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AGARTALA, Dec 10 ? The Tripura Government is contemplating to set up a medical college in the State in collaboration with the Manipal Group. Chief Minister Manik Sarkar held a detailed meeting with the Planning Commission Deputy Chairman KC Pant and Chairman of Manipal Group Dr TA Pai on the matter. The Manipal Group seemed keen to come forward in setting up of a medical college and hospital in Agartala.

?For Tripura Government it is not possible to go it alone with the medical college project. That is why we are searching for a good partner. The talks with the Manipur Group were successful...

GUWAHATI, Dec 10 ? Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio today asserted the Nagas living in the North East have consensus among themselves on the question of their integration and it was upto the neighbouring states to reach at a settlement reports PTI. ?As far as Nagas are concerned they are at a consensus for unification of Naga inhabited territories but if the neighbouring states have problems that had to be settled?, Rio told reporters after inaugurating the North East People?s Forum (NEPF) headquarter office here.

Asked to comment on the reported obstacle in yesterday?s peace talks between...

NEW DELHI, Dec 10 ? End of power woes in Assam seems to be in sight with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) clearing a USD 250 million loan package to Assam Government to restructure its power sector. The ADB from Manila said that the Assam Power Sector Development Plan (SDP) comprises a policy loan, an investment loan, and three technical assistance (TA) grants to support a comprehensive programme of reform. The State Power Department and Assam State Electricity Board (ASEB) are the executing agencies for the investment loan, which has a 20-year term, including a five-year grace period. The...

NEW DELHI, Dec 10 ? End of power woes in Assam seems to be in sight with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) clearing a USD 250 million loan package to Assam Government to restructure its power sector. The ADB from Manila said that the Assam Power Sector Development Plan (SDP) comprises a policy loan, an investment loan, and three technical assistance (TA) grants to support a comprehensive programme of reform. The State Power Department and Assam State Electricity Board (ASEB) are the executing agencies for the investment loan, which has a 20-year term, including a five-year grace period. The...

Somewhere in the Garo Hills, Dec. 10: The banned Achik National Volunteers Council (ANVC) wants former Lok Sabha Speaker Purno A. Sangma as a facilitator in its peace talks with Delhi. In a recent exclusive interview to The Telegraph, ANVC general secretary Wanding Marak said the outfit had ?resolved to include Sangma in the peace talks?.

The ANVC, which talked of peace after a hiatus in the negotiation process following the killing of eight of its cadres by Meghalaya police, has been demanding a separate Garo state.

However, Garo leader Purno A. Sangma believes a separate state for the...