News

ISSUE NO 1.08

CONTENTS

SEPTEMBER 16, 1999





POLL ROUND-UP
Editorial: The Last Refuge
1,500 tea students, leaders join AGP
Osmani, 400 UMF members join Congress
TUJS all set to snap ties with Congress
Keen contest for Inner Manipur seat likely
ABSU sets terms for backing parties
NCP-UMF reach poll pact in Assam
TUJS snaps ties with Congress in Tripura
Arunachal BJP candidates shifting loyalties
Separate Bodoland main poll plank of ABSU, BPAC
Kuli, Hussain to join NCP
Rokamlova candidate of Congress-MNF(N)-JD(S)
TUJS likely to forge alliance with BJP
Development of Assam main poll plank of CPM
Sangma-Marak battle for Tura seat
BJP to field 18 candidates in NE, says Soni
AJYCP not to be involved in electioneering
CPI-ML to contest 3 LS seats in Assam
Tough triangular contest in Silchar seat likely
Campaigning hots up in Mizoram
Kamson resigns from Congress, may join BJP
Foreigners issue main poll plank of Assam BJP
PDF to support AGP candidate in Mangaldoi
Border in Tripura to be sealed before LS polls
Third political force in Tripura
Assam should be declared as special status state: CPI
Meghalaya administration sleeping: EC
ULFA plan to disrupt polls
Mizoram to set up 2 polling booths for Reang refugees
BJP to support Sansuma, Teron
Assam Congress to lay stress on rural development
National leaders to visit Assam to woo voters
NSCN(I-M) not to participate in polls
Insurgent attacks likely during polls in Tripura
Subba finally gets nomination
Assam Rifles to launch operations to check ultras in Manipur
AASU flays parties for opposing repeal of IMDT Act


POLITICS
Bodoland Accord a defective arrangement
IMDT Act may be scrapped
Omen appointed AICC secretary
NCP's Tripura unit formed
Justice Bhargava denies charges of corruption
Trinamool Congress launched in Tripura
Congress receives fresh jolt in Tripura
Palmolein oil scam: CBI likely to grill Digen Bora, Dey
Bureaucrat-politician nexus to grab APOL
Britisher arrested in Myanmar; prohibitory orders at Moreh
BSF-BDR meet remains inconclusive


INSURGENCY
Army major killed in NC Hills encounter
Jamir dismisses NSCN(IM) allegations
Civilian killed in NSCN crossfire
Police bust ULFA zonal office in Dibrugarh
Assam urges Centre to check ISI
ISI agent arrested in Tripura
BLTF invited for talks
KNV leader held
Irregular arms licences issued in Nagaland detected in Maharashtra
Abducted engineer rescued in Kokrajhar
ULFA not to vacate Bhutan camps
Encounter between NSCN factions leaves one ultra dead
MULTA militants arrested, gun factory at Gossaigaon unearthed
Narrow escape for Kokrajhar Additional SP
3 abducted engineers rescued in NC Hills
3 ISI agents nabbed in Sonitpur
Digboi OC killed in mine blast
Centre trying to abandon peace process: NSCN
DRPP seeks Centre's clarification on Naga peace process
Rly officials abducted in Dhubri
Tripura bandh total
IAF copters utilised to rescue abducted officials
Abducted employee freed in Salona
Suspected Afghan mujaheedin arrested
NLFT releases one of 17 hostages
Gun factory busted in Tripura
PLA finance wing hideout busted


DEVELOPMENT
Hasina urged on Bangla transit issue
Centre urged to withdraw excise concessions on cigarette units
Road accidents a major killer in Assam
Four countries decide to boost border trade
Timber smuggling flourishing in south Kamrup
Assam govt's failure makes OIL suffer losses
Oil museum to be set up in Guwahati
'Khora', the killer tusker is dead
Assam becoming one of the largest fish importing states
Mukalmua, Hajo to be on railway map soon
Coal India not to shift offices
Committee to boost export formed
Rs 150-cr PFC loan likely for Karbi Langpir project
Epidemic research centre at Dimapur
Cargo service from Bardoloi airport soon
Mizoram tops literacy rate
Erosion threatens Mohanbari airport
Does Assam need present size of the administration?
Kaziranga animals facing starvation


SOCIETY
Starving undertrials flee Nagaland jail
ISI issue not related to religion, says Sinha,
Indo-Bangla border in Karimganj only in name
Take Muslims into confidence, urges Choudhury
Solung festival celebrated
News magazine launched
Dhiru Bhuyan dead
Guwahati police involving people to check crimes
AASU's khilanjia issue confuses Nepali body
Jogesh Das passes away
SP among 5 killed in accidental blast in Sibsagar
Sankardeva Tithi observed
500 villagers in Rangiya tortured by securitymen


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