A mountaineer’s team was on a garbage clean-up expedition to Chandrabhaga - 13 peak from July 1 to 15. Rajiv Rawat was leading that team in Uttarkashi. This team found a frozen body of a soldier and also the wreckage of an IAF plane. It is said that this plane was crashed around 50 years
After the Manipur People Bill was passed unanimously, the Liquor Bill was moved by deputy chief minister, Y. Joykumar Singh for consideration and passing it. However, the opposition leader, O. Ibobi rose to give his observation before passing it. Former chief minister, Okram Ibobi suggested that state government should give value to the public sentiments
On Sunday night, Assam Police have arrested Vice-president of ruling BJP’s Darrang unit Sailen Sarma Barua, deputy superintendent of police (DSP) of Duliajan Kabita Das and businessman Surajit Chaudhury. All three were arrested for trying to influence the probe into the cash-for-job scam. Dibrugarh district superintendent of police Gautam Bora has confirmed this news. He
For Khelo India Development Programme, Sports Authority India (SAI) has given an accreditation to Mary Kom Boxing Academy. Right now, this is the first phase of the accreditation process under the programme. Mary Kom Boxing Academy is the only academy in the northeast region among 32 newly accredited academies across the country. Talented players will
Four Bangladeshi girls were rescued from being trafficked by a team of Kakching Police on Saturday morning. A woman involved in human trafficking was arrested while the main accused person fled from the scene. A Human Trafficking case has been registered by the Kakching Police and the search for main accused is still going on.
A new phase in the Earth’s geological history was created by the scientists and is named as Meghalayan after a stalagmite discovered in a cave in Meghalaya. This stalagmite helped geologists define climatic events that took place 4,200 years ago and marks the beginning of the geological phase that continues till date. This unique Meghalayan
A 19-year-old was charged with the death penalty by a Special Court in Rajasthan after he was caught raping a 7-month-old infant in May. This is the first such sentence in the state after the implementation of criminal law ordinance on April 21st, which introduced IPC Section 376 AB under which a death penalty is
21 members of a “Telefraud Scam” has given sentence by US authorities for the fraud done by Americans and legal immigrants. On Friday, all of them were given jail terms, up to 20 years for some. These are either Indians or naturalised Americans of Indian descent. Several of them will be deported back to India
Popular aromatic black rice from Manipur, Chakhao, will soon be available in the supermarkets across the globe. Some locals also named it as Chakhao. It has similar taste and food value of Japanese variety rice. Chakhao rice is presently sold at Rs 100 a kilogram in Imphal. The Haryana-based company, High Vision Consultants, is going
Since the last 52 days, Manipur University community is demanding the ouster of the vice-chancellor, Adya Prasad Pandey. And, the agitation is now becoming a state level protest. Considering this, the state government had sent a team for discussion with the university community. Yesterday, state government representatives’ team comprising of deputy chief minister, Y. Joykumar,
