| Gadkari woos Manipur voters ahead of Panchayat elections |
From our Special Correspondent
IMPHAL, Aug 25: The BJP National President Nitin Gadkari told reporters in Imphal on Saturday that if his party secures majority in the Panchayat elections scheduled to be held early next month there would be lots of changes in Manipur. It was good for him to mislead the people by saying that the BJP shall bag most of the seats.
The BJP has ... |
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| WSYF to take action against social networking sites |
From our Correspondent
DIMAPUR, Aug 25: Taking strong exception to unsavoury and communal comments against the Sumi tribe in social networking sites, the Western Sumi Youth Front (WSYF) has resolved to take action against administrators of social media networking sites posting inflammatory and unsavoury comments in future.
This was one of the resolutions adopted by WSYF at a joi... |
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| Northeast terror outfits moving to Myanmar: Assam Rifles |
Agartala, Aug 25: Terrorist outfits of the Northeastern region have shifted their bases to neighbouring Myanmar following crackdown by the Bangladesh security forces, an official of the para-military Assam Rifles said Saturday. “Several terrorist groups of the northeast India have been shifting their camps to Myanmar after the Bangladesh security forces continued their crackdown against t... |
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| Nagaland government declares music as an industry |
‘Terming the new music institute as a dream come true to the aspiring musicians and the state as a whole, the Chief Minister said the State government would like to enter into partnership with the institute to promote music in this part of the world’
From our Correspondent
DIMAPUR, Aug 25: Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio has said that the State government ... |
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| Panic post Assam riots exposes human trafficking in Goa mines |
Panaji, Aug 25: By a quirky turn of fortune, the same wave of panic which gripped the people of the Northeast living in cities like Bangalore and Pune following the Assam riots turned out to be god sent for 16 Assamese and Naga labourers who were illegally trafficked to work in Goa’s controversial mining sector. The North East Association of Goa (NEAG), which was cobbled together by North... |
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| BSF seize cattle worth Rs 2 lakh |
From a Correspondent
SHILLONG, Aug 25: The Border Security Force (BSF) on Friday seized 25 cattles worth Rs 2, 22, 500 from Tuka border outpost in Meghalaya’s East Khasi Hills district.
According to BSF, the cattles were intercepted while they were being smuggled into Bangladesh.
This year BSF alone seized altogether 418 cattles worth approximatel... |
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| Growing rate of violence worries Home Minister, police officials |
From Our Special Correspondent
IMPHAL, Aug 25: The Home Minister and top ranking police officials are worried over the growing violence in Imphal district during past few days. They are thinking of deploying more police and security forces in the trouble torn district to contain recrudescence of violence.
On Friday night at around 10:30 pm two houses were attacked with hand gren... |
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