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Matabari (Tripura), June 30: The Left Front government has added another feather to its cap by achieving total literacy in the Matabari block in Udaipur subdivision in South Tripura district. A recent survey stated that all 1,22,481 inhabitants of the block, comprising 45 panchayats, are literate.

Addressing newspersons, chairman of the Matabari panchayat samiti Nitailal Biswas said, “We have achieved this through sheer hard work and dedication of our employees and people.” Matabari, nominated as the best block in the state in 2002-03, was the only block in the entire Northeast to have...

AIZAWL, June 30 – Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthanga was re-elected unopposed as president of the ruling Mizo National Front (MNF) on the opening day of the three-day party general assembly on Tuesday, reports PTI. Zoramthanga, the undisputed leader of the party since the death of former Chief Minister Laldenga in 1990, retained the presidentship while Home Minister Tawnluia and Health Minister R Tlanghmingthanga were also re-elected unopposed as vice-president and treasurer of the party respectively.

The MNF assembly expressed its happiness over the trust bestowed on Zoramthanga by the...

NEW DELHI, June 30— In what could deliver an additional boost to air connectivity in the region, Civil Aviation Ministry has cleared international air operation by private operators out of North-east. Accordingly Jet Airways and Sahara Airline would operate Guwahati-Bangkok flights out of the region along with Indian Airlines. This was conveyed to a delegation of Congress MPs and MLAs by Civil Aviation Minister, Praful Patil. According to the spokesman of the delegation Dwijen Sarma MP the Minister announced that international air operation out of Lokapriya Gopinath Bordoloi International...

Guwahati, June 30: The Brahmaputra’s attraction goes beyond the country’s borders. If all goes well, a Myanmarese luxury vessel may soon set sail on the Red River with tourists for a cruise between Guwahati and Dibrugarh. The first cruise vessel on the Brahmaputa, MV Charaidew, has already turned out to be a big hit among foreign tourists and running to full houses since its inaugural journey last year.

Sources said talks between the Myanmarese river cruise company, Pandaw Cruising, and Indian shipping authorities are in an “advanced stage”.

Significantly, the company has moved the shipping...

AGARTALA, June 30 – Altogether 11,626 nominations have been filed by political parties, including the ruling CPI-M, Opposition Congress, BJP and Nationalist Trinamool Congress, for the three-tier panchayat elections in Tripura to be held on July 8, official sourcs said.

Yesterday was the last date for filing nominations, the sources said, adding a total of 223 nominations were filed for 82 Zilla Parisad seats. The ruling front filed papers in all the 82 seats and Opposition Congress in 70.

Altogether 781 nomination papers have been filed by different parties for 299 seats of 23 panchayat...