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Aizawl, May 18 : Louis Philippe, the identity of the stylish and astute Indian gentleman launched a brand new store at Zarkawt, Aizawl. The brand new store was inaugurated by chief guest Pu Lal Thanzara, Honourable Parliamentary Secretary (CMO), Government of Mizoram. The range of products on offer is a delight for the experimentative and fashionably discerned populace of the city. Choose

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Aizawl/Agartala, May 18 : A Manipuri group of activists has demanded the reintroduction of Inner Line Permits (ILP) in northeastern states to “protect the indigenous and domicile” people in the region. “In the first phase of our agitation, we will not allow non-Manipuri people to enter Manipur between June 1 and June 5 if the ILP system is not reintroduced by May 31,” Sapamacha Jadumani,

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By Irfan Ahmad Sonia Nepram. Sonia Nepram talks about her debut film “Gun and a God” Making a documentary film on a woman who is an ex-insurgent is not easy. It takes a lot of courage to go ahead with such a subject and do justice to it. Independent filmmaker Sonia Nepram took on this subject in her debut documentary Gun and a God. The documentary tells the story of Purnima, an

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Aizawl, May 17 : The cyclonic storm Mahasen over the Bay of Bengal moved northeastwards and weakened into a deep depression and lay centred at 1730 hours today over Mizoram, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. A bulletin issued by the IMD this evening said Mahasen lay centred near latitude 24.00 N and longitude 92.50 E, about 35 km North of Aizawl.It would move northeastwards and

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Bangalore, May 17 : In Bangalore, India’s technology capital, tattoo artists have reported an uptick in men asking for brand tattoos to celebrate jobs at the world’s top technology companies, including Microsoft and IBM.Young high fliers in India’s technology capital Bangalore are so proud to work for Western technology firms such as Microsoft and IBM that they are having their logos tattooed

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A landslide in Aizawl that killed 17 people struggles to find space in the national as well as Northeast media. Why is there both, a national and regional disconnect with Mizoram, asks Ratnadip Choudhury The landslide site in Aizawl, Mizoram. PTI photo On 13 May, the website of a leading English daily carried a story with the headline ‘Meghalaya landslide toll rises to 13, more

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Mahasen Reaches Coastal Bangladesh Aizawl, May 16 : With Cyclone Mahasen likely to hit the State on Thursday night, the Mizoram Government has decided to close all schools on Friday and declared a half-holiday tomorrow. State Education Secretary K Lalnghinglova said today that a circular to this effect has already been issued and circulated to the head of the institutions of government

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Aizawl, May 16 : With the last remaining body being recovered from under the debris, the workers were now busy clearing the site here that was hit by the massive landslide on May 11 leaving 17 people dead.SP (Traffic) Lallianmawia on Wednesday said the body of Vanlalrema of S Lungpher village was recovered last night.This was the last of the 17 bodies that had been recovered from under huge

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Cyclone Mahasen to hit NE in 72 hrs GUWAHATI/KOHIMA: Tropical cyclone Mahasen is expected to hit northeast India in the next 72 hours with heavy rains and thunderstorms expected in the region. On May 16, the cyclone is expected to cross the Bangladesh coast between Khepupara and Teknaff, close to Chittagong.The cyclonic storm over the south-east Bay of Bengal moved northwards and lay centred

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Imphal May 15 : And it’s a boy! Supermom and superfighter Mary Kom this afternoon had her third baby, a bonny boy, six years after her twins were born in 2007.A C-section arrival, the boy is yet to be named, said Onler Kom, Mary’s husband and proud father of three.“Both the mother and newborn are doing well. The boy is very healthy,” Mary Kom’s doctor N. Purnima Devi said after the operation at

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Women outpace men By PRANAB KUMAR DAS Tezpur, May 15 : The population of Arunachal Pradesh according to Census 2011 is 13,83,727, a decadal growth of 26.03 per cent. The highest decadal growth in population has been recorded in Kurung Kumey district. Papum Pare occupies the first position in population density, followed by Tirap district. The lowest density of population has been

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Aizawl, May 13 : The Federal Council meeting of the Mizo Zirlai Pawl (MZP), the Mizo apex student body, resolved to conduct an elaborate census of the Chakmas in Mizoram.The Federal Council comprises not only the leaders of the general and district headquarters, but also leaders of ethnicity-based student associations like the Hmar Students' Association, Siamsin Pawl Pi (SSP - Paite Students

