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  • New Manipur CM assures Naga blockade will be lifted
    Imphal, March 15 (IANS) Manipur's new Chief Minister N. Biren Singh on Wednesday said his first priority is to get lifted the indefinite economic blockade of the state imposed by the United Naga Council (UNC).
  • Writers and innovative scholars important to us: President
    New Delhi, March 15 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee has said that writers and Innovation Scholars are special because they have innovative, sensitive and imaginative minds which transcend the boundaries of ti
  • Congress to work as a responsible opposition: Okram Ibobi
    Imphal, March 15 (IANS) Former Congress Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh on Wednesday said his party will be a responsible watchdog of the coalition government lef by the BJP.   Ibobi was a conspicuo
  • Federer, Nadal enter pre-quarters in Indian Wells
    Indian Wells (California), March 15 (IANS) Two of the best tennis players of the generation, Switzerland's Roger Federer and Spain's Rafael Nadal won in the third round to set-up a pre-quarter-final clash at th
  • Low anti-anxiety hormone levels may up postpartum depression
    New York, March 15 (IANS) Pregnant women having lower levels of an anti-anxiety hormone in their second trimester had an increased chance of developing postpartum depression, a study has shown.   Pos
  • Bringing unorganised sector under pension a tough task: PFRDA
    New Delhi, March 15 (IANS) Bringing the unorganised sector -- which accounts for 85 per cent of the country's labour force -- under the ambit of pension to provide them income security is the most challenging t
  • 'Trump wrote off $100 million in business losses'
    Washington, March 15 (IANS) US President Donald Trump's tax affairs were back in the spotlight after leaked 2005 returns showed he wrote off more than $100 million in "business losses" to reduce his federal tax
  • Three militants, minor girl killed in Kupwara gunfight
    Srinagar, March 15 (IANS) Three foreign militants and a six-year-old girl were killed in a gunfight between holed-up militants and security forces in north Kashmir's Kupwara district on Wednesday.  
  • Bad loans a challenge, large corporates at root: Jaitley
    New Delhi, March 15 (IANS) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday said that the bad loans of banks remain a challenge, with "very large" corporates at the core of the problem.   "To deal with the
  • Rape accused SP leader Prajapati arrested, sent to judicial custody
    Lucknow, March 15 (IANS) Gang rape accused Gayatri Prajapati, a senior Samajwadi Party leader and minister in the outgoing Uttar Pradesh government, was arrested on Wednesday and sent to 14-day's judicial custo
  • Rajya Sabha repeatedly disrupted over Goa, Manipur
    New Delhi, March 15 (IANS) The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday witnessed multiple adjournments amid chaos over the Congress' allegations that the BJP "murdered democracy" by not honouring the people's mandate in Goa a
  • Biren Singh: From BSF barracks to Manipur's CM
    Imphal, March 15 (IANS) Manipur's new Chief Minister N. Biren Singh's first love was football, which took him to the BSF. After resignation, he embraced journalism. Finally, he chose politics as a career. &n
  • Philippine lawmakers seek policy clarity over Duterte's maritime mix-up
    MANILA, March 15 (Reuters) - Two lawmakers sought legislative inquiries on Wednesday into Philippine policy on maritime territory, responding to what appeared to confusion by President Rodrigo Duterte about whi
  • Congress party hits rock bottom, but no change at the top
    NEW DELHI, March 15 (Reuters) - Many political parties faring as poorly as the Indian National Congress in a bellwether state election would ditch key leaders, if they did not go of their own accord.  
  • Shashank Manohar resigns as ICC chairman
    March 15 (REUTERS) - India's Shashank Manohar has resigned as chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC) due to personal reasons, the governing body said on Wednesday.   Manohar was elected
  • NAGALAND: STATE OF THE ECONOMY
    Morung Express Feature  Nagaland is primarily an agrarian economy with more than 60 percent of the population dependent on agriculture for their livelihood.  As per the Advance Estimates of 2015-16, G
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  • Manipur’s Interminable Economic Blockade
    On 1st November, 2016, the United Naga Council (UNC) called for an economic blockade in Manipur. It is still in place and has now crossed more than 130 days. In Nagaland too we have witnessed bandhs, on and off
  • Trump to donate salary at end of year, says official
    Washington, March 15 (IANS) US President Donald Trump will give his $400,000 salary to US charities by the end of 2017, a White House official said.   "The President's intention right now is to donat
  • Alia Bhatt turns 24, father calls her his 'masterpiece'
    Mumbai, March 15 (IANS) On his daughter and actress Alia Bhatts 24th birthday on Wednesday, her father and veteran filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt got nostalgic and called her his princess and his masterpiece.  
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