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GUWAHATI, May 29 ? Authorities of Kaziranga National Park (KNP) started eviction drive to root out encroachers from the park as part of the statewide drive launched by the Forest Department in compliance with Supreme Court directive. Sources in KNP informed that the eviction drive was launched in the sixth addition of the National Park since yesterday in Maite and Keteng chaporis (riverine landmass) and so far 24 cattleshed have been evicted. The eviction drive will continue till the KNP in made free of all sorts of encroachers.

Imphal, May 29: Bellying all expectations, the State Cabinet today extended the enforcement of the controversial Disturbed Area status under the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 in Manipur by one more year. The Cabinet move was termed as "very unfortunate" by the DPP which had made revoking the status it's plank for joining the ruling SPF. The decision for extending the tenure of the Act for one more year was taken today during the extended session of the State Cabinet which failed to reach a consensus on the issue yesterday. The meeting held at the conference hall of the Chief Minister...

AGARTALA, May 28 ? The Tripura government has planned a pro-active counter insurgency operation strategy against the underground outfits. The new anti-insurgency strategy was drawn in a series of high level meetings of the concerned police and security force officers with Chief Minister Manik Sarkar on Monday last. The new strategy ? mostly in regards to deployment, reinforcement and strengthening of intelligence networks ? was felt necessary as there are reports of possibility of the large-scale intrusion of heavily armed militants belonging to both All Tripura Tiger Force and National...

IMPHAL, May 28 ? United Committee Manipur (UCM), an apex body of different organisations, has convened an all-party meeting tomorrow to discuss the issues arising out of the Centre-NSCN (I-M) peace talks, an UCM statement said today. The statement said the meeting would discuss how to protect the territorial integrity of the State following the NSCN (I-M)?s demand for merger of some hill portion of Manipur with Nagaland. The UCM which had earlier warned INSCN (I-M) not to incite communal disharmony by demanding division of Manipur would also urge the political parties to adopt a long-term...

BISWANATH CHARIALI, May 28 ? Vast areas of government lands have remained under encroachment of the tea gardens in Sonitpur district which, if regularised, may earn huge revenues for the government. According to a report, over 2,200 hectares of fertile land have been illegally occupied by 47 small and big tea estates of the district. It has been learnt that the Pratabghur tea estate, owned by Williamson & Magor Company, encroached upon over 50 bighas of land of the historic Burhamadhav Devalaya in 1982 and used the land for plantation. The lands under dag Nos 508 and 610 were earlier acquired...