IMPHAL, February 3: Even as the State Government started deploying police commandos in civil clothes to check extortion in all major commercial areas of the capital city, police commandos shot dead an unidentified suspected militant at Bashikhong Kongba Irong under Singjamei police station today at about 12.30 pm. According to reports, the police commandos opened fire when two youths who were on foot refused to stop and instead started running when signalled to do so. One of the youths was killed on the spot while the other managed to escape, said sources. Police sources said they may belong...

IMPHAL, February 3: The condition of Father Tommy Manjaly, principal of the Catholic School Canchipur, who was shot and wounded critically by some unidentified persons yesterday morning at the school premises, has improved a little. At present he is under the care of doctors of the Catholic Medical Centre, Koirengei, according to a source. The source said so far the Catholic Church leadership has not decided as to what steps they would be taking in connection with the assassination attempt on Father Manjaly. Meanwhile the staff and students of the Catholic School, Canchipur, strongly condemned...

IMPHAL, February 2: Some bigwigs from the ruling parties in the Centre are scheduled to arrive in Imphal adding fuel to the speculation that the ongoing political tussle at home is about to take a new turn, according to a reliable source. According to the source, on Sunday (February 4), the MSCP, working president, T Chaoba, will arrive in Imphal while the Samata Party president, Jaya Jaitley and BJP national secretary, in charge of the Northeast, PB Acharya, will be landing in Imphal the next day. Although Jaya Jaitley is coming to attend the shradha ceremony of the state unit president of...

KOLKATA, February 2: Jolted by the magnitude of devastation in the Gujarat earthquake, the Geological Survey of India (GSI) is tightening up its seismo-tectonic surveys in quake-prone North Bengal and the Northeast States to advise individual State Governments on model building procedures, reports PTI. "We have already taken up work in the high risk zone on Mizoram, whose capital Aizawl is a nightmare for a seismologist as it has no codes and rules of town planning," GSI Director General K Krishnanunni told a press meet here today. North Bengal and Northeast States, with at least 300 active...

GUWAHATI, February 2: The mighty Brahmaputra has been shifting towards the south throughout its 800 km course in Assam, according to satellite imageries, reports UNI. The Pune based Central Water and Power Research Station's satellite imageries caught this astonishing development, according to the Chief Engineer of the State's Flood Control Department. The shifting of the river has resulted in heavy erosion on the southern side compared to the north. 'As the intensity grew in the southern side we formulated both long and short term plans to combat the situation,' the Chief Engineer said. Most...