Abducted Indian trio traceless
Agartala: Three Indian nationals who had been abducted from Baranarayan area near western part of Tripura-Bangladesh border remained traceless for the third day, police said here on Sunday. According to report, Bangladeshi miscreants had abducted the three villagers on September 8 from the Indo-Bangladesh border area here. The victims were identified as Maman Miah, Kutti Miah and Khurshed Alam, residents of Gakulnagar, Udaipur. The Border Security Force (BSF) was asked to take up the matter with Bangladesh Border Guards to rescue the villagers, police said, adding the TSR was pressed into duty in the area following the incident. (UNI)
One drowns in Dhansiri river
Kohima: A 40-year-old has drowned while fishing at Dhansiri river at Dimapur. Official sources said the victim identified as V Mungyan Phom from Yangnyah village under Longleng district, had gone for fishing in the river, when strong current washed him away on Saturday. The body was yet to be fished out, sources added. (UNI)
‘Naga Assembly the ‘poorest performer’
Kohima: Leader of Opposition Tokheho Yepthomi in the Nagaland assembly said the 11th NLA had become ‘one of the poorest performers’. In a press statement here on Sunday Tokheho said it was mandatory to have an Assembly Session once in six months time and that the fixation of date for Assembly Session was purely the prerogative of the government of the day. The duration of the assembly session rested on the government businesses. ”But apparently the government has no business as of now,” he said. Stating that discussions on starred questions in the Assembly was only for one hour in a given day, the CLP leader said when the starred and unstarred questions were raised, most of the departments did not not furnish proper and correct answers. Moreover, he said most of the ministers and parliamentary secretaries either did not not give proper answers or failed to respond. Meanwhile, making a remark on the formation of joint legislative forum (JLF), the CLP leader said for the first time in the history of 47 years of NLA, the present 11th NLA formed JLF to work out and facilitate the ongoing Naga political issue with the initiative from the Speaker of the Assembly. (UNI)