News

ISSUE NO 1.25

CONTENTS

JUNE 1, 2000





FOCUS OF THE FORTNIGHT

ALL EMPTY TALK
Advani hopes Naga groups will end violence
Bid to check high-handedness of SULFA men
Bhutan's ultimatum to ULFA militants
PLA-Centre talks likely soon
NE paramilitary to be strengthened
Manipur PLA agrees for talks with Centre
Unconditional talks with NE ultras unlikely
MHA denies 'rift' with PMO over Nagaland peace talks
Insurgency issue: NE CMs to move Centre
ULFA keeping low profile, is it lull before storm?
Appeal for release of Muivah from Thai prison
ULFA, NDFB ultras yet to shift camps from Bhutan
Myanmar launches counter-offensive: ULFA shifting camps to Arunachal
Naga truce group to be reactivated
Centre adopts multi-pronged strategy to curb NE militancy
Centre, NSCN (IM) to reactivate Ceasefire Monitoring Group
We are not terrorists, says Naga leader
Ceasefire pact: Centre-NSCN(IM) differences persist
Peace talks revival: NSCN(IM) confirms pact with Centre
Effort to provide meaningful employment to former ultras


POLITICS
Ngullie elected unopposed from Tyui
Hirendra Tripura elected chairman of TTAADC
Tripura government's 'inefficiency' may force Centre to intervene
ASP returns to Samajwadi fold
UDP wrests Mairang Assembly seat
BJP bags Karimganj (North); AGP wins in Nalbari, Bhawanipur


INSURGENCY
Concern over distribution of Masood's cassettes
BNLF frees 2 Mizo captives
6 Manipur ultras killed in encounter
Magistrate among 6 killed in NC Hills
Security in 2 hills dists beefed up
6 more gunned down by NLFT
13 ultras held in crackdown by Manipur police
19 Bengalis killed in Tripura
Concern over activities of NSCN-backed extremists
Move against 'super TADA' gaining ground
Tripura CM meets PM, demands Army deployment
Karbi rebel group vows to fight demographic invasion of hills
May 20, Baghber people witnessed a repeat of Jalianwala Bagh
Rebel-infested NC Hills has only 4 police stations, Naga border unmanned
ISI agents assault photographer
Anup pleads not guilty in currency case
Vora takes charge as Tripura DGP
NSCN(K) frees 3 villagers
14 Manipur ultras killed during May
ULFA suffers major setback: Swadhinata Phukon shot dead
18 Manipur ultras surrender
NLFT denies role in Baghber massacre
'Several attempts to smuggle arms through Mizoram foiled'


DEVELOPMENT
NE CMs demand reconstitution of NEC
Rs 83-cr fund for SC, ST in Assam left unutilised
Tripura may invoke Essential Commodities Act
Move to market NE food products
Gross fiscal anomalies in NE councils worry Centre
Mamata lays foundation of two projects
Bid to improve quality of handicraft products in NE
NABARD aid for irrigation projects
CAG gives rude awakening to NEC
NAFED yet to make headway in NE
ASEB in throes of severe financial crisis
Bid to identify NE agri marketing needs
Japan keen to invest in power, tourism : CM
Work on Pagladia project to be started soon
NEEPCO threat looms large over NE
Nagaland to grant autonomy to municipal bodies
Northeastern states demand opening of border trade
N-E states face blackout threat


SOCIETY
Repeal of IMDT Act: Centre remains non-committal
Repeal of IMDT Act: Advani seeks Rajya Sabha's cooperation
Majuli home to over 100 bogus freedom fighters
BRO constructing road to check influx from Bangla
Choudangs crying for special attention
Mizoram to press for separate IAS, IPS cadre
Paramilitary force to be deployed in Kaziranga, Manas
Rs 1334 crore approved: Entire Indo-Bangla border to be fenced
Mizo non-tribals forced to stay indoors
Dibru-Saikhowa national park - a migratory birds' paradise
Prisoners go on rampage at Sajiwa jail
Centre tells state government: Strengthen second line of defence along border
KSU imposes ban on The Shillong Times


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