Nepal’s former Maoist rebel chief Prachanda looked set to become prime minister after no other candidate emerged on Tuesday, raising hopes that his government, the 24th in 26 years, would be more stable than its predecessors. The election of a new prime minister, due in parliament on Wednesday, became necessary after K.P. Oli resigned last…
Read moreSUBHAMOY BHATTACHARJEE CWRC, Kaziranga National Park, August 1, 2016: Mobile Veterinary Service (MVS) units of the Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC) – the wildlife rescue, care and rehabilitation facility jointly run by Wildlife Trust of India (WTI), Assam Forest Department (AFD) and International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) – have attended 107 wildlife rescue…
Read moreSUBIR BHAUMIK India wants to get ULFA leader Paresh Baruah to the table to expedite the Assam peace process after having brought into the peace process most of the rebel top guns including Anup Chetia. Sri Sri Ravishankar was recently involved in an effort to bring Baruah to the table and there was optimism among…
Read moreTripura entered the broad gauge railway map of the country today with Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu flagging off the Agartala-New Delhi Tripura Sundari Express. The foundation stone for the much awaited railway track to link Agartala to Akhaura in Bangladesh was jointly laid at the programme by Prabhu and his Bangladeshi counterpart Md Mujibul Haque. Tripura Sundari Express…
Read moreLOOKEAST REPORT Schools unable to run busses for students have been forced to suspend classes in various schools in state capital Agartala as Tripura loom into its worst ever fuel crisis over the last two months. Most private schools provide bus to pick up students. The school management say it has become impossible for them…
Read moreThe plenary meeting of Ethnic Armed Organizations (EAOs) being held in Mai Ja Yang, Kachin State, will be extended for one more day because a number of issues remain to be deliberated. Meeting organising committee spokesman Padoh Kwe Htoo Win told, “We plan to extend [the meeting] tentatively for one more day. There are many…
Read moreEminent author and social activist Mahasweta Devi, whose writings focused on the marginalised communities in the country and served as the voice of the oppressed, died here today after a multi-organ failure. She was 91. She was suffering from multi-organ failure and died at Kolkata’s premier nursing home Belle Vue. She suffered a cardiac arrest following…
Read moreLOOKEAST REPORT Bangladesh police have killed nine suspected Islamist extremists in a gun battle after storming a militant hideout in the capital Dhaka, officials say Police says they were ‘most likely’ members of Jamaat ul Mujahideen (JMB) that staged the massive July 1 attack on Gulshan cafe and later at Sholokia Eid grounds in Kishoreganj….
Read moreThe Ethnic Armed Organisation’s Plenary Meeting being held from 26-29 July 2016 in Mai Ja Yang, Kachin State, opened today. Gen. N’Ban La from the Kachin Independence Organisation (KIO) and the UN special envoy, Vijay Nambier, delivered their opening speeches. The message delivered by the UN’s Special Envoy was one of hope for the future…
Read moreLOOKEAST REPORT Manipuri rights activist Irom Sharmila, on a 16 year hunger strike demanding the repeal of controversial Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA+), has decided to break her fast and contest elections. “I will break my fast as the government has failed to give any positive response. I will fight elections to resolve the issues,”…
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