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Project Today reported that the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has sanctioned certain modifications to the phase A of Special Accelerated Road Development Program in North East to provide road linkage to the Sittwe port in Myanmar. Full story

AIZAWL(IANS): About 200 Indians are set to emigrate to Israel in January after they were officially recognised as Jews, community leaders here said Monday. Rabbinical leaders in Jerusalem said the Israeli government approved the request for emigration by 200 people from the states of Mizoram and Manipur in northeastern India. Full story

AIZAWL: It was a concert for a cause — to help the famine victims of Mizoram. Famous singer Lou Majaw’s band Great Society, 4th Element, Felix Ranee and the students of Mizo Modern Higher Secondary School, Shillong, sang for the Mizos affected by mautam (famine) caused by bamboo flowering, at a concert here last evening. Full story

NEW DELHI, Oct 13 – Six NE States – Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Nagaland – did not witness a single incident of communal violence since 2000 to September this year, indicating that they have been maintaining communal harmony. Full story

Guwahati, Sep 16 (IANS) India's northeastern region should become the hub of the country's growing trade and business with Southeast Asia, said speakers at a business summit attended by delegates from neighbouring countries, including Bangladesh, Malaysia, Myanmar and Singapore. Full story

Saturday, September 13, 2008, (Shillong): Defying usual convention, a mosque in Shillong has opened itself to women praying alongside men. Full story

The government of Mizoram and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with regard to Urban Co-operative Banks (UCB)in the State of Mizoram on Sep. 12, 2008. Full story

At least 39 children have died in the last month of malaria and diarrhoea in a refugee camp in Tripura. The camp, where Reang tribals took shelter after being driven out from Mizoram has been around since 1997. Neither Mizoram nor Tripura wanted them. Since then they've been living in camps, which are meant to be temporary shelters. Full story

With the coming of Messianic doctrine/faith in the remote country India, there was major development within Messianic in the North-Eastern part of India. Mostly the people of Chin-Kuki-Mizo in the NE were Messianic (Followers of Messiah) and follow the faith/doctrine of Yahweh. Full story

Agartala, Aug 26 : Altogether 3678 villages of Northeast are still remain uncovered from telecommunication network even after four years of merger agreement between Department of Telecommunication and Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) to connect all the remote villages with tele-link. Full story