Font size: Agencies Agartala, November 21 (Agencies): Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram met Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar in New Delhi Saturday and discussed ways to resolve the 12-year-old deadlock on the repatriation of 35,000 Reang refugees to Mizoram following the recent ethnic violence in the northeastern state, officials said.“Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram held a... Read Full Story

Font size: PTI Guwahati, November 21 (PTI): At least nine top ULFA militants have sneaked into Assam for conducting subversive activities targetting oil refineries and other vital installations on November 27 which the ultras observe as 'Black Day'. A posting in the Assam police website said the nine ultras recently sneaked into the state from Myanmar, Bhutan and Nagaland to carry out b... Read Full Story

Font size: morungexpress Conrad K Sangma addressing the Garo community at the Wangala festival held at Ekaranipathar, Dimapur, on Saturday, November 21. (Morung Photo) DIMAPUR, NOVEMBER 21 (MExN): Leader of Opposition, Meghalaya State Assembly, Conrad K Sangma today described the Garo community as one of the luckiest tribe in the country. “The Garo community, I should say... Read Full Story

Font size: morungexpress DIMAPUR, NOVEMBER 21 (MExN): Along with their counterparts in the rest of the country, Nagaland Rural Bank employees will join the massive ‘dharna’ called by the All India Regional Rural Bank Employees Association (AIRRBEA) on December 8 in front of the Parliament, New Delhi. General secretary of AIRRBEA, Dilip Kumar Mukherjee, who is here in Dimapur... Read Full Story

Font size: morungexpress Nagaland’s legendary band Squadron is seen here donating a sum of Rs. 50,315 to the Civil Hospital Dimapur, in aid of patients who cannot afford medical expenses. The band had staged a concert on November 20 under the theme ‘Save a life’ tour in DDSC stadium Dimapur. Sukhato Sema MS Civil hospital Dimapur and his staff received the amount a... Read Full Story

Font size: morungexpress Phek, November 21 (MExN): The Chakesang Baptist Church Council (CBCC), Pfütsero in response to the 30th Annual Session of Chakesang Public Organisation (CPO) has affirmed that it expects its esteemed leaders to act according to “Biblical principles that will glorify God by delivering maximum benefit to the community”. The CBCC in a press note is... Read Full Story

Font size: morungexpress Kohima, November 21 (MExN): Altogether 15 bands from outside the state have been selected for the forthcoming Hornbill National Rock Contest 2009 in December this year. The bands are Abraxas (Pune), Baraka, (Darjeeling), Chronic Xorn (Kolkata), Cynical Recess (Kolkata), Hypnosis (New Delhi), Inferno (Mumbai) Kanglasha (Manipur), Lucid Recess (Guwahati), Phobia&n... Read Full Story

Font size: morungexpress DIMAPUR, NOVEMBER 21 (MExN): The coordinator of the Poetry Society of India North East region Noel Manuel has informed all participants that the closing date for entries of the 4th Nagaland Poetry Competition 2009 is November 30, 2009. All participants will be acknowledged with a certificate that commemorates the silver jubilee celebrations of the society. Pleas... Read Full Story

Font size: morungexpress Pastor Khrielie Ziekhrü and the restaurant proprietor T Shuya during the inauguration of the Riverine Retaurant on November 21. (Morung Photo)Dimapur, November 21 (MExN): To the delight of food connoisseurs as well as to the relief of weary travelers, a relishing eatery ‘Riverine Restaurant’ was inaugurated this afternoon at Amenity Centre, ... Read Full Story

Font size: Agencies Guwahati, November 21 (Agencies): The National Investigating Agency (NIA) has come up with some startling revelations about the politician-militant-bureaucrat-contractor nexus in Assam with government funds to the tune of millions going to the coffers of a separatist group. The NIA, in its final charge-sheet submitted in the court of the Special Judge in Guwahati Nov... Read Full Story