Shillong, June 10: Police in Meghalaya are homing in on a nexus between state employees and the banned Hynniewtrep Nationalist Liberation Council. An ensuing probe could result in several heads rolling.

Over 20 government officials in Meghalaya have come under the police?s scanner for allegedly providing ?accounts-related information? of government departments to the outfit.

The Meghalaya home department is contemplating ?serious action? against some high-ranking officials of the PHE department for passing ?vital information? about the department?s activities to the rebel outfit. State home...

GUWAHATI, June 10 ? The Mizoram Government has estimated that 779 young Mizo lives have been lost in the last 10 years because of drug abuse which has assumed alarming proportions in the hill State. Mizoram Health and Family Welfare Minister F Malsawma told The Assam Tribune here this morning that a section of illegal migrants from neighbouring Myanmar, which is closer to the infamous ?Golden Triangle?, had been engaged in smuggling and peddling of contraband drug in the hill State. The minister said, ?These notorious sections of migrants from Myanmar, who are into this illegal business of...

NEW DELHI, June 10 ? The Central Government today tried to assuage the peeved Bodo Liberation Tiger (BLT) leadership by assuring expeditious clearance of all formalities before the forthcoming Monsoon Session of the Parliament to pave the way for constitution of the interim Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC). A meeting of the Accord Implementation Committee convened by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) here today reviewed the implementation of the Bodo Accord.

The two-round meeting, chaired by Rajeev Agarwal, joint secretary (North-east) jand attended by State Home Commissioner BK Gohain and...

GUWAHATI, June 9 ? At the recently-held conference of Power Ministers of the north-eastern States, the chairman-cum-managing director of the North Eastern Electrical Power Corporation (NEEPCO) received kudos for serving the interests of the region and being the only Central PSU where 90 per cent of the employees belonged to the backward region. But the actions, decisions and policies adopted by the present CMD, SC Sharma, since he took over in November last year, have raised serious doubts on whether the NEEPCO is actually serving the interests of the region.

Undoubtedly, the NEEPCO is the...

Shillong, June 9: Rescued from a brothel in Mumbai 18 months ago, 16-year-old Beena (name changed) is anxiously waiting for the day when she will get the chance to interact with resource persons from the US state department and women and children?s organisations.

Her opportunity will come on June 13. A direct video conferencing (DVC) on trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation of women and children will be held in the city to discuss cases similar to Beena?s.

Beena, who was rescued along with three others, has been rehabilitated by the Meghalaya chapter of the NGO Impulse, which trained...