Assam now on alert for Swine Flu
Guwahati, May 2: Sikkim is now on Alert against the outbreak of the H1N1 virus, commonly known as swine flu.Authorities in pork loving Assam convened a high-level meeting to issue directives to the concerned officials regarding the precautionary measures to be.....
LS Polls: Campaigning for first phase to end
New Delhi, Apr 14: Campaigning for first phase of Lok Sabha Polls 2009 will end on Tuesday, Apr 14.In the first phase, the election will be held for 124 seats in seventeen states and union territories. The polling will be held.....
2 ULFA militants killed in Assam
Guwahati, Aug 17: Two United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) bombers were killed in a gun battle with the security forces in Goalpara district in Assam on Monday, Aug 26, said the police.The shootout began in a thickly forested area near.....
Bangladesh police arrests 2 ULFA leaders
Dhaka, Jul 17: Two United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) leaders were arrested in Bhairab sub-district of northern Kishorganj in Bangladesh.Police found arms and small bombs with the two suspects.Anti-crime Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) troops trapped the two ULFA leaders in.....
NSCN (I-M) in touch with HUJI: Nagaland CM
Dimapur, Aug 18: Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio on Monday, Aug 16 said, there is possibility of relations between Islamic extremists and NSCN (I-M). “NSCN (I-M) operatives from the Muslim community have been maintaining direct or indirect links with extremist groups.....
Manmohan to meet NSCN for talks on Nagaland
New Delhi, Mar 1: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will meet National Socialist Council of India (NSCN) members to discuss on Naga issue in New Delhi on Tuesday, Mar 2.NSCN Chairman Isak Chisi Swu and General Secretary Thuingaleng Muivah has been blaming.....
Mizoram may hand over referral hospital to church
Aizawl, May 23: The Mizoram government may hand over the yet-to-be-completed Falkawn Referral Hospital to the Catholic Church, sources said here today. Opposition parties here have been alleging that the MNF government had misappropriated funds for the hospital, initiated by the Congress ministry, resulting into incompletion even after 15 years of its initiation. On asked about the development of the project, Father Augustine CL Biaksanga, public relations officer of Aizawl Diocese of Catholic.....
More Oil Explorers enter Mizoram
Aizawl, May 23: The Mizoram government has roped in three more companies for exploration of oil and natural gas in a 3,213 sq km area between Aizawl and Lunglei, Official sources today said that Oil India Limited, Suntera Resources Ltd (Cyprus) and Shiv-Vani Oil and Gas Exploration Services Limited yesterday signed an eight-year Deed of Agreement with the Mizoram government last evening at the chief minister's office here. From the Mizoram side, Disaster Management Department.....