Search / 18 posts tagged Active Ads

By Khin Tun Famine forces thousands to do whatever they can to survive in Chin state On the surface, things can seem brighter than usual for villagers from Matupi in Southern Chin state of Western Burma, home to some 500,000 people.

New Delhi, Nov 20 : Assam’s handloom entrepreneurs are doing brisk business at the annual India International Trade Fair (IITF) here, with one participant already having clinched a Rs.100-million deal on a single day.Fifty-three small industrial units, including self-help groups, four government

By Rangan Dutta The June 2007 World Bank Strategy Report — Development and growth in North East — which found mention in these columns on 13 October, 2008, should be a “must read’ for everyone especially the researchers and observers of the region for two reasons.

Imphal, Nov 20 : Security forces busted a militant hideout in Manipur’s Bishnupur district today. A policeman was injured in the operation. Superintendent of police K. Jayenta Kumar Singh, who led the operation, said the camp was located at Khordak Awang Leikai, a village on the fringe of Loktak lake.

By Chizoko Vero The newly-elected NPF central office bearers, after the NPF’s general convention. The new team of office bearers, also comprises general secretaries, vice presidents and secretaries. Kohima, Nov 19 : Dr.

By Sushanta Talukdar No door-to-door campaigns, no musical road shows, no feasts, no separate public rallies. These are some of the restrictions imposed on political parties by the Mizoram People’s Forum (MPF), an organ of the powerful Mizoram Presbyterian Church.

By Rohan Naravane In the 1990s, we saw the proliferation of two devices that found their place in numerous homes; the color TV and the VCR. Video cassettes weren’t very expensive and could be reused a couple of times, but the setup to get your favorite program recorded while you weren’t at home was a bit tedious.

Itanagar, Nov 18 : The enchanting Sangty Valley at Dirang under Arunachal’s West Kameng district is no more an attractive destination for the endangered Black Neck Cranes as the number of the avian visitors from the neighbouring countries like China and Tibet is on the decline.

It was a memorable day at Darrang College, Tezpur, when the Centre for Conservation Studies was launched in memory of Pankaj Sarmah — an alumnus of the college who had dedicated his life to elephant conservation. The centre, inaugurated on November 7, is the first of its kind in the region and has been set up by WWF India with the help of Darrang College.

By Ninglun Hanghal In the past few months, an extremely shocking cases of children missing were reported in Manipur’s media, mentioning that such reports, to the police as well as to the media came only after more then 45 children disappeared since the beginning of the year.