Kohima, May 17: In what can be termed as another step towards ?Naga unity?, the apex tribal body of two districts in Nagaland ? the Tuensang-Mon Public Organisation (TMPO) ? has decided to reunite with the Naga Hoho, the umbrella organisation of all Naga tribal bodies and public organisations.

The TMPO formed a committee to prepare the groundwork for the reunion at its recently held meeting at Noklak in Tuensang district. It has also reportedly given an assurance to the Hoho about rejoining it. But both the Hoho and the TMPO are non-committal in public about the development.

A senior Hoho...

HAFLONG, May 16 ? Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi alongwith DG(P), Home Commissioner, Commissioner, Hills and Barak valley etc visited Haflong, the district headquarter of North Cachar Hills, which has witnessed killing of several innocent, burning of houses etc due to recent ethnic clash between the Dimasa and Hmar today.

To console both the bereaved family of Normendu Langthasa and Lienzaova Toulour, who were killed by unidentified gunmen on May 12, Gogoi visted both the places of Langthasa and Toulour and shared sorrows with the families. The Chief Minister held a meeting with the Chief...

GUWAHATI, May 16 ?Industries, that had committed crores of Rupees in investments in Assam, have suddenly lost interest in setting up bases here. They are, instead, directing their investments to Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttaranchal, keeping an eye on the nearness of the immense north Indian market. The Centre?s dedision to extend tax concessions, similar to the ones offered to investors in the North East to states like Himachal Pradesh, Uttaranchal and Jammu and Kashmir, have driven prospective investors away from this remote region to the more lucrative northern states...

GUWAHATI, May 16? A bitter rivalry is slowly developing between the ULFA and the NSCN (IM) following the recent killing of an ULFA cadre at the hands of the NSCN(IM) in Nagaland. And at a time when the North-east is passing through violence and ethnic unrest, this certainly bodes ill for the future.

Revealing this, intelligence sources said the ULFA which has for long been a close ally of the NSCN (K), a sworn enemy of the NSCN(IM), used to maintain a distance with the NSCN (IM), without never really coming into a direct confrontation so far. Similarly, the NSCN (IM) too normally...

Shillong, May 16: Meghalaya chief minister D.D. Lapang is finding it increasingly difficult to keep his flock together with the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) going all out to woo the Congress? partners in the ruling Meghalaya Democratic Alliance.

The frequency of meetings between the NCP and the constituents of the coalition, particularly the United Democratic Party, has increased over the past two days.

Even former chief minister F.A. Khonglam, who holds the revenue portfolio in the two-monthold ministry and is known to be close to Lapang, does not rule out the possibility of joining...