Imphal, Feb. 4: Faced with a no-confidence notice against Speaker T.N. Haokip from the Opposition, the Congress yesterday revoked the suspension of two party legislators. The Assembly session will begin on Friday.

Manipur PCC president and chief minister Okram Ibobi Singh issued the order re-inducting L. Radhakishore Singh and Wungnaoshang Keishing into the Congress. Ibobi Singh had dropped minister of state for excise and jail Wungnaoshang Keishing and minister of state for school education L. Radhakishore along with forest minister C. Doungel from his cabinet on November 5 for trying to...

Silchar, Feb. 4: The North Cachar Hills district in south Assam is reeling under a 36-hour bandh, which began at 5 am today. The bandh was called by the newly-formed Dimasa Youth Forum (DYF) to protest against the Centre?s delay in initiating peace talks with Dima Halam Daoga to wrap up the decade-long hostilities in the district.

A senior police official at Haflong, the headquarters town of the district, today said the bandh was ?near total?. Shops, markets and educational institutions remained closed and attendance at government offices and banks was thin. Vehicles remained off the roads in...

Imphal, Feb. 3: Manipur?s Opposition combine, the Democratic People?s Alliance (DPA), today appealed to the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (Isak-Muivah) to substantiate its charges against the Speaker and two cabinet ministers in the sensational Elizabeth murder case.

The NSCN (I-M) had accused the leaders of having a hand in the kidnapping and subsequent murder of Lungnila Elizabeth, eight-year-old daughter of taxation minister Francis Ngajokpa.

Addressing a news conference, DPA spokesman Okram Joy Singh demanded that the NSCN (I-M) should prove the charges levelled against the Speaker...

Kohima, Feb. 3: The Prime Minister?s dream of launching mobile services in Nagaland has turned sour with customers fuming over BSNL?s poor connectivity and billing. Mobile phone services were launched in the region by Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on October 27.

Moreover, the customer care node machines, which will link the capital and Dimapur with Shillong, are yet to arrive from the supply point, BSNL sources said. They were scheduled to be installed by December 27. The news that the installation may take a few more weeks has left the customers fuming.

?What is the use of all this...

Guijan (Dibrugarh), Feb. 3: Not long ago, Joinal Abedin roamed the dense forests of the Dibru-Saikhowa reserve, rifle in hand, to kill wildlife. The 39-year-old still roams the forest, but to protect the very animals he once stalked.

In a way, his story resembles that of the legendary forest brigand Ratnakar, who used to maim and kill people before metamorphosing into Valmiki and writing the Ramayan.

One incident changed Joinal?s life forever. A few years ago, he was virtually coerced by a ?high-ranked man in uniform? to escort him on a hunting trip to the Dibru-Saikhowa reserve, which is...