KOHIMA: Seventeen-year-old Abin has been chosen the most beautiful girl in Nagaland.
Abin from Peren edged out 12 contenders to be crowned Miss Nagaland, 2008 at a gala event on Saturday night here on the penultimate day of the annual Hornbill festival.
Among 13 contestants, who had earlier won the district-level beauty titles, Nyeie Leinak Phom from Longleng and Chumlano Kikon bagged the first and second runners-up titles.
The event, organised annually by the Beauty and Aesthetic Society of Nagaland and sponsored by the Nagaland government, has become one of the main attractions …

SILIGURI: Radio Misty Sikkim 95 FM, with BBC and Radio Netherland Worldwide as its partner, will soon be on air in Sikkim.
A state of the art studio is ready in Gangtok, the Sikkim capital and it will soon begin its service in Gangtok, Mr Nishant Mittal, CEO of the company, said here on Sunday.
Radio Misty which is aired in 94.3 MHz in Siliguri, has been allotted change in frequency for its Sikkim operations, he said.
With the same frequency in the two cities, airwaves from both stations would have overlapped, making …

In the pic, Participants of Miss Orange Queen 2009 poses in the screening test held at Yaisana Hotel, Imphal on December 3. The beauty contest will held on December 18 in Tamenglong headquater. (UB PHOTOS)
The orange festival cum craft exhibition is meant to facilitate the socio-economic upliftment of the people of this district, which is still experiencing the “Poverty in the midst of Plenty”, by taking advantage of the natural favourable conditions for the growth of horticulture crops.
The main objective of the festival is to promote tourism and provide an …

GUWAHATI: Guwahati, the virtual capital of North-East India, turned host for an international (non-feature) film festival during the third week of October. Organised by Films Division under the Union Ministry of Information & Broadcasting (GoI) in collaboration with Assam State Film (Finance and Development) Corporation Limited the three-day festival was inaugurated by the State chief minister Tarun Gogoi on October 17 at Ravindra Bhavan in the city.
The first ever Guwahati International Film Festival for Documentary, Short and Animation films showcased some award wining film-works from a number of countries including …

AIZAWL: It was a concert for a cause — to help the famine victims of Mizoram. Famous singer Lou Majaw’s band Great Society, 4th Element, Felix Ranee and the students of Mizo Modern Higher Secondary School, Shillong, sang for the Mizos affected by mautam (famine) caused by bamboo flowering, at a concert here last evening.
The musical extravaganza with the slogan: “Give and receive, help a fellow man” though did not attract a huge audience, did enthuse music lovers who assembled at the Anton Hall on St Anthony’s School premise.
The entire …

GUWAHATI: Guwahati will host the International Film Festival for documentary, short and animation films for the first time. It will be organised jointly by the Films Division, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and the Assam State Film (Finance & Development) Corporation Limited (ASFFDC).
Addressing a press conference here yesterday Kuldeep Sinha, Chief Producer, Films Division said India would have its own ‘Museum of Moving Images’ very soon in Mumbai.
“It will not only be an archive of films of the bygone era but also of its manuscripts, music, costume, set designs …

MUMBAI: Priyadarshan says his Hindi adaptation of acclaimed Iranian film Children Of Heaven, which has Darsheel Safary in the lead role, has been set in the backdrop of militancy in Assam.
“I’m not blindly adapting Children Of Heaven. I’m moving completely away from the original material to set the story in Assam with the insurgency as the backdrop,” the director said.
There’s an unofficial Hindi adaptation of Children Of Heaven titled Salaam Bachche. But Priyadarshan isn’t aware of that.
“I saw the Iranian film and its Singaporean version Home Run. I’m not following …