Imphal, September 01 2010: A new bi-lingual daily newspaper The Shirui Lily Times has started to hit the stands in Ukhrul district headquarter since August 16.With this new edition-Ukhrul now boasts of having two local dailies published in their own dialect.
The other Tangkhul daily is Aja -edited by Mrs Valley Rose Hungyo,the only lady editor …

New Delhi, September 01, 2010 (PTI): The Supreme Court today directed the Centre to ensure that all schools and hostels of educational institutions occupied by the Army and paramilitary forces are vacated within two months. An order to this effect was passed by a bench comprising Justices B Sudarshan Reddy and S S Nijjar during …

Land record computerization to be taken up in the hill districts too: CM
Imphal, Aug 30: State government is in active consideration for maintaining computerized land records for the hill districts of the state in order to prevent any inconveniences and difficulties in the future.
This was disclosed by chief minister O Ibobi Singh during the inauguration of …

Imphal, August 26 2010: On a three-day visit, a team of nine Ambassadors of member-countries of Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) in India is set to arrive here on September 19 .
The visit is part of the ‘Mission to North East States’ of the Central Government.
To be sponsored by the Ministry of DoNER, …

Shillong, Aug 26 (PTI) Meghalaya Assembly will soon open its doors to students in an attempt to give them first hand lessons in the running of a legislature. Taking a cue from the provincial assembly in Ontario in Canada where students are often invited, Speaker of the Meghalaya Assembly Charles D Pyngrope has decided to …

Imphal, Aug 25, 2010: Manipur Cabinet meeting which was chair by CM Okram Ibobi Singh today discussed devolution of power to Autonomous District Council (ADC) but could not reach its final solution.
The cabinet approved each chairman of the every district ADC would be the chairman of implementing committee of NREGS instead of the deputy commissioner …

Imphal, August 24 2010: Measures to prevent overlapping of villages in the ongoing Census Operation 2011 and finalization of devolution of power to the recently constituted Autonomous District Council in the hill districts will be high on the agenda at the Cabinet meeting scheduled for tomorrow at the Chief Minister’s Secretariat.
Mention may be made that …

IMPHAL, Aug 24: The Public Monitoring Committee of Tamenglong district has appealed to the state government to take up measures for the extension of 6th Schedule to restore the ADC Act, 2000, to end the ongoing agitation before the situation gets aggravated.
A release of the committee said that the leaders of the state should work …

Imphal, Aug 23: The 20-day long economic blockade imposed on the two national highways leading to Manipur by the United Naga Council (UNC) which is supposed to end at 6 am of August 24, has been extended by another 25 days.
The ongoing blockade began since 6 am of August 4.
The spokesman of UNC said tonight …

IMPHAL, Aug 22: The United Naga Council, in a statement, has expressed strong exception to the statement made by Union home minister P Chidambaram, in the Lok Sabha that there were “ no question of altering the integrity of the State of Manipur”.
The UNC statement said the Government of India(GoI) is free to use its …

Dimapur, August 21 2010: Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio and Finance Commissioner Toshi Aier have reportedly told the Naga Council Dimapur that the government will set up a committee to look into a levy tax being claimed by the NGO.
Naga Council, in a press note informed that a delegation had met the Chief Minister of Nagaland …

IMPHAL, Aug 21: While the state government has announced the need for transparency in appointments, especially those relating to the education department, the recent detection of excess appointment of 338 primary teachers above the sanctioned 3280 posts is a sign of lack of proper scrutiny by the appointing authorities under the Autonomous District Councils in …