Hapless Farmers in Manipur 'Read' Hard Times(UPDATES)

:By Lalmalsawm Sungte: Nov 21 ::::UPDATES::::   Nov 15: Bamboo flowering season may be happy times for swamping rats but hapless farmers in southwest Manipur (a state in northeast India) are...

Murmurs over Myanmar: Why India is reluctant to speak up?

The idea of "integration" and desire for "separate homeland" among the north eastern tribes with their tribesmen in Myanmar is the last thing India wish to see. The "people's uprising" in Myanmar has taken world leaders by surprise. Most of the countries that have so...

HSA rules out Hmar villages under Jiribam district, Asks govt to take prior c...

From Robert Lalmalsawm Sungte The Hmar Students Association (HSA) has called upon Manipur Chief Minister O Ibobi Singh for an  ‘informed decision’ on the proposed Jiribam district in this Northeastern state of India. A memorandum in this regard was submitted to the...

Dowry deaths on the rise in Bangalore

::By Robert Lalmalsawm:: The Silicon Valley of India- Bangalore- may have been regarded as one of the most advanced city in the world but when it comes to dowry, the act of the bride family giving huge amount of money to the groom's family, the city is still strongly leaning...

Hmar students demand ‘immediate’ compensation for rape victims

::By Robert Lalmalsawm:: The Hmar Student’s Association (HSA) has called upon the government of Manipur to make public the report of the Rajkhowa Commission that had conducted an inquiry into the alleged rape of 27 Hmar tribal women-- some under age-- by cadres of the...

India's Black Dahlia type murder

::By Robert L. Sungte:: They may not have heard the story or seen the film on the infamous murder story of Hollywood aspirant Elizabeth Short's "Black Dahlia", but three people in the Central...

Naga students demand capital punishment for rapist

::By Robert Lalmalsawm:: The Nagas and the Kukis who had fought bitter inter-tribe war in the early 90s' this time has come together to jointly condem the " heinous crime" allegedly committed by militants of a majority community based in the Imphal valley of...

Rape in Manipur

::By Robert Lalmalsawm:: Hardly a year has passed since 21 tribals belonging to the Hmar tribe were allegedly raped by cadres of United National Liberation Front (UNLF) militants in this remote northeastern...

Bangalore remains calm

::By Robert Lalmalsawm:: Bangalore, 15 July: Even as the Australian and United Kingdom Police are investigating the Bangalore connection to the failed UK terror attacks, life in Bangalore is calm except for the...

Man ends vow of celibacy after govt construct road

India, 24 June 2007: After putting up a fight in style for about four years, a man in the India state of Jharkhand has reportedly given his nod to solemnise marriage now on the fulfilment of his long pending demand for the construction of a road in his...

Lead youth in proper manner: HNA tells Mizo leaders

::By Robert Lalmalsawm::  The Hmar National Army(HNA) has called upon leaders of  the Mizoram Peoples Conference(MPC), Mizoram Pradesh Congress Committee(MPCC) and ZNP to "lead and guide the youth in the right direction." The latest call from the militant outfit...

Is India ready for a women President?

 ::By Robert Lalmalsawm:: The Indian National Congress's decision to file Ms Pratibha Patil as their Presidential candidate is a step forward in the right direction. However, the manner in which Ms Patil is about to be elavated to the post is not...

Tipaimukh Hydro Project: Environmentalists cry foul play, the common man is ...

::By Robert L Sungte:: Rupees 8,000 crores, 1500 Megawatt, 293.56 sq.km, 162.80 meters and Tipaimukh Dam makes no sense to one Mr Thanglien (name changed) who hails from Tipaimukh village, in the border village of Manipur and Mizoram. When asked by this writer on what he...

Six militants killed in factional clash in Indian state of Manipur

Aizawl, March 6 : Talking to reporters Aizawl Superintendent of Police L.T. Hrangchal today revealed that six members of the Hmar National Army were shot to dead in an execution style killing by people believed to be members of the Hmar People’s Convention...

Was Sadam really damned?

The most controversial trial and hanging of Saddam Hussein, the former president of Iraq was perhaps and will be the most controversial case of our time. The Iraqi 'people's court' had hanged him in a case of 'crime against humanity' which incidentally is a phrase...
 

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