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...

MARIANI, June 29 – Socio-economically the border town of Mariani had a close relationship with Nagaland ever since the latter was carved out in 1963. At the same time, the region has often hit the headlines, be it for Naga encroachment or for illegal drugs business. Lately, the region is developing into a new base for trafficking of arms and ammunition by outlawed organisations like the NSCN and ULFA. No doubt, that arms transactions were under progress through the region earlier also but recent incidents like CRPF’s seizure of cartridges from a local bus, reaffirms the bustling nature of the...

GUWAHATI, June 30 – In yet another instance of the growing man-elephant conflict in the State that has assumed alarming proportions, continuous depredations by wild elephants in the Army cantonment at 51 Sub Area at Narangi have landed the Army and the Forest authorities in a tight spot.

Elephants have made it a habit to visit and damage the cantonment’s ration godown, looking for food. Most of the time it is two or three elephants but occasionally they come in herds of 20-25 as well. “When they visit the godown, the elephants consume and also waste food worth as much as Rs 10,000 on a single...

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...

NEW DELHI, June 30— Prospect of revival of the mega gas cracker project has brightened with a new promoter, Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL) seeking a series of additional concessions over and above those already available. According to highly placed sources, GAIL has written a letter to Chief Minister of Assam appraising him of their conditions. The Rs 3,700 crore gas cracker project is a joint venture project between State Government-owned AIDC and Reliance Assam Petrochemical Limited (RAPL). But inordinate delay in setting up the project by the private sector giant Reliance India...