JORHAT, March 30 — “Three ULFA militants, namely Mridul Hazarika, Anjan Barthakur and Phatik Hatimuria, who have since been named as co-accused in the murder of AVARDNE general secretary Sanjoy Ghosh at Majuli river island on July 4, 1997, are still sheltered at camps run by the organisation in Myanmar”, claimed five disillusioned cadres, including a sister-in-arms, who surrendered before police, paramilitary and high-ranking district administration officials at the Sadar police station here today.

Admitting that the ULFA was presently running five training camps with 1,200 youths in the...

AGARTALA, March 30—Darkness looms large over the state following NEEPCO’s decision to ‘regulate’ power supply to the electricity department from April 3 next. The ‘Regulation of power supply’ in straight words means ‘stoppage or at least drastic reduction of power supply’.

The NEEPCO decision came as the state’s power department failed to pay up the huge debt of Rs 90 crore to the corporation, despite several reminders. If NEEPCO curtails supply, then there will be a sharp deficit of about 45 to 50 mw during the peak hour and the power department will have no other option but to resort to...

HAFLONG, March 30 – Jatinga village of NC Hills, 9 km from Haflong, the district headquarters with a population of only 2000 souls has failed to be blessed by the seeds of development. The story of Jatinga village goes back to the year 1902, when the founder father of Jatinga village U Lakhon Bang Suchiang of Gunapara village near Borkhola came in contact with some Khasi labourers working on the construction of new railway line in between Badarpur and Lumding. They used to visit Borkhola market, then a prosperous foothill market where the tribals like Nagas, Kacharis, Kukis etc frequently came...

Imphal, March 29: The Kuki Liberation Army (KLA), abductor of Bonn-based social worker Heinrich Wolfgang, is keeping its doors open for negotiation despite its announcement yesterday that the aid worker would remain in captivity till such time as the integrity of his NGO, Evangelicher Entwicklungs Dienst, was established.

A team of NGOs continued negotiations for Wolfgang’s safe release for the fifth day today at an undisclosed place. No breakthrough could be made during the fourth round of talks yesterday. The team left the state capital early in the morning today to resume negotiations.

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Agartala, March 29: Tripura is heading for a major power crisis, with the North Eastern Electric Power Corporation (Neepco) threatening to cut off electricity supply as the state government has not cleared its dues.

Till February 28, the state power department owed Neepco Rs 92 crore. In a statement, Neepco general manager P.K. Ghosh said despite repeated reminders, the Tripura government has failed to clear its dues. As a result, Neepco has not been able to pay suppliers of natural gas for its thermal plants.

“Besides, with such a huge amount in unpaid arrears, it is not possible on the...