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IMPHAL, May 30 ? Manipur Government has decided to extend the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act 1958 for another year from June 1 in view of the deteriorating law-and-order situation, official sources said today, reports PTI. The State Cabinet which met yesterday decided to continue with the ?disturbed area? status of the State by extending the Act which had been first imposed in the State on September 8, 1980, the sources said. Since then, the Act had been extended from time to time to deal with armed insurgents operating in the State and the last two-year extension, made during the rule of...

NEW DELHI, May 31 ? As part of its plans to improve air connectivity in the North Eastern Region (NER), the Union Cabinet has approved continuation of helicopter services in Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya and Sikkim, besides extending the service to Tripura. A significant decision that is likely to directly benefit the region was the formal clearance by the Cabinet to re-open the Indian consulate in Mandalay in Myanmar. An assurance to the effect was given by External Affairs Minister Jaswant Singh last year following a request from the Government of Myanmar.

Another decision that could grant a...

NEW DELHI, May 31 ? Asserting that non-Bodos have no objections to Bodos being given autonomy sans a territorial council, Sanmilita Jana-Gosthiya Sangram Samity (SJGSS) has called for a round table conference to resolve the tangle. A delegation of SJGSS, a joint platform of 19 non-Bodo organisations today staged a demonstration at the Jantar Mantar here today opposing the move to create Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC).

Peeved at not being taken into confidence by both the Centre and the State Government, deputy chief convenor of the SJGSS, Brajen Mahanta said that while they were not...

DIMAPUR, May 31 ? In a significant development the Tenyimia legislators,which comprises of Angami, Chakhesang, Zeliangrong and Rengma Naga tribes have registered their dismay at the statement of the Angami Public Organization (APO) issued jointly by APO?s vice president R Iralu and treasurer Vipose Zao, wherein the APO has expressed its resentment against the decision of Nagaland Chief Minister SC Jamir for dropping Therie from his Council of Ministers, alleging that the Chief Minister?s decision ?speaks loudly of a design to marginalize the Tenyimia community within the government.? The...

ITANAGAR, May 29 ? The two-day Spring Festival-2002 coinciding with Buddha Purnima ended on May 26 at Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh where the world?s second largest Buddhist monastery is located at an altitude of 3500 metres, reports PTI. The occasion was celebrated as mega tourism festival to portray Tawang as a major tourist destination in the country. The festival was jointly organised by Tawang district administration, Tourism department of Arunachal Pradesh and Ministry of Tourism, Government of India, an official release said here on Wednesday. Foreign and domestic tourists thronged Tawang...