New Delhi: To shore up its ties with India, Myanmar government has ordered Manipur-based militant outfits to shut their camps and training facilities and leave its soil by June 10. Quoting intelligence inputs, official sources said the Myanmar Army's order was issued on May 24 -- three days before Prime Minister Manmohan Singh embarked on his visit to the neighbouring country -- and the move is considered as a goodwill...
04:47 PM, May 30, 2012
BANGALORE:Much has been said and written about Richard Loitam, the 19 year-old Manipuri student who died in mysterious circumstances last month. However, the incident would have gone unnoticed if it was not for a concerted campaign demanding justice in view of his death that went viral and made waves throughout the country.The Justice for Loitam Richard campaign started off as a small group on Facebook, when Monika Khangembam, a student...
08:39 AM, May 24, 2012
Agartala: India will soon start the final survey to lay the rail link between Akhaura in Bangladesh and Agartala, a project which New Delhi plans to implement within two years, a top railway official said on Monday. Chief Administrative Officer (Construction) of Northeast Frontier Railway Mohan Lal said the survey for the 11.5 km line would start immediately after allocation of funds in the coming budget. "Just after allocation of...
05:35 PM, Feb 13, 2012
Aizawl: The Protected Area Permit (PAP) regime, in which foreigners desiring to visit some states are required to have special permit from the Union Home Ministry has been relaxed for yet another year in three north east states with some conditions. A letter from the Union Home Ministry to Mizoram Chief Secretary Van Hela Pachuau, on Tuesday said PAP relaxation was extended for another year from December 31, 2011 in...
06:41 PM, Jan 24, 2012
Imphal: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday said that there were no winners in the crippling economic blockades that Manipur had faced, while stating there was no plan for a 'supra state' for Nagas in the Northeast. "There were no winners. The only the losers were the common people," Singh said referring to the economic blockades on two national highways at a public meeting here on a day's visit to...
07:44 PM, Dec 03, 2011
Imphal: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday said that there was no plan for a 'supra state' for Nagas in the Northeast and appealed to militants to ensure peace in Manipur for speeding up development work. "Manipur needs peace and tranquillity for all round development. Different communities have been living here for centuries and there should not be any misunderstand among them," Singh told a public meeting in Imphal. On...
05:00 PM, Dec 03, 2011
Agartala: Tripura, Manipur and Meghalaya could soon get their own high courts that would help in quicker disposal of cases, save litigants time and money, and fulfil a long-standing demand of these states. All the eight northeastern states, excluding Sikkim, come under the jurisdiction of the Gauhati High Court situated in Assam. It has benches in several northeastern states. Sikkim has a separate high court. "All necessary infrastructure for the...
07:40 PM, Nov 28, 2011
Guwahati: A bomb exploded on the railway tracks in central Assam's Dima Hasao district on Wednesday night, damaging the track and disrupting movement of trains. There was no casualty or injury as no train was passing at the time of the blast last night, said Northeast Frontier Railway (NEF) Spokesman S Hajong. The bomb exploded on the tracks between Mahur and Phiding railway stations at around 11 pm, Hajong said....
10:48 AM, Oct 27, 2011
New Delhi: At least 28 people have lost their lives and over 100 injured after a 6.8 magnitude earthquake hit Sikkim on Sunday evening. Authorities fear the toll could rise further. The exact extent of damages is yet to be assessed as relief and rescue is yet to reach affected areas. Out of the 28 dead, 19 are from Sikkim, two from Bihar and five in West Bengal. Two Army...
10:15 AM, Sep 19, 2011
Shillong: The northeastern region on Sunday experienced the biggest earthquake in 20 years. The earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter Scale which hit the east and Northeast region, was the biggest in 20 years, officials said. Records of Central Seismological Observatory showed increasing seismic activity in the region. A total 34 quakes of light and moderate intensity were felt in the region in 2009. The area witnessed 26 earthquakes each...
10:55 PM, Sep 18, 2011
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06:07 PM, Aug 06, 2011
New Delhi: Against the backdrop of China's rapid military modernisation in Tibet, Defence Minister AK Antony will visit the northeastern states for two days from Friday to review the security situation and infrastructure developments ordered there by the government. Antony will be accompanied on the trip by the army chief, General VK Singh and Defence Secretary Pradeep Kumar. "Defence Minister AK Antony will be going on a two-day visit to...
03:12 PM, Feb 17, 2011
Aizwal: India and Myanmar will work together to curb trans-border movement of terrorists, smuggling of arms and to prevent drugs trafficking, officials said here on Monday. The Indian Home Ministry and Myanmar's Chin state have agreed to boost border security and share information on cross-border terrorism, a Mizoram Home Department official informed. A meeting between the central government and Myanmar representatives in eastern Mizoram's Champhai town took place on Friday....
05:57 PM, Dec 20, 2010
New Delhi/London: Terror activities in India's northeast are not a priority for the government as civilian deaths due to terrorism in the region have fallen in recent years, says a leaked US embassy cable. The cable dated April 18, 2006 released by WikiLeaks and posted in the Guardian says terrorism in Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland, Tripura and Meghalaya "consists of many groups that are small in number compared...
03:21 PM, Dec 18, 2010
Washington: A "hidden" language spoken by only about 1,000 people has been discovered in the remote northeast corner of India by researchers who at first thought they were documenting a dialect of the Aka culture, a tribal community in the foothills of the Himalayas. They found an entirely different vocabulary and linguistic structure. Even the speakers of the tongue, called Koro, did not realise they had a distinct language, linguist...
10:50 PM, Oct 06, 2010
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