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AGARTALA, June 10 ? Growing influence of Islamic outfits on National Liberation Front of Tripura (Biswamohan), which maintains base camps in Bangladesh, has resulted in discontent among the staunch Christian leaders and lower rung armed cadres of the militant organization. The organization, which is dominated by Baptist Christian militants and till recently used to carry out conversion of Tripura tribals to Christianity at gun-point allegedly at the instance of some missionary organizations, is now playing second fiddle to radical Muslim outfits in Bangladesh.

According to intelligence...

NEW DELHI, June 10 ? The Central Government today tried to assuage the peeved Bodo Liberation Tiger (BLT) leadership by assuring expeditious clearance of all formalities before the forthcoming Monsoon Session of the Parliament to pave the way for constitution of the interim Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC). A meeting of the Accord Implementation Committee convened by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) here today reviewed the implementation of the Bodo Accord.

The two-round meeting, chaired by Rajeev Agarwal, joint secretary (North-east) jand attended by State Home Commissioner BK Gohain and...

GUWAHATI, June 10 ? The Mizoram Government has estimated that 779 young Mizo lives have been lost in the last 10 years because of drug abuse which has assumed alarming proportions in the hill State. Mizoram Health and Family Welfare Minister F Malsawma told The Assam Tribune here this morning that a section of illegal migrants from neighbouring Myanmar, which is closer to the infamous ?Golden Triangle?, had been engaged in smuggling and peddling of contraband drug in the hill State. The minister said, ?These notorious sections of migrants from Myanmar, who are into this illegal business of...

Aizawl, June 9: The Mizoram government has appealed to the North Eastern Electric Power Corporation (Neepco) not to discontinue power supply to the state.

The power company had issued a notification to the government stating that it would discontinue power supply from June 16, as the state?s debt has reached Rs 6,334.74 lakh in 15 years.

Sources said the state has to buy from outside 75 per cent of its power requirement with Neepco being the biggest supplier. While it purchases power at the rate of Rs 6.36 per unit, consumers pay Rs 2.10 for each unit consumed.

As a result, the government...

Shillong, June 9: Rescued from a brothel in Mumbai 18 months ago, 16-year-old Beena (name changed) is anxiously waiting for the day when she will get the chance to interact with resource persons from the US state department and women and children?s organisations.

Her opportunity will come on June 13. A direct video conferencing (DVC) on trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation of women and children will be held in the city to discuss cases similar to Beena?s.

Beena, who was rescued along with three others, has been rehabilitated by the Meghalaya chapter of the NGO Impulse, which trained...