News

ISSUE NO 1.24

CONTENTS

MAY 16, 2000





FOCUS OF THE FORTNIGHT

THE TROUNCING OF THE LEFT
IPFT routs ruling Left Front in TTAADC polls
TTAADC polls mark erosion of Left Front tribal votebank
TTAADC members sworn in


POLITICS
Rabha Hasongs form coordination body
Meghalaya Opp forms 'shadow cabinet'
Demand for autonomous state gaining momentum
Opp demands special session of Manipur House
BJP MLAs unwilling to join Nipamacha-led ministry


INSURGENCY
Bodo rebels hold talks with Centre to end insurgency
ANVC threatens to eliminate renegades
ULFA sets up new camps in Bangla
Manipur moves civil, police officials as per MHA orders
Muivah case : Probe report placed before HC
ISI activities: Centre alerts Assam police
No torture inflicted on Rangan : HC
3 CPM supporters shot; 4 Power dept employees abducted
Tripura govt planning to book some political leaders under NSA
Release 3 abducted persons or face wrath of Mizos: MPF
Mizoram govt to continue negotiators with BNLF
Tripura govt seeks Interpol help in ultra leaders' arrest
8 UNLF ultras killed in encounter
Mizoram Govt refuses to pay ransom to BNLF
Army operations in two hill dists likely
BL Vora to be new Tripura DGP
No progress in talks with BNLF
ISI training outfits in camps across Bangladesh
BNLF extends deadline for ransom payment till May 15
Two tea officials abducted in Tripura
Barak Valley to be brought under Unified Command
Help expedite talks process, NSCN(IM) urges Indian citizens
BNU demands adequate security around Reang camps in Tripura


DEVELOPMENT
Oil reserves in Assam will last another hundred years
LPG bottling plant to come up near Digboi
NEEPCO threat to Northeast states
NABARD assistance opens up rural areas
Commissioning of NRL unit delayed
Financial crisis hits Pollution Control Board
Assam on threshold of green revolution
Fund crunch hits NEDFi
Projects cleared to boost Northeast border trade
Northeast poised for IT revolution : Mahajan
NEDFi's website launched
Excise duty : Rs 25.33 cr refunded to Northeast industries
AHRC seeks report on financial crisis of Pollution Board
Bamboo processing: Chinese group to set up units in Mizoram
Severe erosion grips Kaziranga : Satellite data
Assam owes Rs 4433 cr to Centre
Ban on powerloom 'gamochas': Govt special drive successful
Banks in Northeast fail to benefit rural poor
CAG raps BRPL for causing loss to NALCO
Shifting of OIL headquarter ruled out
Efforts on to increase border trade
AAU to get ICAR aid


SOCIETY
Definition of indigenous people in '51 census report
Phizo's wife passes away
OIL depriving local candidates
'Indigenous' issue: ABSU to convene experts' meet
'NRC best document for identifying indigenous people'
SC notice to Central, state govts
Assam census begins amid controversy
VHP bid to check conversions in border states
Assamese web magazine launched
Influx causes low per capita income in Assam
Prasar Bharati move to beef up Northeast coverage
1.5 crore Bangla aliens in country
Sanskrit-Asamiya dictionary compiled
Foundation of Satriya culture museum laid
Indigenous people issue: Bodo group rejects tripartite move
AASU not to shift office from GU campus
Indigenous people issue: BJP favours 1971 as cut-off year
4 rehabilitation centres for disabled to be set up in Assam


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