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Bangladesh Issues Warning As Cyclone Mahasen ApproachesDhaka, May 13 : Maritime ports in Bangladesh were Sunday advised to take adequate precautionary measures as cyclone Mahasen originating in the southeast Bay of Bengal, moved slightly towards the northwest."Depression which has already turned into cyclonic storm would likely move initially northwestwards during the next 36 hours and recurve

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By Ibu Sanjeeb Garg I am from the North-East — a paradise unexplored as those grandiose “Incredible India” campaigns would spell. I belong to the land of the rhino, the national parks and the dances. But I also belong to the land which is on the wrong side of the “looks” discourse. Where I come from people don’t have long noses and sharp big eyes; we have flat noses and small eyes.

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By Samudra Gupta KashyapGuwahati, May 13 : If PhD degrees in one year to 434 candidates is a "feat" for which CMJ University in Shillong now finds its doors sealed, the growth of its chancellor in the field of academics has not been any less exponential.Till the early 1980s, as far as anyone can remember, Chandra Mohan Jha was a petty government contractor. By the time he moved on to his first

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Aizawl, May 13 : The toll in yesterday’s landslide at Laipuitlang in Aizawl mounted to 14 today, spurring the Mizo National Front to demand the resignation of chief minister Lal Thanhawla, who is also the state’s PWD minister.As the rescue efforts entered the second day today, four more bodies were located in the rubble. One of them, that of Zakir Hussain of Karimganj, was extracted. Another

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NESO members at the news conference in New Delhi on Friday. Picture by Yasir IqbalNew Delhi, May 11 : The Northeast may have been dubbed backward but the North East Students’ Organisation (NESO) is convinced the region is “ahead” in time.A delegation of the student organisation told Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in a meeting this week that the Northeast should have a separate time zone, an hour

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Aizawl, May 11 : Five persons were injured and around 40 houses were damaged in central Mizoram's Serchhip district in pre monsoon rain and storm, official sources said on Friday.The reports said that of the five injured, three persons were discharged after administering first aid while two persons were admitted in the Serchhip district hospital.    Out of the 40 houses damaged by the strong

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Guwahati, May 11 : The countrywide boom in the real estate sector is now visible in the northeast, especially in Assam, which has fast emerged as an investment hotspot.Assam is a growing hub for trade and commerce in the Northeast. And, this has opened up new vistas for the real estate industry. Shopping malls, showrooms, apartments and hotels - the new face of city has made it one of the most

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Dimapur, May 11 : A delegation of the Northeast Students Organization (NESO), which has been camping in New Delhi since May 6 to apprise the central leaders on the burning issues confronting the people of the region, has met the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh on May 8 and submitted a memorandum. According to a press note from the NESO, the delegation had an in-depth deliberation on the

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By Bikash Singh Parliamentary panel of Rajya Sabha has remarked that slashing of AAI budgetary support will hit the airport development programme in Northeast. Guwahati, May 11 : Parliamentary panel of Rajya Sabha has remarked that slashing of Airport Authority of India's (AAI) budgetary support will hit the airport development programme in Northeast India. Department related

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Shillong, May 11 : Meghalaya Governor R.S. Mooshahary Friday said the controversial CMJ University, involved in issuing fake Ph.D. degrees to students, had also established centres in almost all districts of Uttar Pradesh.CMJ University, the first private varsity in this mountainous state capital of Meghalaya, hit media headlines following Mooshahary, who is also the 'visitor' of the university

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Indian entrepreneurs are struggling to find investors as venture capitalists increasingly shy away from risk. Only five percent of startups get funding. It is seen as a land of entrepreneurs, economic growth and huge business potential, but India appears to be failing its promising

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Shillong, May 10 : An apex body of northeastern students' groups has suggested to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to depute a parliamentary team to study the misuse of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) in the region, a student leader said Thursday."We have suggested to the prime minister to send a parliamentary delegation to assess and report on the misuse of the AFSPA by the armed

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Aizawl, May 9 : Over 200 houses, especially tin- roofed and those with asbestos walls, were damaged in rain and hailstorm in different areas of Kolasib district in Mizoram, official sources said today.Sixty-three houses were damaged in Kolasib town and 100 others in nearby Thingdawl village in the rain and hailstorm yesterday, the sources said.Around 40 houses were also damaged in Bukpui

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