Mother's market or 'Ima Kheitel' in Manipuri is not just a market but a sign of empowerment of women.

Najima Bibi is a candidate of PRJA party of Irom Sharmila and is contesting from Wabgai constituency.

Sharmila said a section of people even wanted her 'martyrdom' during the 16-year old fast against the AFSPA that she decided to end last year.

Blockade is an issue which has seemingly widened the divide between the hills and the plains.

He said it was due to the degradation of moral values that social evils such as rapes, cow slaughter and other evils are happening in the society.

According to the consumer affairs department, these chit funds are operating at a small level.

Ahead of Modi's two-day visit, the capital city Dhaka is having a festive look with streets adorned with life-size cutouts of Modi.

Neither do they have a no-objection certificate from the state nor any kind of Reserve Bank of India permission.

Swamped by Korean films dubbed in Mizo language, the film industry in Mizoram hopes that whichever party comes to power after polls should allocate more funds for its development.

Three decades after the issue of Mizo nationalism went into oblivion, the Mizoram opposition alliance has raked it up as one of their main plank for the November 25 state assembly polls taking opportunity of the unemployment and backwardness prevailing in the state.