Aizawl, June 29, 2008 (PTI): After ensuring minimum wasteful expenditure in the Tlungvel and Chawngte Assembly bypolls in 2006, an organisation in Mizoram is working to replicate its achievements in the Mizoram Assembly elections due later this year.Allegations of use of money and muscle power by political parties in elections led to the formation of …

New Delhi, June 29, 2008: Assam has earned the dubious distinction of being the most corrupt State in the country, on the basis of corruption in 11 vital services. Corruption level was alarming in four other States, as well.The latest India Corruption Study 2007 conducted jointly by Transparency International and Centre for Media Study and …

Imphal, Jun 30: The Journalists Association in Manipur has decided to defy militants and has unanimously agreed not to succumb to pressure exerted on them by various underground groups.Last week, media houses stopped the publication of newspapers in protest against a threat issued to them by some factions of militant groups.The militants threatened to respond …

Khai MinthangUnited StatesIntroduction: Greetings to you all from the United States of America. Its truly an auspicious opportunity to be one of the fortunate ZSPs to witness the 50th year of our existence. Although I could not make myself available to celebrate the joyful celebration of our Sangnaupang Pawlpi, my spirit is exceedingly joyful as …

STORY HIGHLIGHTS·Spain won the Euro 2008 title after beating Germany 1-0 on Sunday.·Striker Fernando Torres’ strike at the 33rd minute proved the winner of the match.·Spain’s only other European title was won 44 years ago. Spain’s players celebrate with the trophy after the Euro 2008 championships final between Germany and Spain in Vienna, Austria, on …

SOURCE: The Imphal Free Press, www. kanglaonline. comImphal, Jun 26: The proscribed Zou Defence Volunteers, ZDV, have announced that the organisation will no more operate under the KNO.Stating this, ZDV president Kamkhanpao, during a press conference held this morning at Zoujang village mentioned that the ZDV was established on October 11, 1997 under the initiative …

By Donn Morgan KipgenThey all have gone. All the big guns had already been sent home, save one, by a resilient bunch of rag-tag gunslingers from Euro-2008 in fantastic display of marksmanship when it mattered most. The amazing “sudden Draws of Death” in the dying moments of footballing sands of time have covered up some …

By : M KaimuanthangChurachandpur, Jun 27: For the purpose of executing various development works in Churachandpur during 2008-09 Rs. 10 crores has been sanctioned through the national employment generation scheme, NREGS and only those villages who have executed works properly in 2007-08 will be given the schemes with project coordinators of NREGS being made ready …

Dr. Hanjabam Manoranjan SharmaThere is horticultural confusion of Croton with Codiaeum, a small and distantly related Malesian genus of Euphorbiaceae whose common name “croton” refers to the worldwide cultivated ornamental varieties of Codiaeum variegatum (L.) A. Juss.The genus Croton belongs to the flowering plant family Euphorbiaceae which include 313 genera and over 8100 species that …

MAJOR ATTRACTIONS OF ISSUE DATED 28.06.08 MAIN ATTRACTIONS OF THE EMPLOYMENT NEWS ISSUE DATED 28.06.08. Employment News issue dated 28.06.08 contains several attractive advertisements from some of the leading PSU/GOVT. Departments as below:- Indian Army invites applications for 3rd Short Service Commission (Technical) Women Course …

By : Haumuanlun SamteAs the sun was going down with a blaze of yellowish display over the distant hills, a bus slowly grudges and tackles its way up the unkempt, pot-holed and dusty Teddim Road, while small children of the area, grim and dirty, dressed in rags, waved and smiled to the passengers inside the …

By : Haumuanlun SamteSingngat, a beautiful town in south-west of Manipur, lays a moldering ruin today. It is around 30 kms down south of Lamka, the district headquarter of Churachandpur, around 115 kms from Sinzawl village bordering Mizoram and approximately 25 kms from the Indo-Myanmar border. It had been a prosperous town with different ethnic …