Agartala, July 15: The Indigenous Nationalist Party of Tripura (INPT) has stepped up its efforts to recapture the autonomous district council (ADC). Despite the formal resignation of chief executive member Hirendra Kumar Tripura, the ADC is still on the boil. It is currently controlled by the National Socialist Party of Tripura (NSPT), which is supported by the CPM. The Opposition INPT has stepped in to take advantage of the crisis.

An INPT delegation, led by party president Bijay Kumar Hrangkhawal, yesterday met Tripura governor Dinesh Nandan Sahay and submitted a memorandum demanding his...

Silchar, July 15: In a bid to break the impasse between the tea workers and the garden managements, the Intuc-affiliated Cachar Cha Sramik Union (CCSU) yesterday signed an agreement with the Consultative Committee of the Plantations? Association (CCPA) to fix the daily wages of the workers.

According to the agreement, the daily wages of the workers would be raised from the present Rs 38 to Rs 44.

The agreement will be implemented with retrospective effect from June 1.

The planters? association promised to hike the daily wages to Rs 46.25 after a few months.

The CCPA also agreed to pay the...

SHILLONG, July 15 ? Despite being prone to multi-hazards like floods, landslides and earthquakes, most of the north-eastern States are yet to fully implement a disaster risk management programme. The Union Home Ministry last year instructed all the 17 States in the country to implement the programme, a project of the Centre and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), entailing, inter alia, enactment of a relevant law with some institutional changes and involving other departments besides the relief and rehabilitation in tackling disasters.

But this was in ?different stages of...

DIMAPUR, July 15 ? Being snubbed by Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio and his colleagues in the downsizing exercise, the JD-U Nagaland has come out strongly against former Congressmen including the Chief Minister and K Therie for dumping the JD-U unceremoniously. The JD-U charged Rio and his ?clique? in the DAN of deliberately ignoring significant contributions made by JD-U in formation of the alliance as well as in the victory of the DAN in the 2003 Assembly polls. The blunt response from the JD-U leadership came following K Therie heavily criticizing former agriculture minister and leader of JD (U)...

NEW DELHI, July 15 ? A number of monuments and sites of historical importance in Assam may be decaying, crying for major conservation works but Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) could spare only Rs 93.88 lakh last financial year the Union Minister of State disclosed this for Information and Broadcasting and Culture, S.Jaipal Reddy. In Assam the Ministry of Culture is currently working on conservation projects in 21 sites including Karenghar (Talatalghar), Sivadol, Joysagar in Sivasagar district, ruins and excavated remains at Sri Suryapahar in Goalpara, Bamuni hills near Tezpur, Rangamati...