ITANAGAR, June 26 ? Two riflemen of Gorkha Regiment were killed and five others seriously injured in an ambush by suspected NSCN (I-M) cadres on an Army convoy at Ranglin village in Changlang district of Arunachal Pradesh, police said Wednesday, reports PTI. A convoy comprising 35 Army personnel was ambushed Tuesday when it was proceeding to the area for patrolling and search operation, the police said. While riflemen Suren Gurung and Fatik Bahadur Thapa died on the spot, five others including the driver were admitted to Dinja army hospital. A combing operation has been launched.

SHILLONG, June 26 ? Meghalaya, the only power-surplus State in the North East is likely to run up a shortage of 100 MW of power during the current year. The fear was expressed by Power Minister M N Mukhim during the question hour in the State Assembly today. The situation has turned so critical that only seven of the industrial units given clearance to start production at the Export Promotion Industrial Park (EPIP) at Byrnihat are getting power from the Meghalaya State Electricity Board (MeSEB) at present.

Imphal, June 26: Painting a grim picture of the AIDS scenario in the State, Dr Khomdon Lisham, Project Director of The Manipur State AIDS Control Society (MACS) today informed Manipur has 1063 commercial sex workers who are carriers of the dreaded disease. Speaking during the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking organized by the Indian Medical Association, Manipur State branch at its premises at Lamphelpat, Dr Khomdon termed as unfortunate the Government’s failure to take up proper initiative to check the spread of the disease. Stating that the commercial sex workers...

GUWAHATI, June 25 ? The Union Water Resource Ministry has been constantly maintaining, in view of the Union Power Ministry?s proposal to develop major hydel power projects in the NE region, that adequate flood cushioning provisions should be there in the reservoirs built for the purpose. Disclosing this, sources in the Brahmaputra Board here said that though the Board had prepared, or been preparing, the project reports for the major tributaries of the Brahmaputra like Kameng, Subansiri, Dihang, Dibang, Lohit, Noadihing and Pagladia, except for the last one, all the other projects have been...

DIBRUGARH, June 25? A local association here, Youth Leadership Centre, has petitioned the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) against the modus operandi of the ongoing eviction drives in the State, which began more than a month ago at Batahghooli in Guwahati. Taking cognisance of the petition, the NHRC has sent notices to the Chief Secretary and the Director General of Police of Assam, asking both the authorities to make the government stand clear on the issue. Dr Nabajyoti Hazarika, a cardio-thoracic surgeon at the Assam Medical College here and president of the voluntary Youth Leadership...