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AGARTALA, May 26 ? Central Government has extended a financial help of Rs 10.99 crore in the last financial year for the displaced Reang refugees presently sheltered in six camps at Kanchanpur.

The Reangs had come to North Tripura from adjacent Mizoram following fierce ethnic conflict between the Bru (Reang) and Lushai (Mizo) communities in October 1997. The exodus from Mizoram began on the night of October 15 and in phases the Reangs under constant threat and persecution from the majority community poured in the North district.

Several rounds of talks among the representatives of displaced...

AGARTALA, May 26 ? Denying the Chief Minister Manik Sarkar?s peace call, the outlawed militant outfits of Tripura have intensified violence, which has shown a sharp rise in the State compared to the past two years.

The insurgency related incidents have already claimed 123 civil lives after Manik Sarkar-led fifth Left Front government assumed office for the second time in February last. Despite repeated calls, none of the militant outfits have shown any interest to come for a negotiation with the state or the central government. Even no political leaders came forward to hold peace talks...

DIPHU, May 26? The Forest staff and Home Guards under Manja Forest Range office have arrested five Nagalanad police personnel for illegally carrying two trucks of teak wood valued at over Rs 4 lakh around 3.30 am today. The Nagaland police personnel led by Leena Ao, ASI, Pangti Ao, Havildar, Longkhush Lotha, constable, Kishethu Sema and Bijoy Mommi (both driver) and Bharat Dimasa, a local youth of Borjan under Manja police outpost were smuggling the wood from Borjan towards Dimapur. It is gathered that the strong vigil of the Home Guards personnel on duty at Forest check gate no 2 led by...

GUWAHATI, May 26 ? The National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) has sanctioned Rs 36.55 crore for the north-eastern States for the session 2003-04 to fight the onslaught of the dreaded disease. Revealing this at a workshop on AIDS today, NACO project director Meenakshi Datta Ghosh said the targeted areas for utilisation of the amount are interventions, prevention interventions, low-cost AIDS care, institutional strengthening and inter-sectoral collaboration, with an increase of 20 per cent over the previous year allocation.

NACO, which supports 94 blood banks in 76 districts, is also...

Aizawl, May 25: The Congress in Mizoram is facing a major embarrassment with former party general secretary M.C. Lalrinthanga coming out with an insiders? account of the state unit in a book scheduled to hit the stands soon.

Lalrinthanga, a former Congress leader who was expelled some years ago for his opposition to Mizo strongman Lalthanhawla, said he is ready to release his book ? Mizoram eiruk thubuai lian ber (Mizoram?s Biggest Corruption Case) involving the PCC president and former chief minister.

The book?s release, Congress sources said, may come in handy for the Opposition to put the...