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IMPHAL, June 21– Even as the army authority deployed in the State has denied to disclose their activities in flushing out of the Manipur-based insurgents along the Indo-Myanmar border, a high-level meeting of Indian and Myanmarese armies was held at Army headquarter at Rangapahar in Dimapur (Nagaland).

According to the reports received here, a 14-member delegation of Myanmar Army led by Lt Gen Ye Myint and their Indian counterparts held a discussion at length the overall security scenario along the international border. Although the meeting was believed to have chalked out strategies to...

SHILLONG, June 21 – Meghalaya assembly today deferred a privilege motion against an NCP member questioning ‘impartiality’ of the Speaker as the latter had sought the postponement saying he was not keeping good health. Speaker Martin M Danggo, who was to take up the matter today, informed the House his receiving a letter from NCP MLA Edmund Sangma requesting him to defer the privilege motion against him as he was ‘not well and undergoing treatment’ at the hospital.

Quoting a relevant rule, Danggo announced the deferment of the motion 'on any day within the session'. Earlier, the mover of the...

DIMAPUR, June 21 – The NNC’s self-styled Federal Government of Nagaland (FGN) has expressed concern over the deplorable situation in the state saying that the common people are living in the grip of terror. The NNC said that the NSCN-IM cadres were freely moving around in several parts of the state creating terror and extorting money from poor villagers. “Our people are unable to stand up to assert their rights but have to suffer as silent lambs with calm resignation in the hands of destructive forces and elements alien to Naga way of life. Today the NSCN-IM portrays that image very clearly...

Dibrugarh, June 21: The “brain” of the Ulfa’s dreaded 28th battalion is back in action, sending security forces into a tizzy with a string of attacks in the twin districts of Dibrugarh and Tinsukia over the past few days. High-level police sources said quoting intelligence that the quartet of Prasanta Moran, Mridul Borpatragohain, Dibakar Moran and Antu Chowdang — known as master strategists — are back in the thick of action after the setback in Bhutan during the later part of last year.

“When these four leaders from the outfit’s 28th battalion get to work, it’s a bad omen,” a senior police...

New Delhi, June 20: Mizoram’s historical Aizawl Club will soon give way to a prototype of Delhi’s glitzy India Habitat Centre, which is the hub of socio-cultural activities in the capital. The building, estimated to cost Rs 12.37 crore, is being constructed by the state-owned National Buildings Construction Corporation Ltd (NBCCL) with finance from the Union urban development ministry. It is one of the many projects the PSU has undertaken in the Northeast with a combined budget of Rs 900 crore.

“The centre will be the first of its kind in the region. Like the one in Delhi, it will be the...