NE INDIA NEWS: 09/03/14
Security Tightened Along National Highways in Manipur

Imphal, September 3, 2014: Security measures have been tightened along two national highways in Manipur in view of indefinite blockade by hill-based United Naga Council (UNC) from tomorrow in protest …

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NE INDIA NEWS: 09/03/14
Steven Sotloff beheading video deemed authentic

Washington, September 3, 2014: The U.S. intelligence community has concluded that a video appearing to show the beheading of American journalist Steven Sotloff is genuine.…

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NE INDIA NEWS: 09/03/14
Poor road connectivity hits Indo-Myanmar border villages

CCPur, September 02, 2014: Guite Road, the state highway connecting the Indo-Myanmar villages of Singngat and Sinjawl with the rest of the world lies in a dilapidated condition.…

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Five chargesheeted for murder of Akha Salouni

New Delhi, September 2, 2014: Five men have been charge-sheeted for the murder of a Manipuri youth, Akha Salouni, in south Delhi's Kotla Mubarakpur last July. Among these men is an LLB student, and th…

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Manipur boy strangled by friend in Delhi

New Delhi, September 2, 2014: A 22-year-old Manipuri youth was allegedly strangled by a friend after an argument over a drink in Maurice Nagar, north Delhi, late on Friday. Police said the friend hims…

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NEDF urges for public hearing

Imphal, September 2, 2014: The North East Dialogue Forum (NEDF) has urged the State Government to conduct a public hearing under the Environmental Impact Assessment 2006 before Irang Hydro Project (60…

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NE INDIA NEWS: 09/03/14
Internet more damaging than drugs: Miley Cyrus

Los Angeles, September 2, 2014: Singer Miley Cyrus believes that internet is more dangerous for mental health than drugs. "I put some picture of me smoking weed... on my Instagram because I was brough…

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NE INDIA NEWS: 09/03/14
Tendulkar’s autobiography releasing on Nov 6

Mumbai, September 2, 2014: Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar’s “Playing It My Way – My Autobiography” will be released Nov 6, the publishers announced here on Tuesday.…

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NE INDIA NEWS: 09/03/14
Manipur reviews available food grains and fuel stocks ahead of blockade

Imphal, September 2, 2014: The State government convened a meeting chaired by Consumer Affairs Food & Public Distribution minister Moirangthem Okendro to review the existing stocks of food grains in g…

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NE INDIA NEWS: 09/03/14
PMJDY ill-informed locals throng banks to open account

Alex Guite CCPur, September 2, 2014: Banks in Churachandpur district are witnessing mad rushes of people trying to open their accounts since the launch of the Prime Minister Jan Dan Yojana on August 2…

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Indefinite bandh against deplorable road conditions announced in Jiribam

Jiribam, September 2, 2014: The villagers including students of Kashimpur, Mulargaon, Ahmedabad and Leisabithol have decided to call an indefinite bandh along the Kashimpur to Leisabithol road from th…

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NE INDIA NEWS: 09/03/14
Two Myanmar nationals held with heroin

Aizawl, September 2, 2014: Two women Myanmar nationals were arrested here for possessing 22 grams of heroin by Mizoram Excise and Narcotics department officials.…

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NE INDIA NEWS: 09/03/14
ANVC-B calls bandh on Sept 4

Tura, September 2, 2014: The ANVC-B has called for a dawn-to-dusk Garo Hills bandh on September 4 demanding the intervention of the Central government to restore peace in troubled western region of th…

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NE INDIA NEWS: 09/03/14
65.81 MT of coal assessed in Meghalaya

Shillong, September 2, 2014: The Committee formed by NGT has assessed 65,81,147 metric tonnes of coal in the State. The committee assessed, 37,58,929 MT of coal in East Jaintia Hills district and 2,92…

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NE INDIA NEWS: 09/03/14
Central Govt considering recognition to Khasi language

New Delhi, September 2, 2014: The demand for inclusion of Khasi language is under consideration of the Government, the Union Home Ministry informed Rajya Sabha member from Meghalaya, Wansuk Syiem, on …

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NE INDIA NEWS: 09/03/14
Crimes against North East people in Delhi up by 270%

New Delhi, September 2, 2014: Though the government has repeatedly said that people from the northeast living in Delhi are safe and that there is no specific targeting of people from the region, gover…

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NE INDIA NEWS: 09/03/14
Nagaland State needs sports policies & infrastructure

Dimapur, September 2, 2014: The Government of Nagaland has attempted to make several forays into the world of sports yet very few athletes from Nagaland make it to the national or international level.…

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NE INDIA NEWS: 09/03/14
Nagaland Talent: Unsung and Underfunded

Dimapur, September 2, 2014: Apart from various individual feats, the Faith in Action team has triumphantly returned from the recently concluded World Hanmadang Taekwondo Championship held at Pohang in…

