Warring Sisters — Composite Of Assam Province

By Prabin KalitaGuwahati, Aug 25 : Assam, which existed as the composite Assam Province under British rule, and the four new states carved out of it post Independence, are yet to come to terms with their demarcated boundaries.The result — bloody border clashes.Barring the two princely states of Tripura and Manipur, which were not annexed to Assam by the British, the four new states of Meghalaya,...

Mizoram Girl Now Says Boyfriend Was First To Rape Her

By Adam HallidayAizawl, Aug 22 : The victim's boyfriend had admitted to having been in a relationship with the girl for about three years.In a fresh twist, police have arrested the boyfriend of a minor girl who was allegedly raped by seven of his friends, including four minors, after the victim told a court that it was he who first sexually assaulted her and then instigated others to indulge in...

Delhi Tops in Racial discrimination Against Northeast Citizens

New Delhi, Aug 22 : Taking a grim view of the report of the 11-member panel, headed by MP Bezbaruah, a bench, headed by Chief Justice G Rohini, asked the Union Home Ministry to file an action taken report (ATR) on or before September 10, the next date of hearing. The committee, which had submitted its 80-page report to the Ministry in July, was set up after 19-year-old Arunachal Pradesh student...

Learning From Meghalaya Village To Keep India Clean

Mawlynnong (Meghalaya), Aug 22 : If Indians want to make their country a clean and healthy place, then they should learn from the Khasi tribesmen of Meghalaya's Mawlynnong village, says tourist Michael Dough."I thought I was in another countryside in a different continent and not in India," Dough said about the village, referred to as "God's own garden" and also cited as "Asia's cleanest village".Like...

Foreigners Online Tracking System Launched in Meghalaya

Shillong, Aug 22 : Meghalaya police chief Peter J P Hanaman today launched an online system tracking inbound and outbound foreigners entering the state, an official said.The online system on 'Immigration, Visa, Foreigner’s and Tracking(IVFRT)' System under the National e-Governance Plan(NeGP) was launched which aims at enhancing the experience of in-bound and out-bound foreigners will be operated...

In Pictures: Manipur's 'Custodial Killings'

Irom Sharmila's release has once again put focus on extra-judicial deaths at hands of army in northeastern Indian state. By Karen Dias Manipur, a northeastern state of India bordering Myanmar, has been embroiled with armed insurgency and ethnic conflict for the past four decades. The Indian government imposed the Armed Forces Special Powers Act in 1980 to deal with the armed rebellion, in...

Ethnic Minorities Question US-Burma Military Ties

By HTET NAING ZAW Burma’s armed forces take part in a ceremony to honor the 65th anniversary of independence from British rule in Naypyidaw on Jan. 4, 2013. (Photo: The Irrawaddy) RANGOON — As the United States insists that military engagement with Burma is crucial to promote political reforms, human rights activists and ethnic minorities are raising some questions. Among them: Who...

Stranger in my land – A film by Duyu Tabyo

STRANGER IN MY LAND, a hard hitting short film that talks of the undeniable racial profiling meted out to the people of the Northeast in and around India. The film tries to portray the ignorance of the mainland Indians towards the existence of the place called the Northeast India, its rich and vibrant culture and the immense patriotism of the people of the Northeast India. As a whole the film...