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Imphal, January 25: Mass protest rallies under the banner of the Committee Against Tipaimukh Dam taken out simultaneously at Tamenglong Headquarters, Luangba (Nungba) and Luangmai (Noney) yesterday denounced the MoU signed between the Government of Manipur and the North East Electrical Power Corporation (NEEPCO) for construction of the Hydro Electrical Project at Tipaimukh along Manipur-Mizoram border. Nearly 650 villagers including school students, non-Manipuri shopkeepers took part in the rally held at Luangmai (Noney). They carried placards and banners with imposing wordings like 'We oppose...

Imphal, January 25: The majority community the Meitei living in Manipur should play an important role in safeguarding the territorial integrity of the state the Chief Minister O Ibobi today said after returning from New Delhi. He expressed unhappiness over the incident which occurred during Gaan-Ngai and at Nagaram. It was not a civilized act he said. He further said during a football match foul language were used during a match with a team from Churachandpur. Stop using derogatory words he said. The delegation of political parties which went to Delhi had a series of discussions with central...

GUWAHATI, Jan 24 ? Even as the city police continued its city-wide raid and search operations in the run-up to the Republic Day celebrations on Sunday, it achieved a major success this evening by unearthing 55 rounds of assorted ammunition from the campus of the Assam State Zoo. Police sources said that a tip off was received about suspected ULFA cadres trying to conceal some arms and ammunition in the zoo campus. Based on that, a police team, led by DSP Nanda Singh, discovered the bullets buried in the ground in the eastern corner of the zoo. The booty included 26 rounds of AK-47 ammunition...

RANGIA, Jan 24 ? The Army?s strategy of resource control, by choking the supply routes of the ULFA and the NDFB insurgents holed up in Bhutan, is paying rich dividends as the outfits? camps are being starved of essential commodities and medicine. The General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the Tezpur-based 4 corps, Lt Gen Mohinder Singh, AVSM, said here today that it has led to the lowering of the morale of the ULFA and NDFB cadres.

Lt Gen Singh, who was speaking to newspersons after attending the ?rehabilitation ceremony? of 27 ULFA and NDFB cadres, said that things required to sustain the...

NEW DELHI, Jan 24? Concluding their forthnight-long tour of Delhi, NSCN(I-M) leaders today left for Amsterdam this afternoon after giving a clarion call to all Nagas irrespective of party affiliations to present their suggestions on the ongoing peace process. The Delhi-round of peace talks that ended without much progress on substantive issues was made up by the farewell given to them at the airport by over 500 Naga delegates belonging to various civil groups. ?We are overwhelmed by the response of the Naga people?, the president of the NSCN(I-M), Isak Chisi Swu told the gathering.

The NSCN...