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An air of uncertainty

Mizoram is witnessing a three-cornered contest in the majority of its 40 constituencies and is likely to have a hung Assembly.

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Chief Minister Zoramthanga.-RITU RAJ KONWAR

MNF ahead in Mizoram

The emergence of Chief Minister Zoramthanga as the new peace-maker in the insurgency-hit northeastern region has added to the electoral strength of th

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Chief Minister Zoramthanga.-RITU RAJ KONWAR

MNF ahead in Mizoram

The emergence of Chief Minister Zoramthanga as the new peace-maker in the insurgency-hit northeastern region has added to the electoral strength of th

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The bodies of people who were shot dead by All Tripura Tiger Force members at Kamalnagar village in West Tripura district on August 14.-

Separatist terror

Insurgents in the northeastern States, operating from the Bangladeshi side of the border, unleash terror in Tripura, Manipur and Assam on the eve of I

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A defection drama

Defection by 34 Congress legislators in Arunachal Pradesh leads to the toppling of the Mukut Mithi government and the return of Gegong Apang as Chief

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Indian Army soldiers during an operation against militants of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland close to the India-Bhutan border in Assam, on June 23.-SHIB SHANKAR CHATTERJEE/AP

Bhutan's resolve

Pressured by India, Bhutan decides to take military action against Indian militants operating from its soil, a step the country has been trying to ave

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Routes of promise

THE agreement reached between India and China to reopen the historic trade route through Nathu La (pass) in eastern Sikkim has generated jubilation in

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King Gyanendra (right) with the newly appointed Prime Minister, Surya Bahadur Thapa, after the swearing-in ceremony at the Narayanhiti Palace in Kathmandu on June 5.-GOPAL CHITRAKAR/REUTERS

Nepal's turmoil

Despite stiff opposition from major political parties, King Gyanendra replaces Prime Minister Lokendra Bahadur Chand with another royalist, sparking f

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Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee speaks at a rally.-JAYANTA SHAW/REUTERS

On the decline

A string of electoral defeats later, Mamata Banerjee's Trinamul Congress is a deeply divided party that is hardly in a position to take on the Left Fr

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Deadlock in Naga talks

The latest round of peace talks between the Centre and the NSCN(I-M) ended in a deadlock as the government is unable to concede the demand that the un

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At Bariatu Road in Ranchi on May 27, during a bandh organised to protest against a recruitment examination conducted by the government.-AT A GLANCE

Discord over domicile

Agitations in Jharkhand over the domicile issue and the reservation policy intensify following a recent recruitment drive, which witnessed much violen

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Bodies of people killed in the insurgent attack in West Tripura district.-ASHISH K. BHOWMIK

A terror campaign

Insurgents operating from their bases in Bangladesh strike terror in three non-tribal border villages of Tripura.

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