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IMPHAL, Jan 23 ? A huge rally across Tamenglong district of Manipur would be taken out tomorrow to protest against the proposed construction of multi-crore Tipaimukh dam at the trijunction of Manipur, Mizoram and Assam, Committee Against Tipaimukh Dam (CATD) said today, reports PTI.

The CATD said in a statement that rally, public meetings and processions would be organised in the district to protest against the proposed dam for which a memorandum of understanding had been signed by the Manipur Government and North Eastern Electrical Power Corporation recently.

In another statement...

AGARTALA, Jan 23 ? The Election Commission has removed the IGP (Law and order) TK Sanyal from his present posting following allegation from the opposition parties in the State. The Opposition parties Congress, its ally INPT and other political parties alleged that Sanyal was working at the instance of the ruling Left Front, and he might use the police and other armed force under his charge TSR, against the Opposition party workers. They had also submitted a memorandum demanding his removal when CEC JM Lyngdoh visit the State on January 16 last. He was recently brought to the post in place of...

KOHIMA, Jan 23 ? The former higher and technical Education Minister, Prof T Chuba, who on Monday resigned from the SC Jamir Cabinet as well as from the Congress, on Tuesday joined the Nagaland People?s Front, and decided to contest the coming elections from Dimapur-I LAC instead of his home constituency in Mokokchung district, NPF sources told PTI.

Expressing strong reservation against the ?policies and programmes of the Jamir Government,? Prof Chuba had tendered his resignation to become the third Cabinet Minister to snap ties with the ruling Congress. The NPF?s ranks were further bolstered...

DIBRUGARH, Jan 23 ? A report of a large number of residential birds falling prey to insecticide at the Tilonijan tea estate in the Dibrugarh district has raised the heckles of nature watchers and wildlife enthusiasts. Though it is common knowledge that tea gardens use pesticides and insecticides to keep unwanted insects and pests at bay, this is the first time that there are reports that birds are becoming the victims.

Several species of birds, viz, Red Vented Bulbul, Black Drongo, Indian Tree Pie, Common Myna, Jungle Myna and the Babbler have died in their hundreds in and around the...

BONGAIGAON, Jan 23 ? The banned National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) had decided to refrain from indulging in ?major strikes? for a few months in anticipation of the Government resolving its demand for a separate Bodoland, a top NDFB leader said, reports PTI. ?We have been watching the attempts of the government to solve the Bodoland issue, Hence we have decided to abstain from causing major damages for another few months,? top NDFB leader Digvijoy Doimari alias Rajen Musharahari, told PTI somewhere in Bongaigaon district. ?But we will never move away from our goal for a separate...