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NE INDIA NEWS: 09/03/14
Male rhino killed in Kaziranga

Jorhat, September 2, 2014: A male rhino was killed and its horn taken away by poachers in Kaziranga National Park today taking the toll to 22 so far this year, said a senior Forest Department official…

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NE INDIA NEWS: 09/03/14
Tobacco use in India killing 2,200 daily

Dimapur, September 2, 2014: India has the highest number of oral cancer cases in the world with 40% of oral cancers in the country related to tobacco use. In addition, more than 2,200 Indians die ever…

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NNC holds consultation with church organization

Dimapur, September 2, 2014: With the objective to usher a cordial relationship with the various church organization, to seek God’s wisdom and intervention in the service of the Naga nation, Naga Natio…

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NE INDIA NEWS: 09/03/14
Manipur Cabinet adopts major policy decisions in Manipur

Imphal, September 2, 2014: A cabinet meeting today adopted various resolutions including transfer and posting of civil police, Manipur Rifles (MR) and Indian Reserve Batallion (IRB) of the state’s Hom…

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NE INDIA NEWS: 09/03/14
Assorted IMFL bottles destroyed in Kiphire

Kiphire, September 2, 2014: Assorted IMFL bottles, worth Rs. 3 lakh, seized by 46 Assam Rifle personnel in Kiphire, was destroyed at Pungro Junction Kiphire in the presence of the district administrat…

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NE INDIA NEWS: 09/03/14
Panic buying at fuel stations in Imphal

Imphal, September 2, 2014: Panic struck vehicle owners thronged fuel stations in Imphal fearing fuel scarcity may hit Manipur, if the United Naga Council (UNC) go ahead with its proposed stir.…

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NE INDIA NEWS: 09/03/14
Lumding-Silchar project to be over by Mar 2015

Haflong, September 2, 2014: The much-awaited Lumding-Silchar broad gauge project will be completed by March 2015, said Northeast Frontier Railways (NFR) authorities. The mega block will be effective f…

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AIIMS, US varsity tie-up on India’s first regenerative medicine centre

Kolkata, September 2, 2014: India’s top public healthcare establishment, the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi, is in talks with the Ohio State University (OSU) to set up the co…

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Death row convict may be heard in open court: SC

New Delhi, September 2, 2014: The Supreme Court Tuesday held that in the cases where the death sentence has been upheld by the apex court, the death convict will have a right that his petition seeking…

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NE INDIA NEWS: 09/03/14
Assamese people need not panic: KSU

Guwahati, September 2, 2014: The Khasi Students’ Union (KSU) today made it clear that only those labourers who entered Meghalaya without any work permit, have been leaving the state. “Assamese people …

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NE INDIA NEWS: 09/03/14
Japan aid to boost NE connectivity

Toyko, September 2, 2014: India and Japan have decided to strengthen cooperation for improving connectivity and socio-economic development in the North-Eastern States, reports IANS.…

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NE INDIA NEWS: 09/03/14
Govt bid to strengthen panchayats in Assam

Guwahati, September 2, 2014: With a view to strengthening panchayats and the rural areas, the State Government has decided to initiate a number of steps including taking up new manpower recruitment at…

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NE INDIA NEWS: 09/03/14
PM hardsells India as manufacturing destination

Tokyo, September 2, 2014: Hardselling India as a manufacturing destination, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today invited Japanese investments, saying the era of “red tape” has been replaced by “red carp…

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Modern appliances for physically challenged

Mamata mishra Guwahati, September 2, 2014: Gone are the days when the best equipment available for the persons with disabilities were the old and near-obsolete tricycles and wheelchairs, which left …

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ICAR plans for alternative farming system

Shillong, September 2, 2014: Interventions by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research in developing alternative farming systems to address the detrimental effects of jhum cultivation (slash-and-bu…

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NE INDIA NEWS: 09/03/14
‘Assamese students in Shillong are safe’

Shillong, September 2, 2014: Several students’ bodies of Assam and Meghalaya today blamed trouble-mongers and Assam-based television channels for spreading rumours about the alleged eviction of Assame…

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NE INDIA NEWS: 09/03/14
Historians to bridge knowledge gap on NE

Shillong, September 2, 2014: Concerned over a knowledge gap about the North East over decades that has created stereotypes and increased misunderstandings, historians and scholars met here to consider…

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NE INDIA NEWS: 09/03/14
Arms factory in Dimapur busted, 1 arrested

Dimapur, September 2, 2014: The Assam Rifles has busted an illegal arms manufacturing workshop in Dimapur a few days ago, according to the PRO-IGAR (North) based in Kohima.…

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NE INDIA NEWS: 09/03/14
2 lady teachers of Diphu College suspended

Diphu, September 2, 2014: The Commissioner of the Higher Education Department, Government of Assam, Himanshu Sekhar Das has placed two lady professors of the Diphu Government College under suspension …

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