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  • Call to make engineers and masons assist in North East disaster recovery
    New Delhi, February 24 (IANS): An international conference on disaster mitigation and management in India's northeastern region has called for a special cadre of engineers trained to assess damage as well as an
    / 24th February 2016
  • Centre sanctions Rs 1000 crore for ADCs of 4 NE states
    Shillong, February 24 (PTI): The Centre has sanctioned a 'special assistance grant' of Rs 1,000 crore for the upkeep of tribal councils in Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram, officials said today.  
    / 24th February 2016
  • Kalikho Pul to face floor test today
    ITANAGAR, February 24 (PTI): The newly-installed Kalikho Pul government in Arunachal Pradesh will face a test of its strength in the Assembly tomorrow on the first day of a three- day session.   //
    / 24th February 2016
  • NORTH EAST Briefs
    Political conference in Ukhrul Ukhrul, February 24 (MExN): The Naga People's Front (NPF), Ukhrul Division is organizing a one day Political Conference at Town Hall, Ukhrul on February 29 from 11:30 a.m. onwa
    / 24th February 2016
  • Modi acting as 'superman': Gogoi
    New Delhi, February 24 (PTI): Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today came down heavily on Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying he was acting as a "superman" who could do everything and taking credits for project
    / 24th February 2016
  • Community of not-so-commons
    Aheli Moitra   In not-so-distant Karbi Anglong in Assam, Nagaland’s neighbourhood, a group of tribes come together to build their respective morungs (traditional houses) every year—Karbi, Re
    Editorial / 24th February 2016
  • Do You Know Your Net Worth?
    Many of us wonder what we are worth. Im not talking about what were worth as people, which is an entirely different subject. Here, Im talking about what we are worth in monetary terms.   Determining
    / 24th February 2016
  • Linguistic imperialism is alive and kicking in the subcontinent
      If my mother tongue is shaking the foundations of your state, it probably means that you built your state on my land" -Musa Anter, Kurdish writer assassinated by the Turkish govt in 1992.  
    / 24th February 2016
  • How India can benefit by leapfrogging into FIR
    Anil K. Rajvanshi IANS   Last month, the major agenda item at the World Economic Forum in Davos was the Fourth Industrial Revolution (FIR). Since FIR is already under way in some of the advanced ec
    / 24th February 2016
  • Classical Indian dance helps trafficking victims to heal
    Rina Chandran Thomson Reuters Foundation   Classical Indian dance could be an effective form of therapy for victims of human trafficking and sexual violence, helping them to overcome their traumatic
    / 24th February 2016
  • 85 percent vote in Tripura village polls
    Agartala, February 24 (IANS): The village committee polls in Tripura witnessed 85 percent voting on Wednesday, officials said.   // A total of 645,840 people were eligible to vote in 528 of the 587
    / 24th February 2016
  • North East Frontier Railway partially restores services
    Kolkata, February 24 (IANS): A day after an indefinite rail blockade demanding statehood or union territory status for Cooch Behar in northern West Bengal was lifted, train movement on the Northeast Frontier Ra
    / 24th February 2016
  • ‘Johnson & Johnson must pay $72 million for cancer death linked to talcum powder’
    St. Louis, February 24 (Reuters): Johnson & Johnson (JNJ.N) was ordered by a Missouri state jury to pay $72 million of damages to the family of a woman whose death from ovarian cancer was linked to her use
    / 24th February 2016
  • Hugh Grant honoured with BFI Fellowship Award
    Source: Contactmusic   Hugh Grant was honoured with the prestigious British Film Institute (BFI) Fellowship award during a ceremony in London on Tuesday night (23Feb16).   The Notting Hill
    / 24th February 2016
  • State annual verification and stamping of weights, measures
    Kohima, February 24 (MExN): The annual verification and stamping of weights, measures, and weighing and measuring instruments for the year 2016 is being undertaken by the Legal Metrology & Consumer Protecti
    Nagaland / 24th February 2016
  • Sanjay Dutt to come out of jail with a salary of Rs.450
    Source: Zee Media Bureau   Sanjay Dutt is likely to walk a free man today after serving a jail term of 42-months in Pune's Yerwada Jail. Sanjay, son of late actor-politician Sunil Dutt, will walk out
    / 24th February 2016
  • State Credit Plan for Nagaland launched
    Kohima, February 24 (MExN): The State Credit Plan for the state of Nagaland for the year 2016-17 was launched at the State Credit Seminar organized by the Nagaland Regional Office of NABARD on February 22 at Ko
    Nagaland / 24th February 2016
  • I have missed out on some of the biggest films: Raima Sen
    Actress Raima Sen, who is a known face in the Bengali film industry, confesses that she is scared of auditions and she has missed out on some of the biggest films in Bollywood because of her laziness.  
    / 24th February 2016
  • ATMA Kuhuboto block conducts BFAC meeting
    Dimapur, February 24 (MExN): Block Farmers Advisory Committee (BFAC) meeting was held on February 16 at S. Hotovi Village organised by ATMA Dimapur, Kuhuboto Block.   The meeting was started with an
    / 24th February 2016
  • 'Deadpool' mints Rs.29 crore in 10 days in India
    Source: IANS   Ryan Reynolds-starrer A-rated superhero film "Deadpool", which has been loved by critics and audiences alike, has raked in Rs.29 crore in just 10 days in the country.   "We
    / 24th February 2016
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