DELHI: Recent incidents of crime against women hailing from the North-East have once again brought into focus the harassment — sexual, physical and mental — that people, especially girls, from that region face here in the Capital day in and day out.According to an official of the North-East Support Centre and Helpline, the latest incident is the third such targeting a North-East girl this month.“We...
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candlelight vigil in Munirka village to protest violence against the North-East community in Delhi on Friday.NEW DELHI: “Women in Delhi should be free from violence and fear,” read a placard at a candlelight vigil held in Munirka here on Friday to protest against the killing of 19-year-old Ramchanphi Hongray, a Manipur-based Naga girl, in the Capital this past week.About 75 people walked through Munirka...
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country is waiting for the Thulavarsham (the north-east monsoon) to light up its evenings with the flashes and cool the nights with copious shower.Though the weathermen has announced the onset of the north-east monsoon, the sky is yet to open up fully over Kerala and other States as expected. The city and the suburbs experienced light showers towards evening on Wednesday. And the wait of the parched...
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a thinly populated hilly tract lying on the north-east extremity of India comprising roughly 83,573 square kilometers. The Pradesh is known to be rich in flora, fauna, power and mineral potential. Previously this region was known as the North East Frontier Agency (NEFA) and constituted a part of the state of Assam. Arunachal Pradesh became an independent state on 20th February 1987. It is bounded by...
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GUWAHATI: India’s ambassador-designate to the Philippines Yogendra Kumar feels the North East will be benefited by the Kaladan Multimodal Transport Project which will connect the North East with Asean nations. Transportation between Haldia in West Bengal and Sittwe in Myanmar can take place with the inception of this Rs 500-crore project. The distance between Kolkata and Sittwe is just 174 km. Mr Kumar,...
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MTNL Mumbai, Karnataka, MTNL Delhi and the North East Teams won the respective encounters on the second day of the group league matches of the IX All India BSNL Football Tournament being played here, this morning.MTNL Mumbai crushed Chhathisgarh 5-0 while MTNL Delhi beat Uttar Pradesh 2-0. Karnataka defeated Rajasthan 3-0 and North East Teams one and two registered their wins against Punjab and Bihar...
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Shiv Sainiks Friday attacked and vandalised the office of the IBN Lokmat TV channel at Vikhroli in north-east...
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Peter Jones: Labour's victory is no surprise after a look at the roots of party's candidateTHE impressively large majority stacked up by Labour in the Glasgow North East by-election looks inexplicable given that the Labour government is at the nadir of unpopularity.Just as astounding is the dismal showing by the SNP. It is still enjoying popularity as the Scottish Government, yet in parliamentary by-elections...
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Yemeni tribesmen have kidnapped a Japanese engineer in an area north east of the capital Sanaa to press for the release of jailed relatives, a provincial official said on Monday."Negotiations have started through mediators to seek the release of the man," the official, who did not wish to be identified, told Reuters."They want relatives jailed (in Yemen) to be released." The engineer was kidnapped...
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Shillong: A mild intensity earthquake measuring 4.2 on the Richter scale shook parts of North-East, including Guwahati and Shillong, early today. The quake having an epicentre at Kokrajhar in Assam occurred at 1.27 am, Meteorological departments officials said here. An earthquake of moderate intensity and measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale had jolted Shillong, Guwahati and other parts of North-East...
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