tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51031296717319126182012-05-29T20:00:57.629-07:00Stuffs That matterSinlungnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6124125sinlung/feedshttp://feedburner.google.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103129671731912618.post-43204070671178873632012-05-29T19:35:00.000-07:002012-05-29T19:35:07.490-07:002012-05-29T19:35:07.490-07:00

Aizawl, May 30 : An acute scarcity of cooking gas cylinders since March this year, in both Mizoram and Assam’s Barak valley districts has inconvenienced lakhs of consumers.As a result, black marketeering is on the rise, with consumers forced to buy cylinders at prices ranging between Rs 1,500 and Rs 2,000 apiece.The 17 LPG distributors in the three Barak valley districts of Cachar, Karimganj

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Current warning on a cigarette pack Headless torso to replace Terry’s photo on cigarette packs By Teena Thacker A headless torso with a diseased lung will soon replace a controversial blurred image that resembled English footballer John Terry as the pictorial warning on cigarette packs. The new photo has been used in Thailand and is likely to be notified soon by the Union health ministry

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By Yengkhom Jilangamba INSENSITIVE MAINLAND: Students from the north-east protesting instances of discrimination. Photo: V.V. Krishnan Most Indians think racism exists only in the West and see themselves as victims. It's time they examined their own attitudes towards people from the country's North-East The mysterious death of Loitam Richard in Bangalore, the murder of

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Guwahati, May 29 : The controversial second marriage of Assam Congress MLA from Borkhola Dr Rumi Nath and her bold conversion to Islam before marrying her Facebook friend has sparked a communal tension in Guwahati.The Borkhola MLA made headlines after her first husband Rakesh Kumar Singh lodged a police complaint alleging that Rumi was kidnapped from Silchar Medical College and Hospital where

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Aizawl, May 28 : Mizoram home minister R Lalzirliana has reiterated that there would be no more creation of autonomous district council at the expense of Mizoram's territorial integrity. "The Mizoram government would not support any demand for autonomous district council. I would like to make it crystal clear that the state government will not create any autonomous district council

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New Delhi, May 28 : CBSE Class 12 Results 2012 of all regions was declared on Monday (May 28). Mohammad Ismat from Manipur has topped the Class XII Board Exam 2012 with a score of 495/500. The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is the most prestigious of all school boards in the country. The results are available on the websites www.results.nic.in, www.cbseresults.nic.in and

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Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh and his wife Smt Gursharan Kaur being received by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Myanmar, Mr U Wunna Maung Lwin, on their arrival, at Nay Pyi Taw International Airport, Myanmar on SundayNay Pyi Taw, May 28 : Seeking to elevate India’s ties with resource-rich Myanmar, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived here today on a historic visit during which the two

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Another political crisis seems to be in the offing in Manipur with the Kukis campaigning for their ‘own’ state Ratnadip Choudhury Imphal Photos: RK Suresh Manipur quietly waits for a crisis to unfold yet again with the 3.5 lakh strong Kuki community demanding a separate Kuki state, a Kukiland, to be curved out of Manipur. The demand is being vehemently opposed by other

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Imphal, May 28 : Ahead of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to Myanmar, Zo Indigenous Forum, an indigenous organisation in Mizoram and Burma Center Delhi submitted memorandum to the prime minister of India on the current construction on Indo-Burma link road Kaladan Multi Modal Transport Project in Mizoram and Burma.Appreciating the PM's visit to Myanmar, the ZIF memo highlighted it is the

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By Samudra Gupta KashyapGuwahati, May 25 : Scientists at the National Research Centre on Mithun (NRCM) at Jharnapani in Nagaland have broken new grounds by carrying out a successful embryo transfer, leading to the birth of the first ever mithun calf through this method. Mohan, as the newly-born calf has been christened, was delivered by a healthy female mithun on May 12 after she played the

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Sudeep Chakravarti is the author of 'Red Sun: Travels in Naxalite Country' and the novels 'Tin Fish', 'The Avenue of Kings' and 'Once Upon a Time in Aparanta'. His latest book gives a detail account of the socio-political complexities and ethnic divisions prevalent in the North East region as one travels from Numaligarh in Assam to Moreh in Moreh along NH 2 (erstwhile NH 39) . The book is

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Cabinet mulls Imphal-Mandalay service New Delhi, May 25 : The cabinet is set to give its approval to a weekly bus service connecting the Manipur capital, Imphal, with the Myanmar city of Mandalay. After the cabinet approval, slated for Thursday, a memorandum of understanding is expected to be signed between the two governments during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s

