Ihpal, July 17: Armed activists raided the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) camp at Khuman Lampak area in Manipur's Imphal West district on Saturday, official sources said. However, no casualty was reported in the attack which took place at the camp of 114 Bn CRPF on Saturday afternoon, the sources said, adding, the two activists escaped on a two-wheeler before security reinforcements rushed to the area. This was the second militant attack by activists in Manipur over a span of three days. The first incidents was at Kangchup area in which four persons, including three CRPF personnel, were...

Itanagar, July 17: Infrastructure for promotion of tourism in the Northeast is being geared up to make the region more vibrant to attract tourists, the Union minister of state for tourism Omak Apang has said. Talking to hoteliers, restaurant owners and tour operators here on Friday, Apang said with the upgradation of the tourism directorate at Guwahati to a regional directorate, tourism would achieve a new high. The Save Eastern Himalayas, a project initiated by the external affairs ministry, he said would help cultural integration between Bhutan, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh.

Imphal, July 16: The last Rath Yatra festival of this millennium began all over the state on Wednesday last. The ten-day festival of Lord Jagannath will conclude on July 23 next. The Manipuri people particularly the Meiteis are celebrating the festival in the three valley districts of the state. The Rath Yatra festival is also known as Kang in Manipur. Every householder in the three valley districts is also celebrating Kang. The main programmes of the festival are observed at the Shree Shree Govindajee temple from early morning till late night every day. Thousands of devotees coming from...

Agartala, July 16: Approximately 80 per cent of the electorate in Tripura cast their votes to elect 238 gram panchayats, 137 members of panchayat samitis and 39 members of zilla parishads in three districts during the first phase of the three-tier panchayat elections on Friday. The panchayat election commissioner B B Senapati said the polling for the first phase, which covered Dhalai, South Tripura and North Tripura districts, was peaceful. The second phase of polling will be held on July 19. Counting is scheduled to start on July 22. As many as 338 candidates for gram panchayats and 10 for...

Aizawl, July 16: The Mizoram Assembly Speaker R Lalawia on Friday adjourned the House as Opposition Congress legislators disallowed proceedings after Question Hour. Trouble began when Opposition leader Zakhu Hlychho asked the Speaker to give him a satisfactory reply as to why his resolution proposing donation of one month's salary of all ministers and legislators for the Kargil jawans' fund had been rejected. Pandemonium prevailed when the Speaker's contention that the Legislature cannot fix the amount to be paid by anybody could not satisfy Hlychho who insisted that his resolution was...