TUJS demands separate State

The Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti has sought formation of a separate state comprising the areas of the Tripura Tribal Area Autonomous District Council. TUJS general secretary Rabindra Debbarma said the decision was taken to protect the tribals.

AIDS menace grips Manipur

At least 96 people have died of AIDS in Manipur until September this year. At least 350 HIV positive and 334 AIDS cases have been reported during the period.

Bodos’ bid to unite tribals

Bodo intellectuals have recently set up the "World Bodo National Conference Durbar" to unite all the Bodo tribals spread out in different parts of the world, in pursuance of their demand for a separate state within the Indian union.

People favour secularism, says Jamir

Nagaland Chief Minister S. C. Jamir has said that the people of Delhi, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh have indicated that they favoured Nehru’s secularism. He said the BJP had lost its relevance as it failed to contain spiralling prices.

Four Manipur ultras arrested

Security forces arrested four activists of the People’s Liberation Army of Manipur inTripurarecently.Incriminating documents and subscription receipts were recovered from them.

Manipur outfit admits links with ULFA

The United National Liberation Front (UNLF) of Manipur has officially acknowledged its close association with the ULFA on the outfit’s 34th anniversary celebration recently.

Tripura militants’ ploy fails

Security forces foiled a militant attack in Dhalai district in Tripura recently, when armed rebels attacked a police camp. But security forces retaliated, forcing them to retreat.

Prime Minister is panicky, says Lalthanhawla

Former Mizoram chief minister and Congress leader Lalthanhawla has said that Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee’s hints of a mid-term poll showed he is ‘panicky’ and is hopeful that this would embolden the Congress countrywide.

ULFA ultra shot by security forces

An ULFA militant was killed in an encounter with the security forces at Saragua about 20 km from Sibsagar recently. Six other militants, however, managed to escape under the cover of darkness.

Arms smugglers arrested

The police arrested two suspected arms smugglers and recovered two G-3 rifles, one AK-47 rifle and about 760 rounds of ammunition during a raid recently at Lungnit in Assam.

Students force teachers to flee

Some students of a west Sikkim school allegedly assaulted and chased away teachers from the institute. The students had reportedly refused to undergo physical training.

Sikkim Cong. congratulates Sonia

The Sikkim Pradesh Congress Committee congratulated Sonia Gandhi for her ‘able leadership’ which brought victory to the party in three States.

Sikkim to set upper-age limit

The Sikkim Government has decided to adopt a ‘uniform’ upper-age limit for government service officials irrespective of their caste and tribe.

‘Election loss’ leads to violence

Alleged supporters of an Independent candidate torched around 17 houses and damaged a vehicle in a south Mizoram village on hearing that he had lost the elections.

AAPSU demands boundary panel

All Arunachal Pradesh Students’ Union has demanded formation of a joint boundary commission for adjudication of land disputes on Assam-Arunachal boundary. Union leaders said no more ‘gambling’ on the issue will be tolerated.

Swell resigns

UNLF activist killed

A United Liberation Front activist, K. Indrasen Singh, who was out on bail, has been killed by some unidentified miscreants in Imphal West district in Manipur.

AGP leader gunned down

President of the Naharbari Anchalik unit of the Asom Gana Parishad, Mohammed Ismail Ali, was killed by a group of five unidentified gunmen. Ali had closed his shop and was about to return home when he was stabbed to death at Salmari village in Sonitpur district recently.

BTF commander arrested

Bimal Burman, the district action commander of the BTF, was arrested from Suklaipaa village under Tangla police station in Darrang district recently.

Jawan killed

Church closure

The Catholic Church today closed down one of its missions in Dhyubri district following the abduction of a priest.Father Thomas D'Silva, a young priest heading the Bashbari Catholic Mission, was kidnapped on November 16 from Horkum village and has been missing ever since.Police suspect that he was kidnapped by Adivasi militants. The decision to close the mission was taken at an emergency meeting in Gossaigaon in Kokrajhar district recently.

Army stand