North-East Diary: Why Gaurav Gogoi’s appointment troubles the Assam CM a lot

The Assam Congress chief has additionally responded to his alleged Pakistan hyperlinks. His spouse is an expert specialising in coverage and was employed by a global organisation engaged on local weather change, he famous. She was posted for a while in Pakistan and he himself had visited Pakistan as soon as in 2013, earlier than he turned an MP.

Declaring that exterior affairs minister S. Jaishankar’s spouse was additionally a overseas nationwide and one in every of his sons a British nationwide, Gogoi added that nothing Himanta Biswa Sarma says makes a lot sense.

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In Manipur, Peace is Nonetheless Fragile

The five-day Shirui Lily Pageant, held after a niche of two years, concluded on 24 Might.

Shirui is the state flower of Manipur and endemic to Shirui Valley. Attemps to develop it elsewhere have been unsuccessful and as a consequence of adjustments in weather conditions and indiscriminate plucking, the uncommon species is at risk of extinction. A pink flower, it’s claimed that below the microscope it may possibly present seven completely different hues.

Hosted and promoted by Manipur tourism division, the pageant, a joyous event with music, meals, dancing and sweetness pageants, mirrored this 12 months the scars of the continued ethnic battle and marred by two unlucky incidents.

Scaling the 9,304-foot Shiruli peak, which is part of the pageant, noticed a bunch of Meiteis, allegedly from a unit of the militant group Arambai Tenggol, hoist the seven-coloured flag representing seven Meitei clans. Tangkhul Naga teams claimed the Meiteis had desecrated a sacred hill, the supply of many rivers and streams within the Ukhrul district.