Supplies Reach Manipur Via Mizoram

Imphal/Aizawl, May 17 : Trucks loaded with essential supplies and petroleum products have begun entering Manipur which remains cut-off with two highways from Assam and Nagaland blockaded by Naga students since April 16, official sources said today. Around 18 heavy and 17 light commercial vehicles carrying 220 barrels of petrol, 76 barrels of diesel and 35 bags of sugar and other supplies entered...

Bandh Demanding Bifurcation Paralyses NC Hills

Haflong (Assam), May 17 : Normal life was paralyzed today following a 60-hour 'Dima Hasao bandh' called by North Cachar Hills Indigenous Students' Forum demanding bifurcation of the district, officials said. All shops, schools, educational institutions, business establishments and financial institutions remained closed while attendance in government offices was thin. Vehicles remained...

Interlocutor Okayed Muivah's Visit

New Delhi, May 17 : Union home minister P Chidambaram is deeply worried about the situation developing on the Nagaland-Manipur border where Naga leader, Thuingaleng Muivah, president of the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (Isak-Muivah) [NSCN(I-M)], is staging a protest sit-in, demanding entry into Manipur. Muivah is insisting that he be allowed to visit his native village Somdal in Manipur...

Strife in Manipur Forces Mao People to Stay in Relief Camps

Kohima, May 17 : Around 500 villagers belonging to the Moa tribal community has been staying in a relief camp for the past ten days in Kohima, due to the ongoing strife in Manipur’s Senapati District. The relief camp was set up at Kisama village in the wake of a bloody encounter in which Manipur police personnel fired at scores of protesting villagers at Mao Gate in Senapati district on May 6, killing...

Return of the Rebel: Brinkmanship Game on Between Ibobi Singh, Muivah

By Shishir Gupta New Delhi,May 17 : Egged on by their supporters, Manipur Chief Minister Ibobi Singh and NSCN(IM) general secretary Thuingaleng Muivah are playing a game of political brinkmanship over the Greater Nagalim issue with the Congress high command signaling to the state government to keep hands off and let it play out till the June 2 district council elections. The irony...

Nepalese Given Quit Notice in Meghalaya

Shillong, May 17 : Even as both Meghalaya and Assam governments are trying to cool down the border tension at Langpih, the firing incident has triggered communal tension in Meghalaya. Various tribal Khasi and Pnar organizations based in the Eastern part of Meghalaya issued a quit notice to Nepalese settlers to protest against the killing of Khasi villagers and injured several others. ...

Manipur Ministerial Team Suggests Singhat-Singjol-Tuivai Route

Imphal, May 17 : The ministerial team after inspection the condition of NH-150 and NH-150 (B) has suggested that the Singhat-Singjol-Tuivai road on the stretch of the NH-150 could be used as alternative road for ferrying essential commodities to the state through Aizawl on finding the condition of Churachandpur-Tipaimukh-Thanlon-Delkhai-Singjol road bad at many places. On the other hand, authorities...

Rural Festival in Sikkim to Promote Village Tourism

Gangtok (Sikkim), May 17 : In an effort to strengthen the state's economy and woo tourists to its picturesque locales, the Sikkim tourism has promoted a rural festival called Winter Village Fest of Assam Lingzey 2010. The government promoted village tourism by setting up many village home-stays in different parts of this picturesque Himalayan state during the festival that began on May 10 and concluded...