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...

GUWAHATI, May 8 – The State Forest Department has extended its afforestation drive for the city — Seuj Prakalpa — to cover the entire State. It will now encompass 23 other districts where a total of 23 lakh saplings will be planted. Started a year ago with the objective of bestowing a green cover on the city and mitigating its complex problems of flash floods and soil erosion, the project has so far planted six lakh saplings as against the target of ten lakh. Now, this too has been revised to 12 lakhs.

“We regard this as a good implementation rate, considering the constraints any first-time...

NEW DELHI, May 7 – Major militant outfits including the outlawed ULFA, NDFB, NLFT, ATTF faces the threat of coming under international scanner with the United States mulling to add them on its list of terrorist groups. Though the US has not indicated which of the rebels groups might face action, Ambassador and US State Department Coordinator for Counterterrorism Ambassador J Cofer Black told newsmen last evening that top US counter-terrorism official were visiting India soon to hold talks with the Government of India in this connection. The US move has delighted the Ministry of Home Affairs...

Guwahati, May 7: The Assam government today ordered a probe to determine why textbooks meant for free distribution among students had failed to reach the respective schools. The move comes at a time when the All Assam Students’ Union (AASU) has launched a monthlong agitation, demanding streamlining of the education system.

Education minister Pankaj Bora told newspersons here that he had deputed 17 officers in the rank of deputy director from the headquarters to the districts “to fix responsibilities and detect discrepancies and ascertain why the books have not reached the schools”.

“I have...

SHILLONG, May 7– The Meghalaya Mine Owners and Exporters Association has lodged a formal complaint with the Deputy Prime Minister LK Advani and the Director General of the Border Security Force (BSF), Ajai Raj Sharma against the force which has ‘forcefully’ stopped plying of coal-laden trucks on a public road along the international border with Bangladesh since April 28 last. The letter of complaint to the Deputy Prime Minister states that though the DIG of BSF’s Shillong Sector was officially informed on the matter, there has been no ‘positive response’, resulting in huge financial loss to...