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ISSUE NO 1.19

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MARCH 1, 2000





BODO SCRIPT CONTROVERSY
ABSU firm on separate Bodoland state
Separate state will benefit Bodo literature: Brahma
Mass rally by Bodos on March 2
NDFB opposes Devnagiri script, wants Roman
Thousands throng Bodo Sahitya Sabha
BSS to continue with Devanagri as Bodo script


POLITICS
Bandh hits normal life in Manipur
Voters defy boycott call: 73 pc turnout in Majuli
90 pc turnout in Manipur repoll
Karbi Anglong bandh
Rally for incorporation of Instrument of Accession in Constitution
Over 80 pc turnout in Manipur: 4 killed
AMSU calls off public curfew
Mizoram Cong suspends 7 leaders
AGP retains Majuli seat
Dimasas step up demand for separate state
Babudhon Singh loses to MPP candidate
Move to unite regional parties of state
Manipur polls: United Front emerges as single largest group


INSURGENCY
Centre-NSCN(IM) talks heading for deadlock
Release of Muivah: Prime Minister’s intervention sought
Catholic church denies link with insurgency
Plea for stringent law to curb NE militancy
TEs reluctant to use tea security force
OC among 3 policemen killed in ULFA ambush
Police, ULFA accuse each other of secret killings
Bandh affects normal life in North Tripura
Special force likely to protect Digboi refinery
Rabha ultras active in Goalpara
NSCN(IM) charges armed forces with ceasefire violation
Ultras detain coal trucks along Bangla border
Bhutan yet to take firm steps against ULFA
Centre to induct more forces in Tripura
Plane hijack plot to secure Muivah’s release unearthed
Arms looted from Cong candidate’s guards
Meghalaya police frees trucks from ultras
ISI pumping counterfeit currencies into state
Six fishermen kidnapped
6 rescued from NSCN(IM) office
Nagen Sarma, 4 others killed in ULFA blast
Army officer, 3 ULFA ultras die in encounter
4 NSCN (K) ultras, civilian killed in encounter
8 ULFA militants killed in encounter
Probe ordered into Sarma’s killing
Panic grips Nalbari
Nagen Sarma cremated with state honour
Nalbari DC, SP transferred
Govt’s appeal to press: Do not publish statements of banned outfits
Assam bandh passes off peacefully
Tribal guerrillas kill priest


DEVELOPMENT
Rs 252 crore central project to save Majuli
Fate of Pagladia dam project hangs in balance
Rubber cultivation becoming popular in Northeast
Cherrapunjee regains status of area with heaviest rainfall
Govt to revamp NE Power Grid
NEDFi develops biggest database
Opening of Goalpara-Guwahati railway line likely to be delayed
Struggling for water in the world's wettest place
Plea to upgrade Stillwell Road to NH
Gas worth Rs 5.86 lakh flared up daily
Rhinos being pushed to extinction : Report
No new proposals for Northeast
PM assures special steps for NE PDS
Dry spell hits NE tea output
Yashwant’s package for NE


SOCIETY
Judicial custody for Nagaland officer, associates
Tripura govt denies starvation deaths
Stadium complex named after RG
5 Myanmarese nationals held
100 mini cinema halls to be set up in state: CM
Criminals being ‘terrorised’ by anti-goonda squad in Jowai
4 Myanmarese armymen nabbed
Veteran CPI leader in Manipur dead
Crimes against girl child: 3,127 cases registered during 1992-97
Judicial probe into SDO’s death in Tripura
Silent invasion haunts Meghalaya


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