"Sinlung" - 9 new articles
India's Support to Tobacco Industry CondemnedGangtok, Dec 20 : The tobacco control community and public health organizations have strongly condemned the decision taken at a meeting of the Group of Ministers recently to defer the much-awaited implementation of pictorial warnings on all tobacco products from November 30, 2008. This decision has been repeatedly postponed several times since February 2007. According to Voluntary [...] Shillongite Joins UN FrayRural campaigner is official nominee for global agency poll By E.M. Jose Phrang Roy Shillong, Dec. 19: Two years after Shashi Tharoor bowed out to Ban Ki-moon in the United Nation's Security Council election, another Indian — a Shillongite — will vie for the president's chair in an agency of the international organisation. Phrang Roy, an IAS officer [...] Mob Rampage on HighwayVehicles damaged as Manipur's lifeline chokes Protesters burn tyres on Imphal-Dimapur highway in Manipur on Friday. Picture by Eastern Projections Imphal, Dec 20 : Police lobbed teargas shells and exploded stun bombs to disperse protesters who went on the rampage along the Imphal-Dimapur highway, damaging over a score of vehicles, including supply trucks. The highway is one [...] Showcause to Assam Govt, APSC Guwahati, Dec 20 : Gauhati High Court today issued showcause notices to the Assam Public Service Commission (APSC) and the Assam government in connection with a case filed by some candidates alleging "largescale" irregularities by the commission in conducting the Assam Civil Services examination. A single judge bench of Justice Biplab Kumar Sharma issued the notices [...] Handloom Binds Cultural Zones Shoppers emerge from the handloom fair in Dhubri Dhubri, Dec 20 : Trade helped forge cultural ties between the Northeast and the rest of the country at a handloom fair in Dhubri last week. Organised by the Union textile ministry, the 15-day extravaganza began at Srimanta Shankardev Sishu Udyan playground on December 2. Thirty-nine handloom and textile manufacturing [...] A Few Good Yarns By Mitali Saran When I was three years old, my mother stitched me a little orange frock. It had puffed sleeves and a bow, and was possibly checked. I loved this frock with a passion, and via a strategic deployment of tantrums and sulks, contrived to wear it every single day until I grew out of [...] Militants in Truce Told To Stay Off Crime Imphal, Dec 20 : The joint monitoring group today issued "strong instructions" to 19 tribal militant groups to refrain from abduction and other unlawful activities during a meeting at the First Manipur Rifles auditorium in Imphal today. This is the fourth round of meetings between leaders of the groups and the JMG after the signing of [...] Kuki Martyrs Remembered Imphal, Dec 20 : Paying befitting tribute and homage to the departed brave soldiers, the 91st commemorative function of the Kuki Independence War, 1917-1919 was observed under the aegis of Kuki Independence War Memorial Committee, Imphal at Kuki Inn here today. Former MP Holkhomang Haokip, ex-Minister C Doungel and Kuki Independence War Memorial Committee member T [...] Appeal for Release of Kidnapped PersonsDimapur, Dec 20 : The Tangkhul Naga Long (TNL) has noted the kidnapping of three persons, one YS Sailem, a NG Pamshangphi and one driver by the NSCN (K) from Thaibu Basti, Dimapur on December 18. TNL has expressed shock and stated in a note issued by its president that "at a time when Nagas are [...] More Recent Articles |