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Aizawl, May 24 : The Hmar People's Convention (HPC) General Headquarters, Sakawrdai Mizoram today alleged that the Mizoram government has been reluctant in implementing the Memorandum of Settlement (MoS) signed in 1994. The Hmar outfit then accused that the intervention of  Young Mizo Association (YMA) recently in the HPC's demand for Autonomous District Council under the Sixth Schedule of

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Imphal, May 24 : A 20-year-old woman in Imphal filed a criminal case against her husband for hiding his HIV status and forcibly marrying her. She has now contracted the disease. The accused, a constable with Manipur police, was arrested and later released on bail.The woman claimed she was drugged by the cop at a tea stall in Patsoi in 2007. When she regained consciousness, she was told that she

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The Controversial Drug Dependence Treatment "Methadone" By Thingnam Anjulika Samom The opening of the Methadone Maintenance Treatment (MMT) Programme - Thingnam Anjulika | Panos London Last month, Manipur became the first state in north east India to initiate methadone courses for the treatment of drug dependence. The Methadone Maintenance Treatment programme, launched on April 14 at

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Aizawl, Mar 23 : The menace of cooking gas crisis in Mizoram is limited to the state capital Aizawl only while the rural areas are getting normal supply, officials disclosed today. To mitigate the kitchen fuel shortage in Aizawl, a meeting of top officials here today decided that even those who were issued cooking gas cylinder from the emergency quota from the government should

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India could face questions at UNHRC on issues ranging from AIDS stigma to religious freedomBy Elizabeth RocheIndia’s human rights record will be scrutinized this week with UN member countries expected to quiz the world’s largest democracy on issues including the award of the death penalty, discrimination against minorities, action taken against bonded labour and manual scavenging, at the United

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By Amrit Dhillon The fairness cream industry is gigantic. A new vagina lightening cream is helping peddle self-hatred to women. THE Indian obsession with fair skin has always been a distasteful phenomenon. The fairness cream industry is gigantic, with men as well as women lathering these silly potions on their faces to make their skin a few shades lighter.

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Cuttack, May 23 : Kerala qualified for the semifinals after notching up a 3-1 victory over Maharashtra in the 66th Santosh Trophy National Football Championships at the Barabati Stadium on Tuesday.Kerala came from behind to beat Maharashtra 3-1 to top the Group A Quarterfinal round. After this win, Kerala finished on seven points from three matches while Maharashtra ended on six

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Aizawl, May 22 : The Mizoram government today clarified that the Hmar refugees, who took Shelter in the state in the wake of ethnic violence in Assam during past two years, were given protection as per "standard operation procedure".The government's statement was in reaction to reports in some vernacular dailies that the displaced Hmars were denied job cards under the NREGS, which sparked off a

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By Ismat TahseenIndia's entrant, boxer Mary Kom, chats with BT on finally making her dream come true. India's entrant, boxer Mary Kom, chats with BT on finally making her dream come true. Mary Kom aka Mangte Chungneijang Mary Kom is about to do what no other Indian woman has done before. She's got an Olympic berth (for the first time women's boxing will be included in the programme), making

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Bhubaneswar, May 22 : On-field violence left a player injured in a quarter-final match of the Santosh Trophy National Football Championship

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Aizawl, May 21 : Mizoram will hopefully have normal gas supply by the middle of June, IOC officials said here today. Reiterating that the gas crisis is a national phenomenon, the IOC officials said that Mizoram is one of the least affected states. While the shortfall in northern region as of May 3 came to 10828 metric tonnes; it was 6780 metric tonnes in western region, 36313 metric tonnes in

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Guwahati, May 21 : The northeast, often touted as the country's reservoir of hydel power, has the lowest per capita consumption of electricity in the country. According to a reply by minister of state for power K C Venugopal in the Lok Sabha, the combined per capita power consumption of electricity of northeastern states during 2009-10 was 249.65KW per hour, compared to the national average of

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By Namrata Biji AhujaNew Delhi, May 20 : The Union home ministry on Friday asked states to adopt a 'zero tolerance' policy against 'racial profiling and discrimination faced by Indian citizens of Northeastern states'.In an advisory sent to all states and UTs, the MHA has suggested stringent measures, including action against police officers if they fail to act on a complaint or any information

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