Kohima, Feb. 13: Ancient time in Nagaland is often measured by the year Edward Winter Clark, the first Christian missionary to ever set foot in the state, landed in a village called Molungkimong.

It was an arduous trek that Clark and his wife Mary took, a 60-km walk from Sibsagar, now Sivasagar, through dense forests to reach the Naga village in 1872. The villagers never forgot the favour and came up with an idea to commemorate the walk.

They sent messages to all those interested in the mission walk and as 51 young pilgrims made a journey from Amguri in Assam to Molungkimong village last week...

Imphal, Feb. 13: Volunteers of the Democratic Students Alliance of Manipur (Desam) today burnt textbooks published by the Board of Secondary Education, Manipur, for Classes I to V in protest against the ?flaws? in them. Desam has been demanding rectification of the ?mistakes and misleading lessons? in the textbooks written by local experts and published by the board for this year?s academic session.

When their demand for publication of fresh books was not fulfilled, they collected books from different sources and burnt them in front of Imphal College here this afternoon.

A student leader said...

IMPHAL, Feb 13 ? Differences have surfaced among partners of the opposition Democratic People?s Alliance in Manipur over fielding of common candidates in the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls, reports PTI. DPA sources said today that all the constituents of the DPA were prepared to field their own candidates in the coming elections in the state?s two constituencies ? Inner Manipur and Outer Manipur.

While Manipur People?s Party (MPP) would put up present legislator Nimaichand Luwang in Inner Manipur, Federal Party of Manipur (FPM) wanted its President Leisangthem Chandramani as its candidate in the...

TURA, Feb 13?The final tally of Thursday?s polling for GHADC election has been officially put at 66.15 per cent in the three districts of Garo Hills. South Garo Hills recorded the highest turnout of voters, 67.75 per cent, followed closely behind by West Garo Hills, 65 percent, and East Garo Hills 63.70 per cent. Barring Tura constituency others recorded high turnout ov voters crossing the sixty percent mark.

Tura had the lowest turnout of approximately 33 percent followed behind by Williamnagar constituency in East Garo Hills which recorded 56 percent. The extremely low turnout of voters...

Shillong, Feb. 12: The three autonomous district council elections in Meghalaya, billed as a testing ground for Meghalaya strongman Purno Sangma, registered a 50 per cent turnout today. Polling was by and large peaceful without report of any major untoward incident, police said.

The only incident that was reported was the death of seven persons in an accident near Puriang under Sohrynkham constituency in the East Khasi Hills district.

The jeep, in which the seven persons were returning after having cast their ballots, dashed against a wall killing four on the spot. The three others died in...