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  • Bangladesh garment workers stage protests, say pay rise insufficient
    Garment workers block a road as they protest for higher wages at Ashulia, outskirt of Dhaka, Bangladesh on January 14. (REUTERS Photo) DHAKA, January 14 (Reuters): Several thousand garment workers took
    / 14th January 2019
  • Too much salt: water desalination plants harm environment - U.N.
    Brine water flows into the Mediterranean Sea after passing through a desalination plant in the coastal city of Hadera on May 16, 2010. (REUTERS File Photo) OSLO, January 14 (Reuters): Almost 16,000
    / 14th January 2019
  • Give my deal a 'second look', British PM May urges parliament
    Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May leaves from the back of 10 Downing Street in London, Britain on January 14. (REUTERS Photo) LONDON, January 14 (Reuters): British Prime Minister Theresa May urged l
    / 14th January 2019
  • Argentina’s indigenous people fight for land rights
    A group of Wichí children play in the mud in the indigenous community of El Quebracho, in northern Argentina. This countrys laws recognise the right to bilingual support in the education of native children, b
    / 14th January 2019
  • Trump says he never worked for Russia, rejects media reports
    U.S. President Donald Trump walks before speaking to the media as he returns from Camp David to the White House in Washington, US on January 6, 2019. (REUTERS Photo) WASHINGTON, January 14 (Reuters):- U
    / 14th January 2019
  • Subdued Bihu festivities in Assam amid stir against Citizenship Bill
    Guwahati , January 14 (PTI): Protests over the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill have cast a shadow on the three-day Assamese Magh or Bhogali Bihu festivities that began on Monday with agitators from several indige
    / 14th January 2019
  • Bengal intellectuals hold protest meet against heckling of poet Srijato in Assam
    Kolkata, January 14 (IANS): Poets, elocutionists and theatre personalities on Monday held a protest meeting to strongly condemn the vandalism at poet Srijato's programme venue at Assam's Silchar and said it is
    / 14th January 2019
  • Citizens' report urges halt on coal mining in Meghalaya
    Shillong, January 14 (IANS): A group of social activists on Sunday released two volumes of a citizens' report urging the Supreme Court that coal mining in Meghalaya be stopped completely and other forms of ene
    / 14th January 2019
  • Bru refugees seek continuation of ration in relief camps
    Aizawl, January 14 (PTI): A day before their relief assistance from the central government was supposed to be stopped, the umbrella organisation of the 32,000 odd Bru refugees living in Tripura urged the Cent
    / 14th January 2019
  • Manik Sarkar seeks judicial probe into Madhabbari clashes
    Agartala, January 14 (PTI): Leader of Opposition and former chief minister Manik Sarkar on Monday demanded a judicial probe into last week's Citizenship bill protests at Madhabbari, which led to the injury of
    / 14th January 2019
  • NSCN (IM), KNU clash near Sinakeithei
    IMPHAL, JANUARY 14 (NNN): A brief encounter took place between the NSCN (IM) and the Kuki National Army (KNA) this afternoon in Ukhrul district. However, there was no report of any casualty. According to NSCN
    / 14th January 2019
  • Finance Commission to visit Tripura
    New Delhi, January 14 (IANS): The 15th Finance Commission on Monday said its members and senior officials led by Chairman N.K. Singh will visit Tripura this week as part of its dialogue with different states.
    / 14th January 2019
  • Sonowal faces protests over Citizenship bill
    Guwahati, January 14 (IANS): Much to his embarrassment, Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Monday faced protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill at his home constituency Majuli. Members of Aso
    / 14th January 2019
  • SC keeps pending petitions challenging notification on entry of minorities
    New Delhi, January 14 (IANS): The Supreme Court on Monday kept in abeyance a challenge to two notifications on the Passport Act and the Foreigners Act that permitted religious minorities facing persecution in
    / 14th January 2019
  • VWF celebrates Nat'l Youth Day
    Prof KP Avikasit garlanding the photo of Swami Vivekananda during the celebration of National Youth Day at Missionaries of Charity, Mother Teresa Home, Dimapur. (Photo Courtesy: VWF) Dimapur, January 14
    / 14th January 2019
  • Nagaland woman who couldn't open mouth due to deformity undergoes surgery
    New Delhi, January 14 (PTI): A 30-year-old woman from Nagaland, who suffered from a facial deformity since birth for which she could not open her mouth properly, underwent a 12-hour-long correction surgery at
    / 14th January 2019
  • Governor, others bring Sükrünye festival greetings
    Dimapur, January 14 (MExN): Nagaland Governor, PB Acharya, Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio today led the state in extending greetings to the Chakhesang community on the occasion of Sükrünye Festival 2019. Statin
    / 14th January 2019
  • Re-Imagining the Peace Process
    Forum for Naga Reconciliation Today, we need to re-imagine the Indo-Naga Peace Process with one that encompasses and compliments the political exchanges in Delhi between the Government of India and the Naga po
    / 14th January 2019
  • Mega legal services camp in Wokha
    Wokha, January 14 (MExN): Nagaland State Services Authority and Wokha District Legal Services Authority in collaboration with the District Administration, Government departments, stakeholders & NGOs will b
    / 14th January 2019
  • Plea against 'snooping': SC gives Centre six weeks to reply
    FILE PHOTO: A computer keyboard is seen in this picture illustration taken August 22, 2016. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau/File photo New Delhi, January 14 (IANS): The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the
    / 14th January 2019
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