Imphal, April 16: All dressed up and nowhere to go. This is the situation of the prestigious Leimakhong power plant, which seems to be as far away from commissioning as ever despite its completion months back. According to reliable sources, the single main hurdle in the way of getting the 100% Centrally sponsored power station on line is the failure of the state power department to install the 3 KV high tension line from Leimakhong to Iroishemba that would connect the power station to the state electricity network. The sources said the six engines at the Leimakhong power station have been...

Imphal, April 15: The Revolutionary People's Front and its armed wing People Liberation Front Army in tribute to the martyrs of the revolution movement released a patriotic song cassette and a Manipuri calendar to mark the historic occasion of April 13. Speaking to the press on the release function, the publicity assistant chief, RPF said, the calendar as well as the revolutionary song cassette is dedicated to numerous heroes who had dedicated their lives to the cause of the freedom movement. This is to honor their sacrificial spirit and dream and the long history of the revolutionary movement...

Imphal, April 15: The underground Kangleipak Communist Party, KCP, observed its 22nd birth anniversary yesterday with a simple function at its general headquarters with the party vice-president chairing the proceedings, according to a statement issued by the outfit. According to the statement, the vice president, while greeting the people of the state on the occasion, expressed regret for any fault committed against the public by the party, stressing that the people were the life of the revolutionary movement. Addressing other underground groups, he said that all such groups had the same aim...

SIVASAGAR, April 14 ? One Akon Gogoi (40) of Saraguwa village of Panidihing mouza under Demow Revenue Circle was trampled to death on April 11 by a stray tusker trailing a massive herd of about 40 wild elephants rummaging the fringe villages of Panidihing Reserve Forest for food and shelter. Kanak Pator, another villager had a miraculous escape when the tusker attacked. According to Demow Police, police personnel rushed to the spot immediately and are helping the forest guards now, driving away the elephants. Meanwhile, the irate villagers roughed up the forest guards stationed at Saraguwa to...

SHILLONG, April 13? Meghalaya claims to be one of the financially best managed States in the North-eastern region but the State?s balance from current revenue (BCR) has been negative for four years indicating that the State had to depend only on borrowings for meeting its plan expenditure. Several other indicators of financial health also indicate a worsening scenario for the State which is virtually surviving on doles from the Centre. The ratio of capital outlay to capital receipts has come down from 1.90 in 1996-97 to 1.79 in 2000-2001 indicating worsening sustainability of the State. Again...