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SHILLONG, May 9 : Political rift within the ruling Meghalaya Democratic Alliance (MDA) coalition is growing, with post-poll mudslinging between the regional parties and the Congress having become a routine affair. Fissures within the Congress-led coalition had become apparent in the run-up to the recently held Lok Sabha elections in the State, with the regional parties and the Congress, all partners in the ruling coalition, fielding separate candidates for the Shillong parliamentary constituency.

Prominent regional parties – United Democratic Party (UDP), Meghalaya Democratic Party (MDP)...

Agartala, May 8: The Neepco has threatened to suspend power supply unless the Tripura government clears its dues immediately. The threat issued by the North Eastern Electrical Power Corporation (Neepco) by a formal letter yesterday sent officials of the power department into a tizzy because the state is facing a severe funds constraint.

Sources in the power department said the Neepco has demanded immediate payment of Rs 34.23 crore as dues.

They, however, stressed that much of this amount has already been paid and that efforts were on to convince the Neepco authorities about the actual...

Shillong, May 8: The controversial closure of saw mills and the mushrooming of “illegal” toll gates in and around Meghalaya have kicked up a storm in the corridors of the Congress-led Meghalaya Democratic Alliance government. Two organisations, the Joint Action Committee of Commercial Organisations and the Meghalaya Land and Forest Owners Association, have set Thursday and Friday as deadlines for the government to redress the problems or face agitation.

The committee yesterday served a fresh ultimatum to the government, asking it to demolish all “illegal tollgates that have sprung up in all...

SHILLONG, May 8 – A new terrorist outfit by the name and style of the ‘Pnar Liberation Army’ (PLA) has emerged in the trouble-torn state of Meghalaya, police sources have indicated. The recent killing of an unidentified militant in Tibong village, near Damcherra in Cachar Hills district, has indicated the birth of the new outfit named after the Pnar (Jaintia) tribal Community, Director General of Meghalaya Police L Sailo told reporters. Tthe formation of the organisation could be due to the ongoing communal unrest in Cachar Hills district, in which people belonging to the Khasi-Pnar community...

GOLAGHAT, May 8 – International underground organisations having links with militant outfits like the NSCN and the Karbi National Volunteer (KNV) have set up a market on the Assam-Nagaland border in Golaghat district to sell arms, drugs etc, to the local ultras.

Local people here alleged that extremist outfits, aided by international groups, have set up bases in the border areas from where they have extended their illegal trade in drugs and arms and ammunitions. Such anti-social activities have made life miserable for the people here.

It has also been alleged that militant outfits...