Monthly Archives: August 2016
Drop charges as I have stopped fasting : Sharmila
IMPHAL, Aug 23 : Irom Chanu Sharmila today urged the Court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Imphal West to drop the charges against her...
HC rolls back wanted tag on Ratan
IMPHAL, Aug 23 : A Division Bench of the High Court of Manipur today passed an order directing that the words ‘wanted criminal’ used...
Cops, cop aspirants clash, indefinite bandh called
IMPHAL, Aug 23: The voice of opposition against the Government’s decision to cancel a recruitment process held in 2013 for appointment of Police Constables...
Letter to the Government of Manipur in response to the Draft...
Dr. Malem Ningthouja
Meetopsinggi safudagi manipur gi yelhoumee sing kanba ngamgadaba leingak pathap ama semgadabani amasung hairiba pathap adu thabakta onthokkadabani haina khongjang changsinlakkhibani. Manipur...
Face of activism Irom Sharmila faces identity crisis in Manipur
Source: Hindustan Times
She may be India’s best-known rights activist with millions of followers across the world but back home in Manipur, Irom Sharmila has...
Manipur Tribal Unity Day on August 31
Source: The Statesman
Tribals in Manipur have been asked to observe August 31 as unity day in remembrance of the nine tribal youths who were killed in...
Demography Watch: How Northeast India Was Christianised In The Last 100...
Source: Swarajyamag
Northeast India forms a major region of Christian concentration in India today. Of the 2.78 crore Christians counted in 2011, 78 lakh are...
Sporadic clashes in Tripura’s Agartala
Source: BD News 24
As thousands of tribals marched towards Agartala's Vivekananda Stadium to observe the 'Sixth Schedule Day', clashes erupted in Colonel Choumani and...
Tripura declares holiday as it celebrates Dipa Karmakar’s homecoming
Source: One India
Agartala, Aug 22: The Tripura government on Monday gave a rousing reception to ace gymnast Dipa Karmakar, the first Indian to take...
Manipur people reject draft bill on migrants
Source: Business Standards
A convention held in the Manipur capital on Monday rejected a draft bill of the state government on migrant workers, saying it...
ULFA abducts Assam BJP leader’s son, demands Rs 1 crore as...
Source: India Today
Kuldeep Moran, son of Tinsukia Zila Parishad's vice president Ratnaswer Moran, was abducted on August 1 by members of the same organisation.
The...
SpiceJet to launch new flights for northeast India
Source: Indian Express
SpiceJet will start flights to Silchar and Aizawl from October as the budget airline looks to boost air connectivity in the North...
Slides shut Sikkim road link, kill one
Source: Telegraph India
Kalimpong/Darjeeling, Aug. 22: A landslide triggered by heavy rains at Likhubir on NH10, the main road link between Sikkim and Siliguri, shut...
China warns India against deploying BrahMos missile in Arunachal Pradesh
Source: Hindustan Times
Weeks after the Indian government cleared the deployment of a special version of the BrahMos cruise missile in the northeast, China has...