Cong squabble in Tripura deepens

AGARTALA, April 6 ? Congress squabble in Tripura has deepened yesterday when Youth Congress president Sudip Roy Barman demanded immediate removal of PCC president Birajit Sinha. His demand has given a new twist to the perennial interrnecine strife, that too when the State Assembly elections are only eight months away. Roy Barman in a press conference yesterday demanding PCC president?s removal alleged, ?Sinha has not only failed to run the party affairs and live upto the expectation of the grass root workers, it is also during his tenure that party?s image has been tarnished to a great extent...

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Syhlet businessmen keen on trade with Mizoram

AIZAWL, April 6 ? Five member delegation of the Syhlet Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI), Bangladesh led by its president Mohammad Mohiuddin Friday said that Bangladesh was keen to kick-start trade with India through Mizoram which would be beneficial to both the countries, reports PTI. Mohiuddin told reporters here that the delegation came to Mizoram to discuss bilateral issues on trade, find out new sectors and invite foreign direct investment. He said that both the SCCI and the Mizoram Chamber of Industries and Commerce (MCIC) had earlier signed a memorandum of understanding on the...

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Sonitpur forest cover dwindling at alarming rate

NAMERI RESERVE FOREST, April 6 ? Unrestricted felling of trees and encroachment have reduced more than half of the forest in Sonitpur district that boasts of a combined territory of 13 forest reserves. According to officials, 9,376 hectares of Chariduar forest and 9,956 hectares of Gohpur reserve forest have been denuded by militants living in the vicinity of these forests.With encroachments, herds of wild elephant frequently migrated to villages in search for food and as a result destroyed standing crops worth crores of rupees, besides killing 190 people in the last decade in East and West...

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Improve NE economy to preserve bio-diversity

GUWAHATI, April 6? Noted USA-based bio-technologist Dr C S Prakash today stated that economic development of the region was a must for preservation of bio-diversity hotspots in North East India. The professor from Tuskegee University of the USA who is on a visit to the State under the aegis of United States Information Services (USIS), said bio-diversity preservation was directly related to economic development as it was observed that in economically underdeveloped areas human beings became extremely dependent on forest resources for their livelihood, leading to wanton destruction of forest...

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DPP stab makes DPA roar with fury

Imphal, April 06: The Opposition Democratic People's Alliance, DPA, reacted bitterly to its desertion by the Democratic People's Front, terming the DPP an 'imposter' and charging that it was motivated by lust for power. Addressing a press conference at his quarters, Dr L Chandramni, the DPA convenor, clarified that the DPP had given no reason for its withdrawal from the front. He added that the DPP's action is a shock to him, as the DPP MLAs Dr Meinya and N Biren had been the proposers of the Opposition Rajya Sabha candidate Radhabinod Koijam at the time of filing of nomination papers. Dr...

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The Northeast Vigil website ran from 1999 to 2009. It is not operated or maintained anymore. It has been put up here solely for archival sentiments. This site has over 6,000 news items that are of value to academics, researchers and journalists.

Subir Ghosh