AASU Begins Hunger Strike Over Assam Accord ‘Failure’

Guwahati, Aug 15 : All Assam Students' Union (AASU) activists on Thursday began a hunger strike, demanding that the state government fulfill the promises made by it in the historic Assam Accord 29 years ago. The activists will continue their hunger strike till the tricolour is hoisted on Friday.Addressing a news conference on the banks of the Dighalipukhuri, Aasu activists said they want a time-bound...

Normal Life Affected by 48-hour bandh in Meghalaya

Shillong, Aug 15 : Normal life was affected in seven districts in the Khasi Jaintia Hills region in Meghalaya in view of the 48-hour shutdown called by an outlawed organisation, the Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council (HNLC), against the National Green Tribunal ban on coal mining and to boycott the Independence Day celebration in the state. Even as there was no untoward incident during...

Mizo Govt Discusses Preventive Steps from Ebola

Aizawl, Aug 14 : Mizoram Health department officials today deliberated on preventive measures to be taken against the dreaded Ebola disease. The meeting of the officials chaired by state health minister Lal Thanzara decided while no infection have been detected in the country till date, there was no room for complacency as the world has become a global village. Increase in malaria cases during...

Border Violence: Assam Points Finger At NSCN-IM

Activists of the Asom Jatiyatabadi Yuva Chatra Parishad blocking the Assam-Nagaland road in protest against the killing of innocent Assamese people by Naga miscreants, in Sonari on Wednesday. Guwahati, Aug 14 : The state government has accused the NSCN (IM) of inciting the ongoing flare up on the disputed Assam-Nagaland border in Assam's Golaghat district that started on Tuesday, resulting in the...

Manipur Youth Makes it to Guinness Book

By K Sarojkumar SharmaImphal, Aug 14 : Even before celebrations over the feat of state athletes at the recently concluded Glasgow Commonwealth Games could die down, a local youth has made it to the Guinness Book of World Records for his eye-grabbing "magic pull-ups".The 26-year-old weightlifter, Maibam Itomba, stunned viewers during his second successful attempt for the world record on March 15...

Meghalaya To Formulate Plan To Help Farmers

Shillong, Aug 14 : Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma yesterday said the state government would formulate a comprehensive action plan to help farmers who were facing a drought like situation. “A comprehensive action plan will be formulated keeping in mind foreseeable impact due to climate change.  Where paddy is no more suitable, alternative crops will be suggested to our farmers using...

Drought Turning Paddy Fields into Football Grounds: Meghalaya CM

Shillong: Meghalaya is facing a drought-like situation and paddy fields in the state, having no use, are fast becoming football grounds, Chief Minister Mukul Sangma said on Tuesday. The state was facing a rainfall deficit between 20 and 59 percent, he said. "The current drought-like situation is a cause for concern. I saw paddy fields having turned into football grounds while travelling to places...

Mizoram Govt Calls Stops Chakma Census

Aizawl, Aug 12 : The Mizoram government has asked Central Young Mizo Association (YMA) to put on halt their plan to conduct Chakma Census.The state government told the YMA leaders that it acknowledged that their plan to conduct Chakma Census arises out of their love of the Mizo nation and to safeguard the same. He thanked YMA for its genuine love for the 'Mizo nation'. In the meantime, said the...