IMPHAL: Manipur will aim for its 16th title of the senior women’s national football championship after advancing to the final of the competition’s 18th edition with a solitary goal win over arch rivals West Bengal today.

GUWAHATI: Assam Rifles, one of India’’s oldest paramilitary forces, is celebrating its 175th anniversary by organizing a Motorcycle Peace Rally from New Delhi to Shillong in Meghalaya, which reached here on Tuesday (March 23).

The objective of the rally is to garner goodwill and spread the message of peace and harmony in the insurgency affected states of the North East.

AIZAWL: Mizoram Home Minister R Lalzirliana on Tuesday said fired shells of .9 mm pistol were found beside the bodies of two Mizos and one non-tribal at Panikheti area in Assam as investigation into the killing was on.

IMPHAL: As part of their pressure on the central government, Manipur youth would send al least 15,000 postcards to President Pratibha Patil demanding the repeal of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act in the militancy-ravaged northeastern state, youth leaders said here Tuesday.