After little hesitation, the Orissa state government once for all has agreed to permit a EU delegation visit Kandhamal.

A 10-member European Union group led by deputy chief of mission in the Spanish embassy Ramon Moreno was to tour the riot-hit district from Jan. 27.

The delegation was to interact with the victims of …

An atheist group has criticized the US Postal Service (USPS) for honoring Mother Teresa with a stamp which it says goes against the postal regulations.
According to the Freedom from Religion Foundation (FFRF), the commemorative stamp violates postal regulations against honoring “individuals whose principal achievements are associated with religious undertakings.”
A press release from the U.S. Postal …

Los Angeles, Jan 31 (THAINDIAN NEWS): The Grammy awards are going to be announced in a few hours, at the Los Angeles Staples Centre. The expectations from the show are sky high, as there is going to be a 3D tribute to the Late King of Pop – Michael Jackson. The unique …

Imphal, January 30 2010: The Kuki Revolutionary Front (KRF) has put forward its objective to create Kukiland in Kuki inhabited areas including parts of the Outer Manipur Par liamentary constituency under the constitution of India.
In a press release issued by its information and publicity secretary Amstrong Gangte, the KRF pledged that it would fight any …

Lamka, Jan 30: Education Reform Policy being considered one of the most important policies for United Zou Organisation, UZO, its leaders held a series of deliberation and assembly on the matter at various points of time and places wherein problems, challenges as well as and presopects, of education plagueing the community had been discussed said …

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Leitung buppi ah Zo milip peen, Kawlgam (Myanmar) sung ah: ZBA sung ah 5000 kiim, RC sung ah zong 5000 kiim, Pawlpi tuomtuom teng 5000 kiim, om ding in ummaw ing. #Leitung mun tuomtuom-a tung sa te peen, tam teng sung pan ma aa ki doh suh hi ding in um lel …

Imphal, Jan 31 (ANI): In a shocking incident of violence against women in Manipur, unknown miscreants brutally murdered two members of a family and abandoned their bodies in a paddy field.
The deceased were identified as Chanba Devi and her eldest daughter Menaka.
On the night of 12 January, unknown miscreants posing as cadres of a militant …

AIZAWL, Jan 30 (Newmai News): British Deputy High Commissioner Sanjay Wadvani yesterday had a tete-a-tete with Mizoram Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla in the State capital here.
Informing him of various projects and Central developmental programmes being executed in Mizoram, the Chief Minister said that the State Governmnt is pursuing the Kaladan multi-modal project under Look East …

~ Pu L.Keivom
God said of Paul, “He is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name.” Paul’s life was a living testimony to the truth of this divine declaration and he continues to bear till this day and beyond the name of his Mentor in the four corners of the world through his writings …

Lamka, January 31, 2010: Manipur Evangelical Lutheran Church kumtawp khawmpi a 55veina leh Annual Council 8veina Zomi Colony MELC Center Church ah um a, tuni’n Hattuom Upa 5 Ordination leh Pro-Pastor 3 installation bawlna vaiguon nei ding uhi. Hattuom Upa ordination tang dingte ahileh: 1). Pa Jangkhohau, Shilloong, 2). Pa T. Kamzadou, Bethl Chapel, 3). …

MUMBAI, January 30, 2010 (IANS): After targeting Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan for his remarks supporting the inclusion of Pakistani cricketers in the IPL, the Shiv Sena Saturday dragged in Aamir Khan, calling the duo “2 Idiots”.
“In real life, Aamir and Shah Rukh have been proved as ‘2 Idiots’ as both are making stupid statements …

MELBOURNE, 30 January 2010 (AFP): Defending champion and top seed Serena Williams won her fifth Australian Open title when she beat a brave Justine Henin 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 on Saturday.
Williams won a tight first set then had to hold off a charging Henin to deny the Belgian a fairytale ending to her tennis comeback in …