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Mizoram and Orissa women lead India in tobacco consumption

By admin • Jun 23rd, 2008 • Category: India News

Bhubaneswar, June 22: Women in Orissa are lighting up the cancer stick or chewing tobacco more often than their counterparts in other states.



Israel gives nod to citizenship of NE Messianic Jews

By admin • Jun 23rd, 2008 • Category: India News

Imphal, June 22: People from the North East India region (majority of them are from the Chin-Kuki-Mizo group) professing Messianic Jews faith, who were once denied citizenship in Israel on the ground of being ?converted’ can now apply for Israeli citizenship as per the green signal coming from the authority of Israel recently after several [...]



iPhone 3G in India, book with Vodafone and Airtel

By admin • Jun 11th, 2008 • Category: India News

New Delhi : After announcing a tie-up for bringing iPhone, Bharti Airtel and Apple today extended their partnership to launch the 3G version of iPhone in India later this year, for which booking has already started.

Soon customers will be able to purchase iPhone 3G at Airtel Relationship Centers. Details of pricing and availability will be [...]



UPSC Civil Services Interview 2008 Results Declared

By admin • May 16th, 2008 • Category: India News

Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has declared results of an interview held this year for Civil Services on May 16, 2008. Link below:



Northeast India ‘Vision 2020′ document finalised

By admin • May 14th, 2008 • Category: India News

Agartala, May 13 (IANS) ‘Vision 2020′ document, an ambitious poverty alleviation programme for the northeast, was endorsed Tuesday in the plenary session of the North Eastern Council (NEC) here.



Reconstruction Of Old School Buildings Sought for North-East India

By admin • Apr 24th, 2008 • Category: India News

SHILLONG, April 23 - The regional governments in the northeast have urged the centre to provide adequate funds for rehabilitating old school buildings to avoid a major tragedy considering that the region is in a high risk seismic zone.



Northeast India first Toy Train to be introduced in Arunachal Pradesh

By admin • Apr 19th, 2008 • Category: India News

New Delhi - How do you take a train to a place that has no railway tracks? Simple, by air!
Barring sparsely used metre gauge branch lines touching its border with Assam at Bhalukpong and Murkokseleng, Arunachal Pradesh has no railway tracks. But that has not stopped the railway ministry — with help from the defence [...]



Kaladan project to facilitate direct trade in pulses

By admin • Apr 7th, 2008 • Category: India News

NEW DELHI: Pulses worth over Rs 1,400 crore imported from Myanmar via Singapore will be shipped directly to Chennai and Kolkata with the completion of the Rs 535-crore Kaladan multi-modal transport project between India and Myanmar.



IIM Shillong foundation stone laid

By admin • Dec 6th, 2007 • Category: India News

Shillong (Meghalaya): Union Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh on Saturday (Dec. 1, 2007) laid the foundation stone of the country’s seventh Indian Institute of Management (IIM) here.
Speaking at the ceremony, the minister said, “The launching of this institute would contribute to the manpower of tomorrow, not only in the northeast, but also in the [...]



UGC NET results 2007 declared

By admin • Oct 12th, 2007 • Category: India News

University Grant Commission (UGC) has declared results of National Eligibility Test (NET) held on June 24, 2007 for Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) and Lectureships on various Universities across the country.