http://www.northeastdaily.com North East India: News & Analysis Sun, 14 Dec 2008 13:30:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en NEW DELHI: Sexual and racial harassment against north east citizens has been reported yet again in New Delhi. According to the North East Support Centre & Helpline, two north east girls were sexually molested and severely beaten by a landlord and his son on the night of December 12 in ... http://www.northeastdaily.com/northeast-girls-sexually-molested-and-beaten-in-delhi GUWAHATI: For 64-year-old Zoramthanga, a former underground leader who had returned to mainstream through the historic Mizo Peace Accord of 1986, there had never been such a major disaster as the one he faced on Monday; not even during the worst days of insurgency when the Indian Air Force ... http://www.northeastdaily.com/former-mizoram-cm-zoramthanga-shocked-with-election-results 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 ... http://www.northeastdaily.com/17-year-old-abin-is-miss-nagaland GANGTOK: Sikkim, which has emerged as one of the most sought-after hill stations in the country in the past few years, hopes to become a round-the-year tourist hot spot according to a plan by the state government. There has been a phenomenal growth in the number of Sikkim-bound tourists, who have ... http://www.northeastdaily.com/plan-to-make-sikkim-a-round-the-year-tourist-attraction SHILLONG: In the backdrop of terrorist activities across the country, Meghalaya government has decided to raise a special commando force to tackle any emergency situation. As per the government's plan, the proposed squad would be trained by the NSG to use arms and carry out anti-terrorist operations. State Home Minister HS Lyngdoh ... http://www.northeastdaily.com/meghalaya-to-raise-special-commando-squad Aartina Huidrom, a student of GP Women’s college in Imphal walked away with the coveted ‘Orange Queen 2008’ in a colourful beauty pageant , defeating 27 other Manipur belles. The event was held at Tamenglong district headquarters, around 150 km west of state capital as part of the Orange festival. Miss Aartina, ... http://www.northeastdaily.com/orange-queen-08-crowned Verbs from Meghalaya clinched the coveted Airtel Hornbill National Rock Contest 2008. Performing to a packed audience of enthusiastic music lovers, Verbs impressed the judges and romped home to the Rs 5 lakh booty sponsored by the Bharti Airtel. Diatribe from Nagaland was placed second and pocketed a neat Rs 1.5 lakh ... http://www.northeastdaily.com/shillong-band-verbs-wins-hornbill-rock-contest 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, ... http://www.northeastdaily.com/radio-misty-fm-soon-on-air-in-sikkim AGARTALA/AIZAWL: The northeastern states of Tripura and Mizoram Sunday sounded a bird flu alert after the spread of the virus in adjoining Assam, officials said. More than 100,000 poultry were culled in Assam during the past 10 days after a bird flu outbreak in the state. "The Mizoram government has asked traders ... http://www.northeastdaily.com/tripura-mizoram-sound-bird-flu-alert-after-assam-outbreak Are you curious to know what the right word is for ‘mother’ in some of the major languages spoken in north-east India? If yes, key in the word ‘mother’ in the search box at http://www.xobdo.net and choose the language or dialect you want and you will get the equivalent word. To ... http://www.northeastdaily.com/online-dictionary-of-ne-languages