Imphal, June 03: The Gauhati High Court has asked the Army authority to pay Rs 1.5 lakhs as compensation for killing a person identified as T Moni (34) at Tonsen Lamkhai after being arrested by troopers of 14 Sikh Light infantry in 1998. Justice SK Kar issued the verdict on May 10 following a petition filed by father of the deceased T Saikhupngam of Tonsem Lamkhai village under Sugnu police station in Chandel district. The Court in its Imphal sitting asked the respondents - Union of India represented by Union Ministry of Home Affairs' Secretary and 17 Sikh Light Infantry CO - to pay the...

Imphal, June 03: Even as the Army authority has decided to probe the circumstances leading to the killing of Pheiroijam Sanajit, the last rites of the slain man was performed today morning under police protection. According to eye witnesses, a police team deposited the body at the Nongada residence of the deceased person at around 1.15 am after extracting a signature from the elder brother of Sanajit on a blank paper. However, local meira paibi members who were present at the Nongada Bazar meira shed vehemently protested the police conduct and with the arrival of more local people on hearing...

GUWAHATI, June 3 – The North Eastern Development Finance Corporation Ltd. (NEDFi) has reduced its Prime Lending Rate (PLR) from 11 per cent to 10 per cent with effect from June 1, 2004. The objective of this one per cent reduction of PLR is to benefit the entrepreneurs of the North-East. It may be mentioned that financial assistance is provided to first generation entrepreneurs and woman entrepreneurs at a concessional rate of interest along with the soft loan component. The effective rate of interest under the North East Equity Fund Scheme, which is meant for first generation entrepreneurs...

GUWAHATI, June 3 — In a bid to give a boost to the cross border trade between India and Myanmar, Commerce Ministry has approved Rs 1.70 crore to the Longwa trade point of Nagaland. The funds has been approved for development of township and improvement of the existing roads in the area. The Nagaland Government has been demanding to declare Longwa as a trade point in order to increase the volume of legal trade with Myanmar. In 2003,Customs and the Foreign Trade departments had conducted a feasibility study and suggested improving the transportation system in the area for facilitating trade...

Kohima, June 2: Nagaland chief minister Neiphiu Rio has led an 11-member delegation to New Delhi in a last-ditch effort to avoid downsizing his ministry in accordance with the constitutional amendment that stipulates that the size of a government should not exceed 15 per cent of the Assembly’s strength.

Rio and his cabinet colleagues are to meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to request him to exempt Nagaland from the purview of the Constitution’s 91st amendment. The deadline for downsizing is July 6. As and when the exercise is carried out, the size of the Nagaland ministry will be down to a...