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AIZAWL, June 18 ? Education ministers of the north-eastern States have urged the Centre to give 100 per cent funding to the States of the region under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), Mizoram Education Minister, Dr R Lalthangliana said here Monday, reports PTI. Lalthangliana, who is also the chairman of the North East Education Ministers? Forum, told PTI that the forum members had submitted a memorandum to this effect to the Centre. ?We urged the Centre to give 100 per cent funding under SSA or meet the 25 per cent matching share of the States from the non-lapsable central pool of resources,? he...

AGARTALA, June 18 ? The Tripura government will export horticultural products to Nepal, informed State Cooperative Minister Niranjan Debbarma. He said the State Apex Cooperative Society will export the products to Nepal. According to the minister, 12 metric tonnes of processed foods mostly pineapple and orange jams and jelly in tinned containers will be despatched to Nepal. A total of 16,000 MT of raw horticulture items will also be sent to other north-eastern States. Debbarma said, to facilitate the storage of horticultural and agricultural products a new cold-storage of 3000 MT capacity will...

IMPHAL, June 18 ? About five lakh people today turned out here to remember the 18 killed during the agitation in Manipur after the extension of the ceasefire agreement between the Centre and the NSCN(IM) to the State on this day last year, reports PTI. Organised by the apex United Committee Manipur (UCM), rallyists from four corners of the State converged at Mapal Kangjeibung, the polo ground, before marching in a procession to Kekrupat on the banks of Imphal river, where the victims of the agitation were cremated. The Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh led the rallyists at Kekrupat. The...

GUWAHATI, June 18 ? Considering the burgeoning number of Guwahati population and the subsequent rise in the number of vehicular traffic in the city, the Brahmaputra Board, on a request from the Kamrup district administration, has prepared a project to reclaim a portion of the Brahmaputra bank between Sukreswar Ghat and Nilachal hillock. The project named River Training Measure for Strengthening the Embankment of Guwahati City is estimated to entail a cost of around Rs 35 crore. According to the Brahmaputra Board sources, if implemented, the project will help widening of the Mahatma Gandhi Road...

GUWAHATI, June 18 ? The State Government today announced a series of austerity measures including a ban on purchase of vehicles, air conditioners and other gadgets. An official release said that with the exception of the Chief Secretary and the Director General of Police, only one vehicle would be allotted to the entitled officers irrespective of the number of posts and charges held by the concerned officers. All pool vehicles would be under the direct control of the head of departments, directors etc and log books would have to be maintained strictly. Only the Chief Secretary and the DGP will...