Imphal, April 30: All is not well within the Congress which is heading the SPF Government. According to a highly placed source, some members of the party have openly revolted against Chief Minister O Ibobi demanding his resignation. On the other hand, the Central leaders of the BJP have reportedly given the blessing to form a BJP-led Government here to the State BJP leaders during their recent trip to Delhi.The source revealed that the Congress is now divided into two camps - one favoring Ibobi while the other disagrees with his style of governance. The group has even started projecting the...

DIMAPUR, April 29 ? In yet another case of utilizing the oil tankers as the safe carriers to smuggle the contraband ganja, cultivated in Manipur or smuggled from the neighbouring country Myanmar--the biggest producer of the contraband in the region-- to the most potential markets in the mainland states of India, personnel of Kohima North P S seized 2835 kgs of the contraband ganja smartly concealed inside oil chambers of the tanker. Police personnel manning the check gate near the BSF camp, Kohima arrested two persons?Thampal Sinha and Robin Singh both from Samaram village under Thoubal...

NEW DELHI, April 29? A sudden change in policy of Staff Selection Commission in recruitment of clerks that has left candidates from the North-eastern and southern States high and dry, provoked a hue and cry in the Lok Sabha today as members cutting across the political lines demanded cancellation of the selection process. The issue that united the House against the Commission?s revised policy was raised by Vaiko of the MDMK party during the Zero Hour. Terming the selection process as a discrimination against candidates from the southern end the north-eastern states, he alleged that as against...

GUWAHATI, April 29 ? Nalbari district, a strong bastion of the proscribed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), is today under siege of the Army, police and para-military forces engaged in counter-insurgency operation. Deputy Commissioner of Nalbari, B Kalyan Chakraborty, who heads the Unified Command at district level by virture of his official position, informed that over 20 hardcore ULFA militants had been ?eliminated? in the district in ?encounters? with security forces in the last couple of months. The Deputy Commissioner attributed the success of ?well-coordinated? Army-police...

NEW DELHI, April 29 ? As many as 75 of the total 86 operational airports in the country were consistently making losses with Guwahati topping the list incurring losses of over Rs 25 crore in 2000-01, the Lok Sabha was informed today, reports PTI. Civil Aviation Minister Syed Shahnawaz Hussain said in a written reply that Trivandrum (Rs.9.96 crore), Nagpur (Rs. 9.85 crore) and Lucknow (Rs. 9.21 crore) are the among major loss-making airports.