Archive for the ‘India News’ Category

New Delhi, July 10 (IANS) IT industry lobby Nasscom's benchmark competence test for final year undergraduate students who aspire to be a part of the IT-BPO (business process outsourcing) industry will be extended to India's northeastern states to tap the huge human resource pool of the region. Full story

Sibsagar, July 10 (PTI): Eight residents of Assam were today injured in firing by tribals from Arunachal Pradesh even as tension mounted along the Assam-Mizoram border over a reported move by Mizo farmers to occupy some land in the neighbouring state. Full story

Sumi Tuluni festival is being observed in Nagaland to mark the end of 'seed sowing season' Full story

New Delhi, July 9: A strange tribe has Delhi police worried. Their women don’t cover up enough, they mix with no one and, officers say, their food smells so awful that it is a threat to public order. Full story