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Northeast India militant outfits drive villagers out from Chin state in Burma

By admin • Jun 19th, 2008 • Category: World News

Khonumthung News, June 19 - The Meitei rebel outfit of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and United National Liberation Front (UNLF) has moved villagers out of their native village in Chin state to another village in Burma.



Morning sex can keep you hale and hearty

By admin • Jun 8th, 2008 • Category: World News

A steamy sex session in the morning can keep you in good health, say researchers.
According to a research from Queen’s University in Belfast, a good morning session at least three times a week, decreases the risk of heart attack or stroke by half and a regular session improves circulation, thereby reducing blood pressure.



Bangladesh releases 14 Chin Baptist missionaries

By admin • May 17th, 2008 • Category: World News

Khonumthung News, May 17 - The Bangladesh authorities have finally set free 14 Christian missionary workers from Chin state, Burma after they were detained in jail for over five months.



US President unveils new Burma sanctions

By admin • May 1st, 2008 • Category: World News

Mr Bush said the sanctions were “yet another clear message” to Burma
US President George W Bush has announced fresh sanctions against the military regime in Burma.
He said he had ordered the US Treasury to freeze the assets of state-owned firms in Burma “that are major sources of funds that prop up the junta”.
Last October, Mr [...]



Muslim call to adopt Mecca time, the Centre of the Earth, Theory and Practice

By admin • Apr 21st, 2008 • Category: World News

Muslim scientists and clerics have called for the adoption of Mecca time to replace GMT, arguing that the Saudi city is the true centre of the Earth.



Burmese mark Human Rights Day in Mizoram

By admin • Dec 11th, 2007 • Category: World News

AIZAWL (Khonumthung) - The 59th International Human Rights Day was observed by Burmese democracy activists in the Engineering Club in Aizawl, capital of Mizoram state, north east India yesterday.



Indo-Burma border trade mired in controversy

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

Khonumthung News - To break the monopoly of a trade union in Mizoram in transporting goods from Burma to India’s northeast state, locals in Zokhawthar village halted a procession of trucks heading to pick up cargo from the neighbouring country.



India sealed Kaladan deal as Myanmar bled

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

India succeeded in inking a deal for the $ 103 million Kaladan Multi-Modal Transport Project, which had hit a major bottleneck. The deal was finalised in the backdrop of turmoil-stricken Myanmar, as India was driven by its own interest.



India, Myanmar move on Sittwe port

By admin • Oct 10th, 2007 • Category: World News

NEW DELHI, Oct 9 – While the world’s attention remained fixed on the pro-democracy movement in Myanmar, India is going ahead and signing the agreement with the militant junta paving the way for development of the Sittwe Port. According to highly placed, India and Myanmar are likely to seal the deal in two to three [...]



Project to link India North-east and South-East Asia

By admin • Oct 9th, 2007 • Category: World News

Guwahati, Oct. 8: External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday said the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited had started working on an optical fibre project to establish telecommunication network between India’s north-east region and south-east Asia.
Delivering the keynote address at a national conference on “India’s Look East Policy: Challenges for Sub-Regional Cooperation” here, Mr. Mukherjee said [...]