ITANAGAR, July 25: The Comptroller and Auditor General of India has pulled up the Arunachal Civil Supplies department for not effectively implementing the public distribution system during the period 1992-99 due to defective budgeting. The CAG report for year 1999 laid down by Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Mukut Mithi in the state Assembly here on Monday stated that the scheme was not fully implemented in the state due to defective budgeting as Rs.11.67 crore (revenue Rs 8.07 crore, capital Rs.3.60) remained unutilized during the year 1992-99 and short-lifting of 1.09 lakh tonnes of PDS...

GUWAHATI, July 25: Pandemonium broke out in Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council (KAAC) as soon as the members assembled to attend the session beginning today. Sources in Diphu informed that the anti-Jotson Bey members of the house tried to move a non-confidence motion against the Chairman of the house, Babu Rongpi with the Deputy Speaker, Daniel Teron in the Chair. In fact, Daniel Teron was occupying the chair even before the chairman, Babu Rongpi, entered the house along with the Legislative Secretary Rup Singh Tisso as per the schedule at 10 am. Seeing the Deputy Chairman in the chair, the...

IMPHAL, July 25: The entire Opposition staged a walkout in the state Assembly today during the morning session after the Speaker, S Dhananjoy Singh disallowed both a privilege motion and a point of order raised by Nimaichand Luwang of the Congress. The House passed forty-seven advance demands for excess grants for the financial year of 1994-95, 1995-96 and 1996-97 in the absence of the Opposition members following the walkout. The breach of privilege motion, raised by Nimaichand under rules of procedure and conduct of business, rule no. 78(l), was in connection with the detention of MPP MLA O...

NEW DELHI, July 25: Assam Government owes a whopping Rs 45.62 crore to the various Central para-military forces currently engaged in anti-insurgency operations in the state. This information was tabled in the Lok Sabha today by the Minister of State for Home Affairs C Vidhyasagar Rao. Assam is among the handful of 18 states which owes a staggering Rs 980.37 crore to the various Central forces. Assam is the lone state from the region as other Northeastern states of Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura, Manipur and Mizoram have been exempted from paying any charges. Assam is, being charged 10 per cent of...

GUWAHATI, July 25: A handful of United People's Democratic Solidarity (UPDS) militants with the help from NSCN(IM) rebels and ULFA have terrorised the non-Karbi populace in Karbi Anglong district especially in Hamren sub-division. The Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police, Dilip Kumar Bora during a recent visit to violence-hit Kheroni area in Hamren sub-division told this correspondent that there were only 50 trained "boys" in the UPDS a combined force of Karbi National Volunteers (KNV) and Karbi People's Force (KPF). They have received training from the NSCN(IM) and procured arms from...