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ITANAGAR, June 26 ? Two riflemen of Gorkha Regiment were killed and five others seriously injured in an ambush by suspected NSCN (I-M) cadres on an Army convoy at Ranglin village in Changlang district of Arunachal Pradesh, police said Wednesday, reports PTI. A convoy comprising 35 Army personnel was ambushed Tuesday when it was proceeding to the area for patrolling and search operation, the police said. While riflemen Suren Gurung and Fatik Bahadur Thapa died on the spot, five others including the driver were admitted to Dinja army hospital. A combing operation has been launched.

SHILLONG, June 26 ? Meghalaya, the only power-surplus State in the North East is likely to run up a shortage of 100 MW of power during the current year. The fear was expressed by Power Minister M N Mukhim during the question hour in the State Assembly today. The situation has turned so critical that only seven of the industrial units given clearance to start production at the Export Promotion Industrial Park (EPIP) at Byrnihat are getting power from the Meghalaya State Electricity Board (MeSEB) at present.

Imphal, June 26: Painting a grim picture of the AIDS scenario in the State, Dr Khomdon Lisham, Project Director of The Manipur State AIDS Control Society (MACS) today informed Manipur has 1063 commercial sex workers who are carriers of the dreaded disease. Speaking during the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking organized by the Indian Medical Association, Manipur State branch at its premises at Lamphelpat, Dr Khomdon termed as unfortunate the Government’s failure to take up proper initiative to check the spread of the disease. Stating that the commercial sex workers...

GUWAHATI, June 25 ? The minister of state for finance Sri Nilamani Sen Deka today said that the State government has laid emphasis on single point tax collection system in order to generate revenue and to check tax evasion. Addressing a press conference here, Sri Deka further said that he has organised a meeting on June 28 with the tax officials to find out ways for increasing tax collection of the State. ?The revenue shortfall of the State stands at Rs 158 crore per month and considering the gravity of the situation we have stressed on resource mobilisation?, Sri Deka added. He, however...

GUWAHATI, June 25 ? The all-party conference convened by the Congress government in Assam to evolve a consensus on demarcation of the boundary of the proposed Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) today agreed to include additional 126 villages in the tribal council as per the demand of Bodo Liberation Tiger (BLT) and its allies. However, the problem of demarcating the BTC boundary could not be solved entirely by today?s all-party meeting chaired by the Chief Minister, Tarun Gogoi, as no consensus could be arrived at about the status of another 141 villages demanded for inclusion in the BTC by...