Manipur loses son in Mumbai – Bullets snuff out budding manager
Posted On 29 Nov 2008 By admin. Under Uncategorized.
Imphal, Nov. 28: It was a little after 9pm on Wednesday. Maibam Bimolchandra Singh, a 30-year-old youth from Manipur working as an assistant manager (housekeeping) at the Oberoi Trident, had just ended his shift and was waiting for his replacement on the ground floor reception.His Manipuri colleague working on the ... Read More
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Sonia slams Mizo govt for BJP link
Posted On 29 Nov 2008 By admin. Under Uncategorized.
SAMIR K. PURKAYASTHAKolasib, Nov. 28: Congress president and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi today lambasted the Mizoram National Front (MNF) government for associating itself with the BJP, which had harassed the Christians in states like Orissa and Karnataka.Turning the heat on the ruling party at an election rally here, about 85km ... Read More
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Aw, Delhi Vangkhuo !!! Life Drama: a Calling from Delhi
Posted On 28 Nov 2008 By admin. Under Uncategorized.
S. Thangboi Zou, NEHU, Shillong.“Kanau Henry aw, ahithei leh vapei da mai in, Delhi asat a sa ahia, asatdan khu Va-ah (crow) nasan zong athuahla a kam-ka vawt ahi. Kisia teitei vateh, vapei sin..” chia ka upa (cousin) Mr. Malcolm in Darj Hill a ka um lai ua zankhat ang ... Read More
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Mizoram Poll | Up against prejudice & patriarch
Posted On 28 Nov 2008 By admin. Under Uncategorized.
She is fighting against twin odds — a formidable opponent in Brig. T. Sailo, a former chief minister and a Mizo prejudice against women in politics. But she is confident of vanquishing both. Zothankimi, 47, is the lone woman Congress candidate from Aizawl II Assembly constituency. She plunged into politics ... Read More
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Special team to probe killing
Posted On 28 Nov 2008 By admin. Under Uncategorized.
Imphal, Nov. 27: The Okram Ibobi Singh government today constituted a special investigation team to track down the killers of Konsam Rishikanta Singh, junior sub-editor of Imphal Free Press.Police recovered the bullet-riddled body of Rishikanta from Langol area of Imphal West in the evening of November 17.The killing triggered a ... Read More
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Manipur press to continue stir
Posted On 27 Nov 2008 By admin. Under Uncategorized.
NEWMAI NEWS | IMPHAL, Nov 27 – The general body meeting of the All Manipur Working Journalists’ Union (AMWJU) has decided to continue agitation. The meeting held at the Manipur Press Club in Imphal on Thursday, unanimously agreed not to publish or broadcast news items until the next journalists’ body ... Read More
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‘AIDS can be eliminated in 10 yrs’
The virus that causes AIDS could theoretically be eliminated in a decade if all people living in countries with high infection rates are regularly tested and treated, according to a new mathematical model.It is an intriguing solution to end the AIDS epidemic. But it is based on assumptions rather than ... Read More
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Brus to abstain from ‘postal polls’ and more North East news
Posted On 27 Nov 2008 By admin. Under Uncategorized.
Agartala: The displaced Reang voters of Mizoram, based in six evacuee camps in Kanchanpur sub-division of North Tripura district on Wednesday decided to abstain from voting through postal ballots in the coming Assembly polls but said they would vote through normal ballots only.President of Mizoram Bru (Reang) Displaced People's Forum ... Read More
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Mizoram News from Zonet
Posted On 27 Nov 2008 By admin. Under Uncategorized.
The Election Commission has re-fixed Friday and Saturday for the polling date in Bru Refugees Camps in Tripura. Replying to ZONET question, the Joint Chief Electoral Officer, Mr. Lalhmingthanga said, postal ballot papers indicating the symbols of candidates have been printed and despatched to the Refugee camps this morning following ... Read More
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HILL TRIBES OF MANIPUR: A QUESTION OF INTEGRITY
- Dr. Tualchin NeihsialHE IDEA OF INTEGRITY of the Manipur hills and plain is not a novel concept. It was there in the past and inspite of religious, cultural and political differences, the people of Manipur somehow had lived together under one political head. However, this issue comes up now ... Read More
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Northeast India : Where scribe falls prey to miscreant´s bullets
By Nava ThakuriaAt least 20 editor-journalists were killed in Assam during the last 17 years and surprisingly enough not a single perpetrator of these heinous crimes was booked under the law- this is how a Northeast India based journalist rights body expressed its concern and resentments.In a memorandum to the ... Read More
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First Catholic University in India to be Inaugurated
Posted On 27 Nov 2008 By admin. Under Uncategorized.
Don Bosco University (DBU) Guwahati, Assam, the first Catholic university set up under the new government legislation, will be inaugurated on December 6, 2008. The earlier inaugural programme scheduled for October 31 was postponed due to the serial bomb blast that rocked Guwahati and left 81 people dead and over ... Read More
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COMFA’s Mautam Relief Distribution Systems
Posted On 27 Nov 2008 By admin. Under Uncategorized.
COMMITTEE ON MAUTAAM FAMINE AID, 2008 DISTRIBUTION AND REDISTRIBUTION OF COLLECTED RELIEF MATERIALS. RICE ALLOCATION / PER CENTRESL NO. LOCATION OF GRANARY QUANTITY OF RICE/ BAGS NODAL AGENCY01. TUILAPHAI 35 BAGS KKL02. MUNPI 30 BAGS ZYA03. AINA 20 BAGS ZYA04. KOLHEN 30 BAGS ZYA05. SANTING 25 BAGS YMA06. KANGVAI 25 ... Read More
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World War II medals back on Naga soldiers
Posted On 27 Nov 2008 By admin. Under Uncategorized.
PULLOCK DUTTA- Two veterans get back ‘honours’ they lost during raids by army in Mokokchung six decades agoGuwahati, Nov. 26: Hazy memories of a grand war hung from the wornout shirts of two Naga soldiers who were “decorated” today with War War II medals that were lost in the late ... Read More
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