"Sinlung" - 7 new articles
Assam: Will The Lahe, Lahe Mindset Change?By Dhruva Saikia At last the CBI has arrived in Guwahati. Gogoi sought two things from Delhi: men to probe the Assam bomb blasts and Rs 250 billion to compensate for the 30-year insurgency-inflicted economic losses. Will the Centre oblige the 'lahe, lahe' Assam?. The blasts occurred on October 30 and the Central investigating team set about [...] Nagaland Girls Sweep The Miss Barak TitlesBy Irom Dhanabir Senapati, Dec 21 : Almost all the titles of the Seven Sisters Miss Barak 2008 contest have gone to competitors from the neighboring Nagaland state with 23-year old Nothono Kraho of Nagaland being crowned Miss Barak in the prestigious pageant organised by the Youth Hope Foundation, YHF, at the district mini indoor staduim, [...] Tripura, Mizoram Ban Import of Poultry ProductsAgartala, Dec 21 : Tripura and Mizoram Sunday banned the import of poultry from the bird flu-hit states of Assam and West Bengal, besides adjoining Bangladesh, officials said. 'The state government has set up check gates at the Assam-Tripura border and asked security forces to maintain a strict vigil along the border with Bangladesh to prevent [...] Business Class Flight for CM and Deputies Only Shillong, Dec 21 : With a view to curtail state expenditure, Meghalaya government has decided that from now on only the chief minister and his two deputies would be entitled to business class air fare while the rest of the ministers would travel in economic class. State Finance Minister Conrad Sangma today said the 'new system', [...] Gloomy Christmas Ahead for Churachandpur By M Kaimuanthang Ccpur, Dec 21 : The Zomi Economic Planning and Development Agency, ZEPADA, in a press handout today said that the worries of farmers due to crop failure had overshadowed the festive mood of the Christians as they have been haunted by the dreaded Mautam famine. Their suffering is compounded by the non-distribution of Mautam [...] Four Militants Killed in Manipur Imphal, Dec 21 : Four militants were killed in separate incidents by security personnel in Imphal west district of Manipur, official sources said on Sunday. A combined team of police commandos and 23rd Assam Rifles personnel gunned down two militants at Isikha Chingjil in Imphal west district during an encounter late on Saturday night. One 9mm pistol [...] 15 Years in a Relief Camp: Bongaigaon, Assam By Anju Azad 15 years of life in 'relief camps' is probably the longest period for a community to 'live in transit but without a return ticket'. One of the longest 'lives in transit' is also probably one of the least known stories. This is evident through narrated ordeals of the Muslim inmates in Hapasara relief [...] More Recent Articles |
