Imphal: It has been 55 years since the controversial Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) was first introduced. The longest demonstration against it has been on in Manipur with Irom Sharmila on a fast for over 12 years now. This April, Rashida Manjoo, the United Nations envoy on Violence Against Women listened to a group of 40 women, including the mother of Manorama Devi. In 2004, Manorama, a 32-year-old was...
08:41 AM, May 23, 2013
Assam: Despite all government assurances and efforts, India's best known national park still remains vulnerable to poaching. Around 17 rhinos have been killed in the last four months in Kaziranga. "The increased number of poaching is definitely a concern particularly last year two years after floods. The reason is the organised poaching groups, the demand in the international market and some local issues here and there" Kaziranga National Park Director...
09:05 AM, May 21, 2013
Agartala: Three staff members of a newspaper in Tripura, Dainik Ganadoot, were killed on Sunday after armed men attacked the paper's office. The three non-journalist staff members were stabbed by the unknown assailants. According to police, the motorcycle-borne assailants barged into the office of 'Dainik Ganadoot' at the Palace Compound at about 3 pm and stabbed a proof reader and a driver on the ground floor before proceeding to the...
08:19 PM, May 19, 2013
The Assam Chief Minister, Tarun Gogoi, has hinted at a CBI probe into Saradha group promoter Sudipta Sen's allegations against his health minister. ...
10:21 PM, Apr 25, 2013
Guwahati: The Saradha chit fund scam also stretches to Assam. Saradha promoter Sudipta Sen's explosive letter to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) brings Assam Health and Education Minister and a former DGP under scrutiny. Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has hinted at a CBI enquiry, but says his minister will not quit till proven guilty. The 18-page letter written by Sudipta Sen alleges a prominent Assam cabinet minister Himanta...
10:27 AM, Apr 25, 2013
Bokakhat: The hijab debate is back in focus, after a 4-year-old Muslim girl in Assam was asked to stop wearing the headgear in her classroom or face expulsion. Fatima Bibi's school said they cannot relax the dress code for one child. Meanwhile, her parents citing tradition have moved court. "Hijab is a part of tradition. Not just for school students but also grownups. She wears the complete uniform and then...
07:57 AM, Apr 22, 2013
Guwahati: Five years after the deadliest terror attack in Assam that killed 100 and injured 300 the main accused National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) chairman Ranjan Daimary has got bail. Daimary was handed over by Bangladesh in 2010. The CBI did not oppose bail for Daimary. A clear hint that he may be on board for the ongoing peace process with militant outfit NDFB. "Not a question of supporting...
10:17 PM, Apr 14, 2013
Guwahati: National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) chairman Ranjan Daimary, the prime accused in the October 30, 2008 serial blasts, was granted bail by Kamrup District and Sessions court. But the families of the victims are upset with the judgement. They feel that the decision to grant bail is unjust to the families and friends of the people who died in the nine blasts that rocked Assam. Purnima Saikia lost...
07:58 AM, Apr 14, 2013
Jorhat: Green warrior Jadab Payeng never forgot the devastating Assam floods of 1979. For three decades, Jadab Payeng has been instrumental in planting trees nurturing a 1,000 hectare forest in a Brahmaputra sand bar. For the past thirty three years of his life, he has been crossing this river, walking along the sand bars and planting trees and even talking to them like there was no tomorrow. Three decades of...
03:12 PM, Apr 12, 2013
Williamnagar: Even after the arrest of 16 accused - minors and adults - in a gangrape case in Meghalaya, the survivor is still being victimised. The 18-year-old was forced to shift towns to escape harassment and is now being denied admission by new schools. Two schools in Tura town in Meghalaya have refused admission to the 18-year-old gangrape survivor. The teenager was gangraped in a lane at Williamnagar in Garo...
09:03 AM, Mar 26, 2013
Imphal: A young Manipuri, serving as a Lieutenant in the British Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service, Khwairakpam Robin Singh, will receive the Star of Gallantry and the Conspicuous Gallantry Cross from the United Kingdom, for his exceptional bravery in week long fierce battle against the Al Qaeda in interior Afghanistan in 2011. The 27-year-old lead scout was part of a 47 member special force team, including 40 commandos, called in as...
07:58 AM, Mar 25, 2013
The sixth edition of Real Heroes is celebrating ordinary women performing extraordinary service. Real Hero Bhawani Munda and her football team are girls who persevere despite no equipment and zero encouragement. ...
12:13 PM, Mar 14, 2013
Purno Agitok Sangma's new found political avataar as the head of the National People's Party has had a shaky start at the Meghalaya polls. With only two seats in his kitty, this is an unimaginable result for the state's grand old politician. Adding insult to injury was Opposition leader and his son Conrad's shock defeat in the West Garo Hills by more than 2,000 votes, a huge margin in a...
09:54 AM, Mar 02, 2013
Denying an involvement in the drugs smuggling, Colonel Ajay Chowdhry said, "I has been cheated and not informed what the merchandise was." Chowdhry and five others were detained on Sunday by the police in Manipur's Chandel district after they were allegedly caught carrying illegal drugs meant to be smuggled out to Myanmar. ...
06:35 PM, Feb 24, 2013
The Manipur Police on Sunday detained an Army officer after he was found carrying drugs worth Rs 16 crore. The officer, reportedly a Colonel, was returning from Moreh on the Myanmar border and was caught at Chandel. ...
03:22 PM, Feb 24, 2013
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