HAPPY NEW YEAR 2009

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2009...HOPING You'd Do Something For The Planet This Year 

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  1. Fiery Tongues by Indian Politicos in 2008
  2. In bird flu-hit Assam, people get cakes from outside
  3. 2nd Intl Trade Expo in Shillong provides fillip to handicraft trade
  4. Red-faced Chris Martin asked to prove identity
  5. Manipur Theatre Artists Enthrall Delhi
  6. NSA detenue Kangleipal escapes from JN security ward
  7. Two Months After Assam Blasts
  8. Terror shuts Shillong party zone
  9. AIEEE to be conducted by April '09
  10. Tea Management Courses
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Fiery Tongues by Indian Politicos in 2008

As the whole country is ready to welcome New Year 2009, we should give a look on fiery tongues of our Politicos, who hogged limelight in the passing year of 2008. By giving irreverent remark after the Mumbai attacks several political leaders invited public angers. BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, AR Antulay, Vilasrao Deshmukh, RR Patil [...]








In bird flu-hit Assam, people get cakes from outside

Guwahati, Dec 30 : Leilah Khan eagerly awaits her son's arrival from New Delhi but not having seen him for a year is not the only reason for her excitement. This resident of bird flu-hit Assam is also looking forward to rustling up a meal with the chicken and eggs that her son is bringing."We [...]








2nd Intl Trade Expo in Shillong provides fillip to handicraft trade

The recently concluded "Second International Trade Expo" in Shillong, capital of the province of Meghalaya has met with grand success not only in terms of domestic sales but also in promoting relations with the South East Asian countries of the sub-continent. There were over 35 stalls displaying locally made handicraft products, which included garments, jewellery, shawls, [...]







Red-faced Chris Martin asked to prove identity

Coldplay's Chris Martin had been left red-faced when he was refused entry at his own concert in native England after the security was unable to identify the singer. The band's lead vocalist, who had to explain his identity to the guards, had gotten on an underground train to reach the band''s latest sold-out concert in London. The [...]


Manipur Theatre Artists Enthrall Delhi

By Kaikho Paphro and Banda New Delhi, Dec 30 : Various theatre lovers in Delhi had a special treat from north-east India, recently as they attended a Manipuri play here. The play "When we dead awaken" was staged by Ratan Thiyam, the noted Manipuri playwright and theatre director during the Delhi Ibsen Festival organized by Royal Norwegian [...]


NSA detenue Kangleipal escapes from JN security ward

Imphal, Dec 30 : President of Manipur Forward Youth Front Sapamcha Kangleipal, who has been jailed under the National Security Act, escaped from the JN Hospital security ward, where he was lodged for a personal ailment, last night. Taking swift action, the Government has suspended three policemen on duty including one SI. Kangleipal was booked under the [...]


Two Months After Assam Blasts

By Kishalay Bhattacharjee Guwahati, Dec 30 : It's been two months after the serial blast hit Assam. And the families of the victims are still trying to cope with their tragedies. On October 30, 2008, a day after Diwali, Dulal Mandal was shopping with his wife in a Guwahati market when an explosion hit them. His wife [...]


Terror shuts Shillong party zone

Security concerns spoil New Year revelry at Police Bazar point File picture of New Year revellers at Police Bazar in Shillong Shillong, Dec 30 : The spectre of Mumbai attacks has robbed Shillong of its high-voltage party zone with the administration unwilling to allow revellers to gather at Police Bazar point on New Year eve. Police Bazar [...]


AIEEE to be conducted by April '09

The All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE) will be conducted on April 26, 2009. The last date for procuring the forms is January 5, 2009. All students desiring of getting admission in engineering colleges like NITs must write this test, a release received here said. Since 2008, the government of India has changed the policy [...]


Tea Management Courses

The business world has drastically changed and youngsters now have such a diverse range of career options that the people of days gone by could not even have imagined. One of the unorthodox career lines that is gaining popularity in India is that of tea management. Although unconventional, tea management is quite an interesting career line. [...]





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Lessons on Ramayan from Jesuit priest

Lessons on Ramayan from Jesuit priest

The author writes on how she learnt to appreciate the beauty of the epic It’s my life Mamoni Raisom Goswami The killing of Bali in the Ramayan raises doubts in the writer’s mind My life changed dramatically after the death of my husband Madhu. As I have already written, I will not go into details about how I landed [...]



Crazy Indian Video

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Assam Tourism Boasts of Wildlife - Not Facilities

By Syed Zarir Hussain Manas (Assam), Dec 29 : Allan Hully, a British tourist, was excited when he arrived at Manas National Park. He was hoping to spend a adventurous week in the wilderness but ended up winding off his trip a few hours after he arrived here. ‘The facilities, especially accommodation, at Manas are simply awful,’ [...]







For Assamese Students in Pune, Bihu Begins Today

By Chitra Nair Pune, Dec 29 : Celebrated in mid-January, the day of makar sankrant,’ magh bihu is the traditional festival of Assam. But, for the Assamese student community in the city, the festival comes early. My Home India, an NGO working for the welfare of the students from North East India, and Friends of Assam, [...]


Dibru Saikhowa Sanctuary

By Dr.Roman Sarmah Dibru Saikhowa, the sanctuary is located in the Tinsukia district of Assam. It has an area of 640 sq km. Important birds and animals found in the sanctuary include white-winged wood duck, elephant, tiger, sambar, buffalo and wild horse.. Tinsukia is the last junction in the Indian Railways map under the NF Railways segment. [...]


The Question of ‘Assamese’ Identity…

For All those Confused…Just forget it. For all those interested in Assamese Identity..a good Futher read An article published in Dainik Asom on 26 December 2004: [Also read Identity in Exile, Burnt Flesh and Xewali Flowers, Baptism by Beer...] Copyright © 2008 Sinlung. Sinlung Feeds is for personal non-commercial use only. If you are not reading this material [...]


Northeast Youth’s in Delhi Suffer Harassment at Work

By Azera Rahman New Delhi, Dec 29 : A help centre for northeastern youths living in Delhi and neighbouring areas says every week it receives three to four complaints about people being harassed at work and given the pink slip without prior notice. The Northeast Support Centre (NSC) is flooded with complaints, particularly from those working in [...]


Migration Justice

The refugee issue around the world is unlikely to go away just as yet. There are so many powerful impersonal forces at work which will ensure this for perhaps all times to come. It is not always a question of demographic aggression as so many tend to interpret it, but often one of people being forced [...]


Shillong Trade Expo Boosts India’s Trade Relations

By D. Henpilen Shillong, Dec 29 : The recently held 2nd International Trade Expo in Shillong boosted domestic trade as also succeded in promoting trade relations with South East Asian countries. The 10-day Expo provided a platform to entrepreneurs to interact with international traders at the fair held at the Jiengkieng Ground here. Over 35 stalls displayed indigenous [...]


Tribute to Isak on 50 years of “National Service”

Tribute to Isak on 50 years of “national service” (inset) Isak Chishi Swu (File Photo). A family representative of Isak Chishi Swu presenting a gift of gratitude to an old comrade during a function held today at Camp Hebron to commemorate “50 years of national service” rendered by Swu to the Naga political struggle. In [...]




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