Imphal, Jan. 22: All Food Corporation of India (FCI) godowns in Manipur and the adjoining states have been shut down following the abduction of FCI deputy director Sadashivam by suspected militants along the Imphal-Moreh route yesterday.

The FCI has suspended all operations in the town indefinitely in protest against the incident.

Director-general of police S. Bimolchandra Singh told The Telegraph today that the United Kuki Liberation Front might be behind the kidnapping. However, there has been no demand for ransom, he added.

The nine persons were waylaid yesterday while travelling in two...

Guwahati, Jan. 22: The department for Development of North Eastern Region (Doner) has expressed its unhappiness over the drawing of funds by Central departments from the non-lapsable central pool of resources for funding several projects in the Northeast.

?This could have been acceptable if the resource pool had funds to play around with. But since we have limited funds, the logic and rationale of the department funding activities of other ministries/departments of government of India is not very clear and to our mind not desirable,? said a report prepared by Doner joint secretary J.P...

Agartala, Jan. 22: The powerful but rival militant outfits, the National Liberation Front of Tripura and the All-Tripura Tiger Force, have made their stands clear ahead of the Assembly polls in the state in February.

The NLFT has already revealed its animosity towards the ruling Left Front, systematically killing tribal leaders and workers of the CPM. Sources said the killings are part of its programme to help the outfit?s alleged political front, the Indigenous Nationalist Party of Tripura, garner tribal votes through intimidation.

Its bitter rival, the Tiger Force, has asked the people to...

Dimapur/ Kohima, Jan 22: If the Centre were to make peace with Isak Chishi Swu and Thuingaleng Muivah, it would have dealt a body blow to insurgency in the region. Because the NSCN (I-M) is today the pivotal force behind insurgent groups operating in Assam, Manipur, Tripura and even those creeping into Meghalaya.

Officials engaged in counter-insurgency operations have reason to believe that the NSCN (I-M) has ‘‘contributed in good measure’’ to the activities of outfits in states across the N-E, training and arming them and drawing from an extortion pool to fill its coffers.

‘‘Other ethnic...

Imphal, January 22: Zeliangrong Students' Union, Manipur (ZSUM) has registered its strong opposition to the construction of Tipaimukh dam by contending that the proposed dam would harm the land and the people for generations come. 'We, the Zeliangrong Students' Union, Manipur and the whole community do not want our land and our future to be annihilated in the name of development,' ZSUM secretary Thuanrei Phaomei said. He questioned, 'If the Govt of India and the State Government do not take the confidence of our people now how can we trust that the proposed Tipaimukh dam will be for our...