GUWAHATI, Jan 25 — Central Leather Research Institute (CLRI), Chennai has embarked on intensive field activities in the North Eastern region under leather technology mission. At the instance of the NEDFi, the CLRI recently carried out a pre-investment feasibility study to identify opportunities in leather sector in the region. As the initiative had created tremendous awareness on the opportunities in leather sector among the development agencies and entrepreneurs in the North East, the NEDFi and CLRI deemed it appropriate to organise a two-day “entrepreneurship Development Programme of Leather...

Imphal, January 24: The state election security coordination committee has taken serious note of the recent spate of attacks on the residences of candidates and politicians and decided to enhance security measures to prevent such further incidents. The security coordination meeting held its fourth meeting today, chaired by the chief secretary, Rakesh. The DGP, Manipur, AA Siddique, principal secretary (elections), DS Poonia, principal secretary (home) PBO Warjari, 1G (law and order) R Basar, election nodal officer DIG (ops) Sandhu), commandant, 9 sector, Brig Sabharwal, commissioner, transport...

Imphal, January 24: Scrutiny of the nomination papers filed by candidates for the forthcoming elections to the Manipur state Assembly was completed without significant disturbance at the offices of the designated returning officers of the respective Assembly constituencies today. According to updated reports, altogether 391 candidates have filed nomination papers for the forthcoming Assembly polls in the sixty Assembly segments in the state. Reports said the papers of all candidates who filed nominations for the 13 Assembly constituencies in Imphal west district, the 10 constituencies in...

TURA, Jan 23 – In a daring show of firepower, suspected ULFA-NDFB-ANVC militants attacked camp of the 72 Bn of the CRPF at Tikrikilla in West Garo Hills on Tuesday night with rocket launchers. There were no casualties. It is believed that the attack was carried out by the ULFA, NDFB and the ANVC. The West Garo hills police had seized a huge cache of arms which included RPGs meant for the ULFA from Rajasimla, East Garo Hills, in October last year. It is presumed that the attack was to show the outfits firepower in the run up to the Republic Day celebration.

GUWAHATI, Jan 23 — The Delhi High Court Tuesday dismissed a petition seeking probe into the alleged siphoning of huge amounts of Nagaland State lottery to the militant organisations active in the State in early nineties, saying the matter is beyond its jurisdiction, reports PTI. A division bench comprising Chief Justice SB Sinha and justice SK Sikri admitting the contention of senior advocate Sudhir Chandra, appearing for Nagaland, that the matter was beyond the jurisdiction of the Delhi High Court, dismissed a PIL filed by an NGO for CBI probe into the matter. The Court did not agree with the...