News

ISSUE NO 1.22

CONTENTS

APRIL 16, 2000





FOCUS OF THE FORTNIGHT

YET ANOTHER CEASEFIRE
NSCN(K) active in Arunachal, Advani arriving tomorrow
Peace accord with NSCN(K) likely
Naga Hoho responsible for divisions among Nagas: NSCN(K)
Grinder moves HC against Mizoram police
NSCN(K) announces ceasefire with Centre
Naga peace process enters crucial phase
Naga peace process chronology of events
Naga dy speaker backs global move for Muivah release
NSCN ceasefire: ULFA in dilemma
Naga rights' body aims at broadening peace process
HC asks Mizoram to probe G Muivah charges
Prove hijack case against Grinder: Court tells Mizo govt
NSCN factions battle, one killed
Probe instituted into plane hijack attempt case


POLITICS
First conference of Rabha body
Kurung Kumey 14th district in Arunachal
Congress returns to power in Garo Hills council
Majuli indifferent to Nagen Sarma's killing
Special Manipur house session to elect dy speaker
Asomiya Pratidin editor picked up by police
New NEC secy
Opp stages walkout in Mizoram House
Censure move against Sahidul defeated
Differences surface within MSCP over CM's statement
Candidates' reluctance to contest ADC polls puts Cong in piquant situation
Assam Accord tripartite talks: Centre's nod for seat reservation
Police action on editor: Opp, leading citizens join protest
Centre agrees on quota for indigenous people
Central panel to resolve Arunachal issues
Centre, AASU find definition of 'Assamese'
No compromise on 100 pc demand : AASU
AASU for arrest of Madani & Muhib, warns radicals
Tiwa Sahitya Sabha session decision on script
2 Bangla nationals die in BSF-BDR clash


INSURGENCY
6 NEEPCO employees abducted in Mizoram
Nagaland steps against extortion
Centre against new recruitment scheme for ex-ULFA cadres
43 ultras surrender in Assam
Surrender package in Meghalaya finds no takers
NEEPCO appeal to home, power ministries on release of employees
NEEPCO employees remain untraced
RSS wants PM to solve NE insurgency
Shops asked to open in Imphal
Police beefs up security cover to Meghalaya VIPs
ISI activities: Counter-espionage cell to be set up
Killing of 4 BLTF men by Army: Peace process may be jeopardised
Assam govt not aware of planters' exodus from Cachar
8 hostages released, 5 ultras held in Tripura
Basistha shoot-out: Doubts over army claim
532 ultras surrender at Ranghar
NEEPCO employees' abduction: Hand of HPC(D) suspected
13 insurgency-related incidents in Mizoram since 1998-end
ANVC militants approved rehabilitation package: Mawlong
4 UNLF ultras killed in Manipur
ISI arranged passports for Paresh Barua
Meghalaya plans tourist protection force
6 ULFA ultras killed in encounter
Charred body of ultra recovered
Assam, Tripura police to launch joint operations against ultras
BLTF accuses army of truce violation
11 killed, trucks burnt in Diphu KNV carnage
BLTF for urgent talks, won't budge on state
11 labourers massacred in Assam
Tripura ultras go on poll-eve abduction spree
Riots in Tripura, thousands lose home, army out
NLFT kidnaps candidates' kin to force withdrawal from polls
500 huts set ablaze in Tripura violence, shoot-at-sight ordered
A sincere govt can bring ULFA , NDFB for talks: BLTF
BLTF sets three demands for talks with govt
HNLC ultras loot bank in Meghalaya
Violence scalds Tripura, death toll four
Tripura communal violence continues, curfew clamped
12 massacred in Tripura
2 kidnapped in Mizoram


DEVELOPMENT
Bid to boost NE exports
Smoke causing problems for flight landing
Oil signs MoU with Centre
RBI reimposes freeze on Manipur govt accounts
Centre to allow normal import-export on payment of duties
Arunachal draft land bill referred to cabinet panel
NEC takes up Rs 30 crore programme for NE
Govt to impose ban on creation of posts
Special telecom package for NE
State to abolish 5000 'non-essential posts'
Centre yet to decide on BRPL-IOC merger
Banks reluctant to help educated unemployed
Help ONGC explore oil in Garo Hills: Naik
OIL records highest-ever profit
Centre to bolster state water transport system
Plan to develop power sector in 4 NE States
IIE promoting entrepreneurship in Northeast
Coal Research Institute facing closure
Border road works in Tripura hit by militancy
CAG raps Meghalaya on lotteries
Rs 300-cr German aid to Meghalaya
Centre's condition for revocation of RAP from 4 Nagaland districts
Manipur govt may not be able to keep word on salary payment
OIL's sophisticated pilot plant opened


SOCIETY
Nagaland records highest growth in population
Postal stamps on Tripura, Manipur natural heritage
The way muga silk customers are duped
14,000 leprosy patients in Meghalaya
Tree in Kohima enters Guinness Book
Meghalaya renames important roads, villages
Ethnobotanical data centre recommended
'Plan for increasing DD reach in NE launched'
ASI excavates more relics at Suryapahar
Carcass of barking deer seized
Samay launched
NE ahead in literacy rate
Tiger population in Manas declining
Unabated influx reduces indigenous people to minorities
Kaziranga National Park: Plan to protect wetland areas
Tale of a village trapped in no-man's land


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