Governors Who Refuse To Go To Mizoram Should Apologise: Kiren Rijiju

By Sunetra Choudhury New Delhi, Sep 3 :  Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju has hit out at the UPA-appointed Governors who refused to be transferred to north eastern states like Mizoram. While appearing on a special show on NDTV, the minister who is from Arunachal Pradesh said those governors must "apologise to the nation." "It...

Prices of Essentials Shoot Up As UNC Imposes Indefinite Blockade From Sep 4

Imphal, Sep 3 : The United Naga Council (UNC) has decided to impose indefinite blockade in Manipur and the national highways from 6 am of September 4 to protest the killing of two persons at Ukhrul district. It has also decided to ban all national projects in Naga dominated areas of Manipur. During a rally on August 30 at Ukhrul two persons died in police firing and the last rites were performed...

1800km strategic road project on China border put on fast track

The Centre has decided to put the construction of 1800km long strategic road in Arunachal Pradesh on fast track. The most ambitious strategic border road project till date will join Tawang the western most point in Arunachal Pradesh with the easternmost point of Vijaynagar via Bomdila. The project cost is expected to run close to Rs 25,000 crore. Overlooking Chinese position along...

Japan To Aid Connectivity Upgrade in Northeast India

New Delhi, Sep 3 : India and Japan Monday decided to strengthen cooperation for improving connectivity and socio-economic development in northeastern states of India.According to an Indian government release issued after summit meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe, both sides welcomed the study by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) on "regional...

Crimes Against Northeast Indians in Delhi up 270%

By Deeptiman TiwaryNew Delhi, Sep 2 : Though the government has repeatedly said that people from the northeast living in Delhi are safe and that there is no specific targeting of people from the region, government data paints a different picture.According to the home ministry, in the past three years, crimes in which people from the northeastern states are victims have gone up by 270%.The data gives...

‘Fenced-out’ Tribals Yet To Shift To Mizoram

Aizawl, Sep 2 : Despite instructions from the Indo-Bangla Border Fencing Compensation Demand Committee's (IBBFCDC), at least 450 families, mainly from Chakma and Bru communities, are yet to shift to the Mizoram side of the India-Bangladesh border.IBBFCDC leaders said 450 families, who are living beyond the fence demarcating the border, had been ordered to relocate within the Indian territory. However,...

UNC Plans agitation over deaths in police Crackdown

By Iboyaima LaithangbamImphal, Sep 2 : The dead bodies of two Tangkhuls who were killed in a police crackdown in Ukhrul district on Saturday were eventually buried at Tangkhul Nagalong ground on Monday after a mass condolence meeting there. It was attended by thousands of persons of the district and representatives from other Naga areas.Meanwhile, a ban on all national projects in the state and...

Give Manipur its Life Back, And Irom Sharmila Her Freedom

By Shiv Visvanathan Freedom fighter: Irom Sharmila is the most Gandhian figure of this generation Often a phase, a body, a story of a person hangs like a question mark over a nation; stating things in a way which is unique. When a young woman called Irom Sharmila decided to fast over a decade ago, the Indian state misread her acts. They thought they would outlast her, out-think her, slander...