News

ISSUE NO 1.15

CONTENTS

JANUARY 1, 2000





POLITICS
Manipur moots assembly polls in three phases
Show-cause notices to 3 Manipur MLAs
Disqualification move against 3 Manipur MLAs
TUJS for creation of tribal state
Cong joins Opp allies in Manipur
NDA seeks broad poll alliance


INSURGENCY
Another safe passage offer to ultras likely
16 Arunachal MLAs to be provided with PSOs
Manipur ultras attack Mizoram police outpost
Crude pipeline blown off in Sivasagar
ULFA blows up oil pipeline
Assam extends offer to ULFA
Safe passage offer extended till January 17
Ratneswar Sharma didn't bow down to ultras' diktats
Illegal tax collection by Myanmar rebels
Tripura Govt decides to implement NSA
9 Assam Rifles men killed in ambush
NSCN doubts centre's intent
Police action sparks riot in Dimapur jail
Two BSF battalions shifted from State
Fair hand in Manipur blast
Centre contemplating lifting ban on NSCN
Villagers flee as NLFT ultras torch 65 huts
Adivasi ultras active in Lower Assam
Please identify yourself!
Police custody for ULFA leaders
Northeast non-tribals take up cudgels against militants
Doctor held for prisoner's escape
KYKL claims hand in Loktak killing


DEVELOPMENT
Excise duty exemption to tobacco cos in NE withdrawn
Rs 12,396-cr Central aid will flow into NE
Uniform sales tax in Meghalaya
Gas cracker project: Centre asks RIL, OIL to sort out problem
Fate of 3 new tobacco units in Assam hangs in balance
Domestic market of handloom products not encouraging
India, Myanmar to hold talks from today
Tobacco giants to pull out investments from NE
Uncertainty over leasing out of BTPS continues
Dehang-Subansiri hydel power project: Survey works commence
Centre's move shocks FINER
Prabhu Dayal Deorah held by CBI
HC stays Central notification
India, Myanmar hold crucial talks
India to promote ties with Myanmar
Tobacco majors protest centre's excise volte face
Bamboo trade to get a boost


SOCIETY
Illegal migrants posing threat to Karbi villagers
Job freeze puts brakes on aid for martyrs' kin
Indo-US project sounds alert on Assam primates
89 drug deaths in Mizoram
Balisatra's tale of unique battle for preservation
Nipamacha stand
Alarm over border drug trade
2000 families fight for survival on Palasbari dyke
The tale of woes that fails to move those in corridors of power
Infant mortality on the rise in rural Assam


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