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  • News in brief
    Sonakshi denies engagement rumours Actress Sonakshi Sinha on Thursday shot down rumours that she has said "yes" to a proposal from her rumoured beau Bunty Sachdev. Sonakshi tweeted: "Thanks Mirror for info
    / 11th August 2016
  • Speedways Electric vehicles showroom inaugurated
    Morung Express News Dimapur | August 11   Dimapur Municipal Council (DMC) Administrator, H Atokhe Aye inaugurated Musafir Cargo Solutions dealing in electric vehicles such as e-rickshaws, cargo load
    / 11th August 2016
  • Advocacy workshop for Tobacco free Schools
    DIMAPUR, AUGUST 11 (MExN): An advocacy workshop for the principals/teachers of tobacco free institutions was held in West City Building on August 10. The main focus of the workshop was the integration of tobacc
    Nagaland / 11th August 2016
  • ‘People movement required to attain self sufficiency’
    Our Correspondent Kohima | August 11   Expressing deep concern over the huge amount going outside the state for import of livestock and other essential commodities, Nagaland Chief Minister, TR Zeliang
    Nagaland / 11th August 2016
  • Teacher shortage blamed for poor HSLC results in Longleng district
    PSC serves 30-day ultimatum to Nagaland state govt to post required teachers in Longleng district government high schools DIMAPUR, AUGUST 11 (MExN): The Phom Student’s Conference (PSC) has expressed re
    Nagaland / 11th August 2016
  • Dying in pain in the global South
    Diana Guarnizo   Throughout the developing world, people are dying in pain due to an inability to access proper medication. But the problem is about much more than money   All of us have
    / 11th August 2016
  • Strengthen democracy, hug a spy
    John Lloyd Reuters   If there’s anything we’ve learned from horrors like the nightclub shootings in Orlando, the truck attack in Nice, and the beheading of a priest in Rouen, it’s that our sec
    / 11th August 2016
  • It’s Time for a North-East Renaissance
    Valson Thampu   My connection -better still, my kinship- with the North East is indirect, or second-hand, for the most part.  It is compacted of interfaces with the young men and women who studied i
    / 11th August 2016
  • Dealing with the influx
     Witoubou Newmai   In James Joyce’s Ulysses, a young history teacher by the name of Stephen Dedalus leaves a room rather abruptly because one of his seniors ignores him. The setting is in Dub
    Editorial / 11th August 2016
  • Cool data visualisation reveals the extent of global warming
    G.B.S.N.P. Varma IANS and IndiaSpend Two newly-released spiral visualisations of global-warming data reveal how human activities are linked to rising carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations and rising temperatu
    / 11th August 2016
  • Archers Deepika, Bombayla bow out of Rio Olympics
    Rio de Janeiro, Aug 11 (IANS) Deepika Kumari and Bombayla Devi were beaten in their 1/8 Eliminations round of the Women's Individual category, ending India's campaign in women's archery at the Rio Olympics here
    / 11th August 2016
  • Trump calls Obama, Clinton 'co-founders' of Islamic State
    WASHINGTON, August 11 (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump called President Barack Obama and Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton "co-founders" of Islamic State on Thursday, in remarks cer
    / 11th August 2016
  • My century could well be a series-defining knock: Ashwin
    St. Lucia, Aug 11 (IANS) After smashing his second century in the ongoing Test series against the West Indies, star off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has said his hundred in the third match might well be a series
    / 11th August 2016
  • 6 million Europeans have quit smoking with e-cigarette use
    London, Aug 11 (IANS) Use of electronic cigarettes, popularly known as e- cigarettes, has helped more than six million smokers in the European Union quit smoking, estimates a new study.   In addition
    / 11th August 2016
  • Lara Dutta excited over hunt for Miss India Universe 2016
    Mumbai, Aug 11 (IANS) Former Miss Universe Lara Dutta is looking forward to mentoring 16 finalists who will compete with one another to represent the country at the prestigious Miss Universe pageant.  
    / 11th August 2016
  • Mizoram begins peace talk with terror outfit
    Aizawl, Aug 11 (IANS) The Mizoram government has initiated peace talks with Manipur-based terror outfit Hmar People's Convention - Democratic to find a solution of the outfit's demand for an autonomous council.
    / 11th August 2016
  • Centre tables bill on extended maternity leave
    New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) Union Minister of Labour and Employment Bandaru Dattatreya on Thursday introduced in the Rajya Sabha the Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Bill, 2016, that seeks to increase maternity leave
    / 11th August 2016
  • Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza call time on doubles partnership
    REUTERS - The leading women's doubles team of Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza have opted to end their partnership after suffering a slump in form following a trophy-laden 16 months together, the players confirme
    / 11th August 2016
  • Isinbayeva to run for ARAF chief
    MOSCOW, August 11 (Reuters) - Yelena Isinbayeva is to run for president of the Russian athletics federation (ARAF), the double Olympic pole vault champion said.   Isinbayeva, who is unable to compete
    / 11th August 2016
  • Silk database to protect indigenous knowledge of the Northeast
    Kolkata, Aug 11 (IANS) Aimed at easing access to silk-related web resources, a portal on sericulture designed by Indian researchers comes with a built-in search engine to enable quick and accurate data mining a
    / 11th August 2016
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