Silchar at 4pm on Tuesday for Bairabi in Mizoram, NFR officials said.Since July 29, the movement of Mizoram-bound...

A Rousing Welcome For Tripura’s Star

By Syed Sajjad Ali HOMECOMING: Commonwealth Games 2014 bronze medalist Dipa Karmakar being given a grand welcome in Agartala on Monday. Dipa Karmakar who became first Indian woman gymnast to win a medal in the Glasgow Commonwealth Games has set an eye on the forthcoming Asian Games. Her coach for 14 years Biswasar Nandi said he has a dream to see her winning Gold in next Olympic....

Waiting For The Governor

By Tungshang Ningreichon Manipur Governor visiting Shirui village in UkhrulOur house in the village is like a train with a gap, like a bogey derailed. The gap is the living room that was never built and now it stands as the self styled mud room. The gap speaks of hope that one day the house will be completed. The hope has lasted for more than 15 years!Our home is simple but aesthetically challenged....

Manipur Power Pact With Myanmar

Imphal, Aug 6 : India and Myanmar have decided to shape up the proposed joint-venture thermal power project in Myanmar's Sagaing region, boosting the bilateral ties of the two neighboring countries.A joint meeting to this effect was held on Monday in the office of Tamu township military headquarters in Myanmar, about 5 Km from Manipur's border town Moreh, a source said.The gateway to southeast Asia...