ITANAGAR, March 11: Elephant census which has started in Arunachal Pradesh will be completed by March 20, official sources said, reports UNI. The population of elephants has gone up in the State considerably. Out of an estimated 2,700 panchyderms throughout the State, 527 are found in Pakhui Wildlife Sanctuary in East Kameng district alone. Of late, wild elephants are creating havoc in the State, specially in the foothill areas, claiming several human lives, besides damaging crops and human dwellings. Meanwhile, villagers of Seijosa area are demanding declaring one wild elephant as rogue and...

SHILLONG, March 10: The Meghalaya Tourism Development Corporation Employees' Union has opposed the government's branding of the corporation as a sick unit and its bid to privatise it. Addressing a news conference here, union president S.D. Marbaniang and its other members denied that the corporation was a loss-making unit. They asked the government to instead seek out answers to the huge losses by probing into the managerial decisions made over the years. They alleged that the Meghalaya Tourism Development Corporation (MTDC) was incurring losses because of mismanagement. The union leaders said...

AIZAWL, March 10: Senior BJP leaders of Mizoram have alleged that the State unit chief Ramtiama has misused Rs 1.2 lakh of the 'Gujarat relief fund' collected by the party workers, reports PTI. In a letter to the president of the BJP, Bangaru Laxman yesterday four top leaders of the State unit alleged that the total amount collected for Gujarat relief had not reached the BJP government of that State. "Our unit president Ramtiama is unable to provide any details about the donations collected, or the action he has taken to benefit the intended beneficiaries, "the letter, which was faxed to the...

ITANAGAR, March 10: Arunahcal Pradesh Chief Minister, Mukut Mithi took charge of the Home affairs in addition to his other portfolios on Thursday, reports PTI. In a notification, Kamen Dolo was divested of Home portfolio which was taken over by Mithi. Dolo, however, would retain the portfolio of Fisheries Ministry. This was the first reshuffle of the Ministry since it came to power in October 1999.

AGARTALA, March 10: Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) Chief Executive Member Debabrata Kaloi resigned here last night owing to an internal feud in the Indeginous Peoples Front of Tripura (IPFT), reports UNI. Kaloi tendered his resignation letter to Council Chairman Hirendra Tripura as most of the TTAADC members in the IPFT demanded his resignation. Later, a three-member delegation, led by Tripura met Governor Lt Gen (retd) KM Seth and apprised him of the development. IPFT sources said here today that TTAADC members belonging to the tribal-based party will meet here in a...