KOHIMA, July 20: Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC) has urged the Centre and Naga underground factions to extend the tenure of ongoing ceasefire in the state and declare unilateral truce among different factions to bring about sustainable peace in Nagaland, reports PTI. NPCC in its executive committee meeting here on Tuesday reviewed the present political situation in the state and resolved that to usher in real and sustainable peace, all underground factions should declare ceasefire among themselves. Favouring extension of ceasefire between the Centre and all the underground groups...

AGARTALA, July 19: Stage is all set for much awaited Agartala-Dhaka bus service. An India and Bangladesh joint team has already undertaken route survey for the proposed Agartala-Dhaka bus service on Wednesday. Sources said the members of both the countries will hold a high-level meeting on Thursday in Dhaka and decide as to which route will be better for Agartala-Dhaka bus service. The meeting will submit recommendations to Dhaka and Delhi on which a formal accord on the bus service will be signed by the both countries. It may be mentioned that both the countries have already agreed to sign...

ITANAGAR, July 19: The Arunachal Pradesh government has approved the 'Arunachal Pradesh Wood-Based Industry (Establishment and Regulation) Rule, 2000' in its Cabinet meeting held here yesterday. This was stated by Information and Public Relations and Land Management Minister Takam Sanjoy, who is also the spokesperson of the government, in a press release here today. Sanjoy said the decision had been taken in accordance to the directive of the Supreme Court vide par 30 of the order dated January 15, 1998. The minister further informed that these rules have been framed broadly in line with...

AGARTALA, July 19: An ambitious Rs 220-crore project has been taken up by the Union Government to establish information technology network in all the 446 blocks in the seven north-eastern states and Sikkim, reports UNI. Stating this state's Information Technology, Industry and Commerce Minister Pabitra Kar told newsmen here today that in the first phase, 25 blocks of the seven Northeastern states would be covered during this year. Of the 25 blocks, 12 were in Assam, three in Tripura and two each in Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram. Kar said the state government...

GUWAHATI, July 19: Tribal Students Federation (TSF) of Assam has vowed to foil bid to set up a coal-based thermo electric project by the Northeastern Electric Power Corporation (NEEPCO) at Longtong Udoipur under Tirap tribal belt in Margherita. The primary reason for which the TSF is opposed to setting up of project that is the state government is preparing to allot 1000 bighas of land for the project evicting total 305 families from the area. Already the Government has evicted 200 families in Udoipur village without paying compensation. The leaders of the TSF on Tuesday informed the Press...