Mumbai, February 19 (IANS): Spurred by the passing of the bill to create a separate Telangana state out of Andhra Pradesh, political parties in Maharashtra, barring Shiv Sena, again raised the demand for a sepa
NEW DELHI, February 19 (TNN): The Central Bureau of Investigation has reservations in taking up the investigations of the death of Nido Tania - a 19 year old youth from Arunachal Pradesh - who succumbed to inju
A woman from Philimi village in Zunheboto district, near Doyang valley, waits for passengers on vehicles plying on the highway between Wokha and Zunheboto to stop and buy her produce. Till date, it is difficult
New Delhi, February 18 (IANS): Amid pandemonium and a television blackout of the proceedings, the Lok Sabha Tuesday passed a bill that seeks to carve out a Telangana state out of Andhra Pradesh. The Andhra Prad
DIMAPUR, FEBRUARY 18 (MExN): Dimapur Police have arrested three persons in connection with the murder of an auto driver, Gulya Ahmed, whose body was recovered on February 7. A press note from Dimapur Police inf
FILE - In this 1991 file photo, former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, center, leaning in, listens to the grievances of a man while campaigning for election in a town in central India, a few days before he
DIMAPUR, FEBRUARY 18 (MExN): Nagaland chief minister, Neiphiu Rio, has appealed to the central government and National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) to further fine tune the disaster management mechanism
Our CorrespondentMokokchung | February 17 A Mokokchung-bound truck bearing registration number AS 03 AC-5021 carrying essential commodities from Jorhat, Assam fell into a gorge Monday, around 2:00 am, near Chan
People watch a display screen on the facade of the the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) building in Mumbai on Monday Feb. 17. India’s Finance Minister P. Chidambaram has unveiled a conservative budget for the
New Delhi, February 17 (PTI): Tehelka founder-editor Tarun Tejpal was on Monday charged by Goa Police with rape, sexual harassment and outraging modesty of a woman journalist in a lift of a five-star hotel in t
Bikers from Bangalore hold placards at a rally to protest Racial Discrimination against the people of the North East of India on Sunday, February 16, after racial attacks have come into the limelight in India a
Kathmandu, February 16 (IANS): An aircraft with 18 people on board Sunday crashed in a thick jungle and burst into a huge ball of flame in Nepal, officials said. The fate of those on board was not immediately k
New Delhi, February 16 (MExN): In continuation of protests and candlelight vigils to demand justice to Nido Tania’s death, Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) today held a protest at Jantar Mantar d
New Delhi, February 15 (IANS): The union cabinet Saturday decided to impose president’s rule in Delhi following the resignation of chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and his council of ministers Friday. The a
New Delhi, February 15 (IANS): The Delhi Police Saturday announced the setting up of a special cell and a helpline for northeast people here. The helpline - 1093 - will have five lines in the police control roo
Re-energize ‘the spirit of giving’ GUWAHATI, FEBRUARY 15 (MExN): Kunti Bora, from Nagaon formed 22 self help groups, encompassing hundreds of women in 6 districts of Assam. Lalthanzami, f