GUWAHATI, Oct 26 ? The process for the much-awaited widening of the GNB Road began today with the demolition of structures, mostly shops and business establishments, on either side of the road. Today?s drive covered the stretch from the TC Girls? HS School to the Silpukhuri bus stop. The rest of the clearance work on the GNB Road from the Reserve Bank of India up to Chandmari will be started from tomorrow.

?We have started the road clearance drive from today after giving proper notice to all concerned, and the drive will continue till the entire stretch is cleared,? a district administration...

DIMAPUR, Oct 20 ? Hundreds of students took to the streets at the district headquarter town of Phek in Nagaland on Monday. This time too, it was to register their voice against the excesses by some of the cadres of underground groupes.

The students from different educational institutions were protesting against the September 22 incident in particular and patrolling of Naga underground groups in civilian areas with full combat uniform and arms in general.

Chakhesang Students Union (CSU) officials said that on September 22, a Class B student of Chokri Baptist School Chetheba was shot while he...

IMPHAL, Oct 25 ? Despite tall promises made by the Chief Minister Okram Ibobi to provide government jobs to all surrendered militants, the government is in a position not to fulfil the same due to various reasons.

The state Cabinet with Chief Minister in the chair, on Saturday night, has taken a decision to recruit 70 numbers of surrendered rebels of different outfits although 82 numbers of renegades have threatened to launch fast unto death to absorb themselves as rifles and police personnel in the state home department.

This has clearly indicated that a dozen of surrendered insurgents have...

IMPHAL, Oct 25 ? Myanmar military junta, the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) has made positive efforts to have close ties with India through the north-eastern states particularly in Moreh, India?s gateway to the South East Asian countries with the releasing of eight Indian nationals from the NE states who were languishing inside a jail in Myanmar after being arrested on charge of drug trafficking and entering Myanmar without valid documents.

The good gesture from the Myanmar authorities has been made ahead of the India-ASEAN car rally scheduled to be started from Nov 22 next...

GUWAHATI, Oct 25 ? The State?s rich pastures are now available only in the anecdotal memoirs of the indigenous village folks. Gone are the days when the State farmers used to deliver with astounding capacity varieties of organic dairy products without depending on any help injected by the administration. With the traditional dairy farming many institutions and games like the Garakhiya Sabah were inseparably linked. These socio-cultural elements are also missing today. Credit goes to the imprudent vote-bank-based polity of the country for tricking out the abundance of the State?s indigenous...