News

ISSUE NO 2.02

CONTENTS

AUGUST 16, 2000





FOCUS OF THE FORTNIGHT
INDEPENDENCE DAY - JUST ANOTHER DAY

NSCN Chairman's speech
ULFA-NDFB statement
TPDF statement
PREPAK/RPF/UNLF-ULFA/NDFB joint statement

NSCN factions call for boycott of Independence Day
Militants general strike today


POLITICS
Teron elected KAAC chief as Terang camp stays away
Terang faction terms election illegal, move CM to annul poll process
Mizo police launch massive crackdown on illegal foreigners
Assam ex-minister found in saucy company, held
Border dispute: Maintain status quo, HC asks Assam, Meghalaya
Major reshuffle in Meghalaya Cabinet
MPC charge against MNF
Court grants bail to former Assam Minister Digen Bora
New states may provoke Bodo anger in Assam
Devolve more powers to states: NEPPF
Mahanta using dirty tricks to defame me: Digen
Bharat bandh total in Assam
40,000 Chin Burmese to be deported from India
TTAADC rejects 2 members nominated by outgoing Governor
Jayanta Rongpi 'corrupt': Holiram, NC Hills MLA quit CPI(ML) in protest
State panel to study autonomy demand
16,000 Reang refugees to return to Mizoram
Holiram group may go for poll pact with BJP
Winds of change blowing over NC Hills
Bishnupriya issue gaining momentum at Barak Valley
SEC gearing up for polls
Amnesty issues alert on forcible return of Chins
Land 'encroachment' by Army: Mawlong seeks Defence Minister's intervention
Implement Bodo unification resolutions: ABSU
Assam accord: A bunch of unfulfilled promises
15 yrs of Assam Accord -- Main issue of influx forgotten, says AASU
Don't force us to seek help from China -- Arunachal MPs


INSURGENCY
Pak-made devices used to trigger rail blasts
HC asks CBI to take legal action
Call for Muivah's release; Ex-PMs unaware of ground realities: Nagaland
Centre-NSCN(IM) truce not extended to Manipur : Nipamacha
No ceasefire in Manipur, says CM
Nipamacha to press for police modernisation
Government rejects NSCN demand for extension of ceasefire to other northeastern states
Two college students shot dead by AR at Thangmeiband
NF Rly suspends night trains
Violence erupts in W Tripura areas, curfew imposed
Magisterial inquiry ordered into Thangmeiband killing
NSCN sore with India for not trying to get Muivah freed
ISI plot to blast Assam refinery revealed
Manipur govt orders magisterial probe into killing of students
4 NE CMs welcome PoT Bill
Rights defenders flay pot bill
ULFA using new route to Bangladesh
AASU flays Mahanta for supporting Super TADA
Hoho against involvement of Nagaland Govts in peace process
Nipamacha endorses POT bill 2000
Centre to raise 3 new BSF battalions for NE
Police ignores DNA test request
Tension in Ukhrul after Assam Rifles picks up 9 civilians
NE ultra camps still operating in Bangla
Plea for DNA test of victim's garments ignored, alleges CRPF
Rights bodies urge MPs, MLAs to oppose PoT Bill
'CRPF's allegations sub-judice'
RPF finance chief Suresh Bhaiya escapes police dragnet
NE ultra camps still operating in Bangla
Plea for DNA test of victim's garments ignored, alleges CRPF
Rights bodies urge MPs, MLAs to oppose PoT Bill
'CRPF's allegations sub-judice'
RPF finance chief Suresh Bhaiya escapes police dragnet
Efforts on for ceasefire with NSCN-K
Ceasefire to include Assam, Manipur
Vigil along Indo-Myanmar border beefed up to prevent smuggling
Mithi seeks adequate forces to tackle insurgency in Arunachal
Pallel OC gunned down, bandh called today
Truce covers all Naga areas: NSCN
Infiltration at Assam-Bangla border: Assam Police doing a better job
POT bill statement was my personal view: CM
Extension of ceasefire to Manipur alarms state government
Police dragging feet in rape probe, says CRPF
ULFA fears sudden attacks, orders cadres to leave Bhutan
Centre-NSCN talks in Sept
NSCN(IM) warns CM to withdraw statement on ceasefire extension
NE trains run empty due to bomb scare
Naga ultras' threat to Nipamacha
No ambiguity in ceasefire rules, says Army official
Ceasefire with NSCN only in Nagaland, says Centre
Nothing indiscreet about DNA test: CRPF
China providing arms to ULFA: ex-militant
NSCN lauds Govt move to solve crisis
ULFA being run by dictators -- Surrendered militant


DEVELOPMENT
Diversion of Tribal fund: Centre seeks report from state
Tocklai-developed clones set to revolutionise tea industry
Poor loan recovery hampering flow of funds : SBI officials
Traders adopt novel way for business deals
State govt proposes central takeover of RIMS
Central grants for state SCs, STs
Pune-based body moots plan to tackle floods
Ban on powerloom mekhela-chadars in offing
Centre to set up food parks in NE
NE states demand lifting of curbs on foreign tourists
Move to grow organic pineapples in NE
Coffee cultivation in NE declining
New Mainaguri-Jogighopa BG line to be shelved
Report on Salmora pottery sent to UNDP
'NE's top medical institute to be functional soon'
Region's top medical institute takes off
Welfare works along Assam-Nagaland border stalled
NE MPs demand merger of BRPL, IOCL
Nagaland panel suggests steps for administrative reforms
Regional workshop held on environmental problems of NE region
1st software technology park for N-E in Assam


SOCIETY
Students' body concerned over killing of 4 Manipuris in Tripura
Manipur bans ganja cultivation
Rs 37-cr Central grant for Assam floods
First Garo broadsheet hits Tura news-stands
Rainfall in NE region likely to continue
Fleeing non-local students stopped by police
Khongjom skeletons intrigue
Army pressed into service: Over 9 lakh people hit by floods
Disturbance in Manipur agri varsity campus
Bhutanese currency notes seized
Army assistance to KNP breathes in new life
Incidents of killing Manipuris in Nagaland on the rise
Central agri varsity incidents: Manipur Dy CM orders inquiry
Probe instituted into attempted CAU exodus
AMSU, MSF unhappy with CAU crisis fallouts
Kuhkhal ready for release
Over 15 lakh people affected: Floods continue to wreak havoc
Kin of 17 slain cops offered jobs
CAU probe to begin today; Students remain tight-lipped, classes after probe over
Irabot's statue at his birth place, Pishum very soon
CAU probe unhappy with authorities for not anticipating trouble
Third wave of Assam floods caused by rains in Bhutan
Centre sets deadline for Mizoram to take back Reangs
Assam unfazed by floods
90 drug deaths in Mizoram since Jan
Row over Tripura Bill on script
90 drug deaths in Mizoram since Jan
Landslides on NH-39: Nagaland, Manipur areas cut off
Land for Tura campus of NEHU: Concern over delay in govt compensation to Nokmas
Hindi as official language yet to make headway in NE
Lack of staff hampers Sangai protection
As floods recede, hunger, diseases stalk Assam
Assam hopes British aid will ease flood-hit victims' hardships
Assamese forum launched to protect their identity
'Efforts on to evict KNP encroachers'


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