SKM gets cracking in Sikkim

SKM gets cracking in Sikkim

With the polls over and the Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) forming government in Sikkim for the first time dethroning 25 years of SDF regime, its time for introspection. The SKM held its first coordination meeting after assuming power at Lall Bazaar in Gangtok on Saturday. The meeting was chaired by party working president M P […]

MP 16 year old dies fighting in violent video game

MP 16 year old dies fighting in violent video game

A 16 year old boy in Madhya Pradesh died of a heart attack while playing the popular game Player Unknown Battlegrounds known as PUBG for six hours straight, according to news reports. He was a swimmer and had no heart complaints. Gaming disorder struck this teenager down. The decreased, identified as Furkhan Qureshi, was a […]

Bhopal Archbishop : Vigilante brutality is unacceptable

Bhopal Archbishop : Vigilante brutality is unacceptable

The recent attack by so-called cow vigilantes in Madhya Pradesh has brought a call by the Catholic Archbishop of Bhopal for stringent action to ensure peace in India’s multi-faith society. About a week ago, police in the Seoni district of the central state of Madhya Pradesh detained five people for beating up a Muslim man […]

33-year-old from Manipur is Darjeeling’s new MP

33-year-old from Manipur is Darjeeling’s new MP

Raju Bista, a 33-year-old from Manipur’s Kangpoki district, is the new MP from Darjeeling. It took many by surprise when the BJP fielded Raju Bista in Darjeeling. The leaders of the  party were smart enough to find a young Gorkha RSS worker from Manipur to represent them in the politically hostile hills district of West […]

BJP with less than 1% mandate parties in Mizoram

BJP  with less than 1% mandate parties in Mizoram

The people of Mizoram once again rejected the overtures of the BJP, giving their Lok Sabha candidate  less than one percent of the votes polled! After a big win at the 2018 Assembly (MLA) elections, the ruling party Mizo National Front (MNF) continued its success route in the small hill state of Mizoram by securing […]

New CM for Sikkim

New CM for Sikkim

The Voters in Sikkim keep close the integrity of the Himalayan state, by once again keeping out the ‘outside parties.   The new Chief Minister will most probably be P S Golay, and the leader of the Opposition will most probably be Pawan Chamling. Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) party is all set to form the […]

Bihar board ‘cheats’ student, rapped by HC

Bihar board ‘cheats’ student, rapped by HC

Patna: The Bihar School Education board was ordered to pay Rupees five  lakhs to a ‘failed’ student by the Patna High Court. The reason? The board tried some hanky- panky, and the High court found out about it. A school girl in Bihar showed unusual grit and determination when the eastern Indian state’s school board […]

Mizoram: New Trafficking Hotspot

Mizoram: New Trafficking Hotspot

Mizoram state, in northeast India which shares a border with Burma (Myanmar) appears to be the new hot transit zone for the illegal trafficking of girls and women. Human trafficking and the modern slave trade, unfortunately, appears to be flourishing. The traffickers just find new sources and new routes. People in distress are the easiest […]

Water of Life for thirsty Bihar…

Water of Life for thirsty Bihar…

Bihar, undivided. 52 years ago. It’s 1967. The sun shines brightly overhead. Scorching heat, the clay-baked dry fields are riddled by cracks through which the last drops of water have evaporated. Along a railway siding, one can see people scrabbling in the dust, in a desperate attempt to scoop up the loose grains that may […]

‘Father’ of Bodos Remembered

‘Father’ of Bodos Remembered

The first of May is a special day for the Bodo tribes in Assam and around the world, as it is the death anniversary of the first Bodo visionary Upendra Nath Brahma. The 29th death anniversary of Bodofa Upendra Nath Brahma, who is fondly regarded as father of the Bodos, was observed at Tulungapuri, Dotma, […]

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