Imphal, Feb. 15: The security ring around the BJP?s Manipur unit president and Lok Sabha MP Thounaojam Chaoba Singh was tightened as the banned Kanglei Yawol Kanna Lup?s (KYKL) deadline for the party to expel him ended today.

Meting out the ?death sentence? against Chaoba Singh for his alleged activities against the KYKL, the militant organisation asked the BJP state unit on January 29 to expel him from the party by February 15.

The outfit has warned that it would target all the BJP leaders if they failed to expel Chaoba Singh within the deadline.

Security for all the four BJP legislators has...

New Delhi, Feb. 15: Mizoram has approached the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to fund the Bairabi hydel project. The 80-MW project is expected to help the state become self-sufficient in power. The Bairabi project, likely to cost Rs 570 crore, was cleared by the Union ministries of power and environment last year.

Mizoram chief minister Zoramthanga said the state had approached the bank, as it was the fastest and easiest way to get the money. The entire amount of power generated can be utilised by the state. Zoramthanga said the ADB?s response has been positive and the Union ministry of finance...

SHILLONG, Feb 15 ? With the Lok Sabha elections around the corner, Congress, the major partner of the Meghalaya Democratic alliance coalition, is set to rule the Khasi Hills Autonomous District Council (KHADC), while the electorate did not give a clear mandate in two others, the Jaintia and Garo Hills Autonomous District Councils, reports PTI.

The Khasi, Jaintia and Garo hills autonomous district councils which do not fall under the purview of Panchayati Raj system and function under the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution, went to the polls on February 12. All the results of the three 30...

GUWAHATI, Feb 15 ? Imagine a person living without drinking water for the last 13 years. Believe it or not the feat has been claimed. It seems strange, but 80-year old Dr Robindra Mohan Dasgupta of Dimapur is said to have been going without water since 1990 to prove that ?nothing is impossible in the world.?

His food include all common veg and non-veg items that are prevalent in the region and within his clan, minus mutton. An LMP doctor from Assam Medical College, Dibrugarh, Dr Dasgupta stopped practising in 1994. He is the owner of Medical Hall in Dimapur. His daily chores include reading...

TURA, Feb 15 ? The Garo Hills Autonomous District Council (GHADC) has thrown up a hung council with the Congress and the NCP getting eleven seats each, the UDP three seats, and Independents amassing four seats in the 29 GHADC seat elections. No political party has managed to get a majority in the GHADC elections.

Among the prominent losers are sitting Congress Chief Executive Member (CEM) Winsang Ch Sangma and a host of sitting MDCs. With both the NCP and the Congress getting equal number of seats the UDP with its three MDCs and four Independents are expected to play a crucial role in the...