News

ISSUE NO 1.20

CONTENTS

MARCH 16, 2000





WHAT THEY DO FOR POWER
Nipamacha Singh sworn in as CM of Manipur
Jumbo Manipur ministry sworn in after hiccup
Jatra appointed Planning Board Dy Chairman
Portfolios allocated to Manipur ministers
BB Lyngdoh resigns
Nipamacha for J & K status to Manipur
Mawlong takes oath as new Meghalaya CM
29-member Mawlong Ministry takes oath
Sharp difference between MSCP, FPM likely
Mawlong sworn in as Meghalaya CM
Portfolios allocated to Meghalaya ministers
Breakaway MPP, NCP MLAs likely to be disqualified
Lyngdoh to head Development Reforms body
Manipur breakaway MLAs may face disqualification
Will Mawlong be able to complete term?
Dhananjay Singh to be new Manipur speaker
NCP to extend full support to Mawlong ministry
Dhananjay new Manipur speaker


POLITICS
'Bodo Sahitya Sabha has no links with RSS'
Matang expelled from party for 6 years
ABSU rally urges Centre to take final decision
PDF joins Bodoland stir
Arunachal okays creation of new district
ABSU, PDF to launch joint movement for Bodoland
SC/ST body raps Mizoram govt
Hajongs demand political rights
Move to repeal IMDT Act under study
52 man-days lost due to SAKP stir : CM
Bhuria opposes demand for separate state
Mizoram not keen on taking back Reangs
Mahanta, Mawlong sign border agreement


INSURGENCY
Nalbari DC, SP transferred, fallout of killing
Mahanta offers to quit if it helps peace in Assam
Security forces all out to get ULFA men
Ten policemen hurt in tribal women attack
Fear psychosis grips Barak tea executives
'NE terrorism assuming corporate character'
Army to intensify operations : Shekatkar
Assam minister escapes bid on life
Garo Hills engineers being terrorised by ultras
Assam starts anti-ULFA campaign
Govt raid on Naga outfit may hit peace talks
7 GNF cadres surrender
5 civilians among 8 killed in ULFA ambush
Ultras attack BSF party
Lengpui airport sitting duck for hijackers
ULFA bases in Myanmar busted: MHA
Restrict nocturnal activities, Assam ministers advised
Muivah accomplice arrested
MHA to help modernise Arunachal police
Grinder being brought to Mizoram
Protection force a costly affair for Assam tea gardens
Special task force raised in Tripura
Militancy on the wane in Northeast, claims Govt
Tripura ultras polarised on political lines
NSCN-K ready for talks with Centre
Meghalaya to take steps to contain insurgency
US sees Pak hand in Northeast violence
Militants getting shelter from Bhutan, Burma
ISI fomenting terrorism in Assam: state Dept
Govt not to tolerate violence : Mahanta
'BLT had series of talks with Centre'
ULFA forced to shift key camp
Centre may withdraw special category status
IED blasts claim 64 lives in Lower Assam since '98
Bodo ultras loot bus passengers in Arunachal
TAI demands Army deployment in North Cachar Hills
Action group to curb ISI activities
Myanmar Army operation against Northeast rebel outfits
Grinder Muivah falsely implicated, says wife
'Ultras involved in Mizoram bank loot'
Pakistan envoy in Dhaka aiding ULFA: Mahanta
NSCN(IM) talks deadlocked
Court grants bail to Grinder
NSCN(IM) men held for 'ceasefire violation'
NSCN spreading tentacles in Assam
Bhutan urged to flush out Assam rebels from hideouts
Centre suspends operations against BLT
NDFB stepping up activities in Assam
Truce ordered to get Bodos talking


DEVELOPMENT
Union budget: Mixed reaction in state
Wild elephants wreak havoc in Morongi mouza
NE MPs form body to study budget proposals
Computer database of Tripura poll rolls created
Rs 311.2 cr for NF Rly projects
Gas cracker project impasse ends
NEC move on disaster management
Micro-level economic development key to uplift
Export orientation centre to be set up at Rani
State tourism potential barely exploited
Panel to monitor tribal sub-plan
Assam incurs revenue loss of Rs 3827.75 lakh
Talks on tea wage hike fail
Concern over govt move to redemarcate green belt area
Tax-free Rs 1841 cr deficit Assam budget
IOC takes up Rs 200-cr expansion plan for NE
ITPO to hold trade shows in Northeast frequently
Tripura raises penalty rate on agro land diversions
Agchiya, Majirgaon model agricultural villages
Centre to provide loan for flood control in 20 districts
Bhutanese currency in circulation at Jalah
OIL, RIL reach agreement on gas cracker project
NE states to seek cent per cent Central aid
Influx leading to high population growth: CM
Border trade: Centre unlikely to grant clearance soon
Rs 637.14-cr deficit Manipur budget presented


SOCIETY
Public build important bridge on their own
'Chapchar Kut' festival celebrated
Ajit Barua receives Assam Valley Award
Pradip Gogoi sues The Sentinel
Dinosaurs roamed in Northeast 70m years back
Assamese flay 'distortion of facts' by Naga DFO
Move to preserve medicinal plants
Dinosaur fossil found in Meghalaya
Cretaceous dinosaur fossils found in Meghalaya
'Declare Kakoijana Reserve Forest as wildlife sanctuary'
Panic in Itanagar over quake forecast
AHRC to function as core group in Northeast states
Efforts to protect ecological balance in Sipajhar
Plan to check Majuli island from erosion
First all-women police station in Tripura
Injured wild tusker undergoes treatment
NE storehouse of unsolved archaeological mysteries
Nameri declared as tiger reserve
Threat to forest cover, rare fauna at Kachugaon


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