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AIZAWL, Feb 3 ? The number of voters in Mizoram has risen to 505584 from the previous year?s total of 481460 registering an increase of 5.01 per cent, reports PTI.

State election office sources here said the increase in the number of voters was recorded after a special summary revision of Mizoram electoral rolls. The highest increase is registered in Aizawl West-ll (ST) reserved constituency where the increase is 15.59 per cent followed by Tlabung reserved constituency near the Bangladesh border which registered an increase of 13.42 per cent.

However, four Assembly constituencies namely...

Shillong, Feb. 3: Setting speculation at rest, Meghalaya chief minister F.A. Khonglam today applied for a ticket from the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) for the February 26 Assembly elections.

Khonglam will contest from the 29 Sohra Legislative Assembly constituency from where he had won the previous election as an Independent.

With Khonglam finally applying for the party ticket, the NCP now has only three seats ? Sohryngkham, Mawlai and Jaiaw ? free. The party will now contest 56 of the 60 seats, having allotted the Shella constituency to Mathew M. Mawdakat.

?I will file nomination...

SHILLONG, Feb 3 ? The annual pilgrimage to the sacred U Lum Sohpetbneng peak in Umiam, about 20 kms from here was organised today drawing thousands of followers of the Khasi traditional faith from all parts of the Khasi and Jaintia Hills. The day-long pilgrimage, was organised by the Seng Khasi, the spiritual and cultural custodian of the ?Hynniewtrep? people comprising the Khasi and Jaintia races. The Hynniewtrep community fondly regards the Sohpetbneng peak as the trusted divine sentinel, jealously guarding the spiritual belief, the territorial integrity and cultural heritage of the Khasi...

NEW DELHI, Feb 3 ? In a significant move to quell tension in Manipur and Assam over the Naga issues, NSCN(I-M) has said it ?fully recognises the legitimate rights and aspirations? of all neighbouring people and offered to hold talks with them to resolve the differences, reports PTI. ?Let us end tensions that have sometimes existed between us and live as good neighbours, who respect each other?s rights and aspirations. We are convinced that there should be no differences between us that cannot be resolved through dialogue and understanding,? the major Naga insurgent group said in a statement, a...

NSCN-K Council Headquarters (somewhere in the jungles of Myanmar), Feb. 3: National Socialist Council of Nagaland supremo S.S. Khaplang has dismissed allegations of being hand-in-glove with Nagaland chief minister S.C. Jamir, claiming that he had never met the Congress politician.

One of the most talked about Naga militant leaders ? who has often been charged by his rivals with having a nexus with Jamir ? Khaplang strove to come clean on the issue during an interview at his council headquarters deep inside the jungles of Kenup Tephak Joku Valley.

?I have never seen nor met Jamir,? was the...