News

ISSUE NO 1.26

CONTENTS

JUNE 16, 2000





FOCUS OF THE FORTNIGHT

THE LAND AND ITS PEOPLE
Centre may reject AASU's 100 pc reservation plea
UPPA, UMF oppose 'indigenous formula'
Census over, 30% city areas not counted
500 Bangladeshi nationals in Assam get quit notices
Detection of foreigners: Assam police record better than BSF
Govt orders SPs to spot alien workers


POLITICS
Move to unite tribal parties in Tripura
TNV all set to merge with IPFT
TNV merges with IPFT


INSURGENCY
Rabha ultras active in lower Assam
Bilal helped 40 youths of Assam to join Harkat
Naga truce monitoring meet to be held next month
Joint operations against ULFA in Bhutan likely in Sept-Oct
Engineer freed; 1 killed in Tripura
New GoCs of Corps 3, 4
Move to flush out ULFA ultras: Mahanta meets Bhutan envoy
'Don't pay ransom for NEEPCO men's release'
Mizoram announces rehabilitation scheme
Army against spread of cellular services in NE
Blasts on rly tracks decreasing after BLTF truce
Grinder says charges against him were baseless
Tripura for private force to guard tea gardens
Noted Manipuri playwright shot dead
Hasina tells Assam team: Bangla not to allow cross-border terrorism
Militants should stay & solve their problems in own country: Hasina
NE rebels getting illegal arms from B'desh: Envoy
NEEPCO employees released
No repatriation of Brus unless BNLF ends insurgency : Mizoram
Hrangkhawl offers to mediate between insurgents, Centre


DEVELOPMENT
HC stays NEEPCO's power-cut decision
NEEPCO restores power supply
Move to clear city's natural drainage channels
HUDCO aid for satellite township in N Guwahati
House panel reviews development of telecom facilities in NE
New NEDFi MD
FINER seeks separate NFR purchase policy
Tripura announces IT policy
Home ministry reviews NEC road projects
CAU students deprived of basic amenities
Bid to revive traditional practice of lac growing
Restructuring of power sector: Policy paper drafted
Rs 220 cr for NE to set up CICs
Lokapriya GB Airport gets international tag
Haflong House in Delhi: HC admits writ petition seeking CBI probe into corruption charges
Court orders CBI probe into custom chief's decision
Plan to encourage development of handicrafts in NE
Cash-less Assam gets 9 new directors
Assam launches new employment scheme
Assam urges Delhi to help create 6-lane highways, seeks Rs 865 cr
NE states to press for sub-regional ties
Assam govt steps in to help farmers prevent losses
Unabated circulation of Bhutanese currency in Kokrajhar district
Penniless Assam leases out 4 PSUs to pvt hands
VDBs to work on nodal agency for Naga village development
NE ministers demand 10 pc of diesel cess
Tripura govt announces info-tech policy
Myanmar consumables flood Aizawl markets


SOCIETY
Scribes condemn KSU ban
Fluoride poisoning in Karbi Anglong; Hundreds crippled
KSU ban lifted
Reang problem still persists
Archaeological site discovered at Amsoi forest
Golden langur territory being usurped by ULFA, Bodo ultras
Christianity making inroads in Majuli
Home ministry team visits Reang refugee camps
Garo-English-Assamese dictionary released
2 rhinos killed in Pobitara
Tiger population up
Orang wildlife sanctuary in grip of encroachers
Kakoijana reserve to get sanctuary status : CM
Mayong public resents extension of Pobitora
WWF aid to Arunachal for improving anti-poaching facilities
Controversy over Kokborok Script
Dibrugarh falling into watery grave, govt dangling feet
Rise in rhino population
Prasar Bharati CEO rejects Assam plea for prime-time slot
Flood alert in Kaziranga Park; boats ready, traffic regulated
UGC stops grant to Assam universities
Press Council's directive to Dainik Agradoot


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