New Delhi, February 6 (IANS): A parliamentary panel Thursday recommended that a bill to amend the Prevention of Corruption Act be passed in the current parliament session itself -- taking the total number of an

The aftermath of the fire incident at Golghat Road, Dimapur on February 6.   Six vehicles were destroyed in a fire incident at Golaghat Road, Dimapur, in the wee hours of February 6. The unexplained f

Demand for Anti-Racism Law: Students from the North East on February 6 marched towards the Parliament from Jantar Mantar, demanding an anti-racism law. Protestors hold placards as they participate in a protest

Nandita Haksar addressing the IAWS conference at Guwahati Guwahati, February 5 (MExN): The Indian Association for Women’s Studies (IAWS) opened its 14th National Conference on Women’s Studies o

WASHINGTON, February 5 (AP): Facebook’s numbers are epic. More Americans check Facebook daily than read the Bible and it has more monthly users worldwide than most continents have people. Facebook, which

DIMAPUR, FEBRUARY 5 (MExN): A motorcyclist was killed on the spot when the bike he was riding was reportedly hit by an auto-rickshaw near 4th Mile, Wednesday around 7.30 pm. According to traffic police, the vic

Dimapur, February 5 (MExN): Unknown miscreant(s) lobbed a small, suspected to be home made, crude “grenade” into the compound of a business enterprise (Mata Transport) at Golaghat Road (opposite Wot

Lok Sabha express solidarity with North East studentsNew Delhi, February 5 (IANS): Lok Sabha members across the spectrum Wednesday expressed their concern over the death here of a youth from Arunachal Pradesh,

Voice for Justice: The beating and subsequent death of Nido Tania (19) has made the Lok Sabha acknowledge that “racial discrimination” plagues people from the North East in India. But this came only

No forest, no trees, no work but plenty to report on forest and environment management.

India’s cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar, left, receives the “Bharat Ratna” award from President Pranab Mukherjee during an awards ceremony at the Presidential Palace in New Delhi on February 4.

New Delhi, February 4 (IANS): Some believe cancer is incurable, quite a few think it is contagious and many others feel it can be caused by hair-dyes and anti-perspirants - myths like these expose our little kn

New Delhi, February 4 (IANS): The government Tuesday announced setting up of the Seventh Central Pay Commission under the chairmanship of retired Supreme Court judge Ashok Kumar Mathur to review the salaries of

That’s the problem with fast-paced development. The depreciation is also equally fast.

Indian Prime Minister promises effective protection to people from the North EastNew Delhi, February 4 (PTI) Strongly condemning the killing of a student from Arunachal Pradesh here, Prime Minister Manmohan Sin

A low intensity IED was used in a failed attempt to rob an ATM machine in Dimapur.An attempt to loot a newly installed ATM machine at Duncan Basti ended with the perpetrator(s) barely managing to remove the out

Thought you were in school. Where are you flying? Wait let me guess..running errand for the senior students?

New Delhi, February 2 (Agencies): Two women from Manipur were allegedly assaulted last week by some men who hurled racist abuses at them in South Delhi’s Kotla Mubarak area. The incident came to light aft

Be patient, we are still exploring various possible angles of this case. Ok?

Dalai Lama says just saying we want peace is not enoughGUWAHATI, February 2 (PTI): Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama today called for dialogues with a sense of concern at all levels for solving the problems o