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NEW DELHI, Jan 28 ? Bickering over the seat sharing arrangements among the non-Congress and non-Left parties in Nagaland continues, with the BJP yet undecided on joining the Democratic Alliance of Nagaland (DAN). The party is likely to take a final decision at the meeting of its Central election Commission (CEC) here tomorrow.

Announcing this, national president of the BJP, M Venkhaiah Naidu said that the CEC meeting would also finalise its poll strategy as well as its list of candidates in all the four States going to polls next month. Even as the BJP bargains for few seats in Nagaland...

Shillong, Jan. 28: Meghalaya is reeling under an acute power crisis which threatens to plunge the state into long periods of darkness.

Over the past couple of weeks, Shillong and the major towns of the state have been experiencing power failure at intervals of 20 to 30 minutes throughout the day.

MeSEB officials attributed the power crisis to the breakdown of the 60-MW stage IV power station at Umtru and the non-availability of adequate power from Central sector grids.

?It will take at least four months for the stage IV plant to be re-commissioned. Till then we will have to continue load...

AGARTALA, Jan 28 ? Amid the security alert sounded through out the State following the massacre of 11 villagers by the insurgents of banned National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) at Mandai Chowmahani village in West Tripura district on Sunday, a massive search operation is on in the area, reports PTI.

Police said the SP (West), Anurag Dhyankar is camping in the area following the brutal killing in which eleven people, including five women and children, were killed. Police said two persons were interrogated yesterday and one Sushil Debbarma was arrested today in connection with the...

Kohima, Jan. 28: In a departure from the traditional style of campaigning in the state, the Nagaland People?s Front (NPF) is trying to croon its way into the voters? heart.

?Congress party, Naga manuh bikri na korbi? (Congress party, don?t sell the Naga people), sings Vibeileituo Kets in ?Save Nagaland?, an audio album released by the NPF yesterday as part of its poll campaign.

While in the plains of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar parties have used Jaunpuri jingles to tickle the mind of voters, this is a maiden musical campaign for Nagaland.

The album, with the NPF?s symbol ? the rooster, has eight...

Dimapur, Jan. 28: Nagaland?s net surfers are living through a virtual nightmare and that is putting the matter lightly.

Ask any surfer in the state and he is sure to tell the same tale: the modem keeps on making weird noises as the surfer waits, frets and fumes. Even if one is lucky to be connected to the web, the data flow is so slow that it?s enough to give headaches.

?Don?t even ask...the very thought of surfing triggers my migraine,? says Tainla, a housewife from Kohima.

?One day I frittered away four precious hours just to attach a mail as the byte (data flow) simply refused to kick up...