AGARTALA, May 30 ? Four jawans of Tripura State Rifles (TSR) were killed and ten others injured in an ambush by insurgents of banned National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) at Ghagracherra on the Assam-Agartala national highway in Dhalai district, police said today, reports PTI. The ultras ambushed a TSR vehicle when the jawans were returning to their camp at Gaydabari in North Tripura district after admitting a sick jawans at GB Hospital yesterday, the police said. The TSR jawans opened fire in retaliation when the insurgents showered bullets on the bus from an advantageous position on a...

NEW DELHI, May 30 ? Claiming that insurgency in the North-East was at low ebb; the Defence Ministry has asserted that sustained operations have led to near marginalisation of ULFA and NDFB in Assam, even as Army killed over 520 insurgents in the region. Relentless operations by the security forces against other insurgent groups in the region, have marginalized them and forced them to shift their bases to the neighbouring countries, the Defence Ministry observed.

Sustained and successful military operations by the security forces under the unified command has resulted in near marginalisation...

GUWAHATI, May 30 ? The Secretary of the Department of Development of North-Eastern Region (DONER), Dr P D Shenoy today made an appeal to financial institutions to improve the credit-deposit (CD) ratio in the North-east to the national level within three years to facilitate faster economic development of the region. Delivering the key-note address at the first ever seminar on ?investment opportunities in the North-eastern region? organised by the NEDFi here, Dr Shenoy pointed out that Union Finance Ministry had issued directives to the all India financial institutions to restructure their...

GUWAHATI, May 30 ? The Central Government is far from happy with the level of utilisation of Central fund by North Eastern States particularly Assam and Manipur. Talking to this newspaper on the sideline of the NEDFi seminar on Investment Opportunities in the NE, Dr PD Shenoy, the Secretary of Department of Development of North Eastern Region (DONER) said, ?There is lots of scope for NE States particularly Assam and Manipur to improve their performance vis-a-vis utilisation of Central fund.? He said States like Assam and Manipur which are suffering from acute financial crisis, often tended to...

Imphal, May 30: The Asha and Jina cinema halls, two distinct landmarks of Imphal city, are soon to be converted into a public conference hall and a children's school respectively, ending a saga that began some twenty years ago. The steadily declining fortunes of the two theatres, particularly after the ban imposed on screening of Hindi films by an underground outfit, forced the decision, the proprietor of the complex, Th. Haridas, told IFP. 'Partly because Hindi films are not being shown, and partly because of the proliferation of cable TV, these days it is impossible to fill the halls even to...