Manipur: Army jawan injured in militant attack Imphal, February 2 (PTI): An army jawan was injured in a hand grenade attack by suspected militants in Manipur's Bishnupur district, police said today. The hand grenade was hurled yesterday by suspected militants from a speeding car while a team of 2 JK Light Infantry was on foot, patrolling near Nachou Lamkhai along the NH-150, a police official said. The army personnel also opened fire on the car but the militants escaped, the officer said. The injured jawan, identified as MD Arshad, was rushed to Army Hospital at Leimakhong for treatment and he is reportedly out of danger. A case has been registered at Bishnupur police station in this regard, the official added. Teesta hydropower plant to generate 1,200 MW in 2 months New Delhi, February 2 (IANS): The Teesta hydroelectric power project in Sikkim will start generating 1,200 MW power in the next two months, Union Power Minister Piyush Goyal said on Thursday. He was talking at an interaction with reporters here on the Budget 2017-18 proposals for the coal, power, renewable energy and mines sectors. In September last year, Goyal had said the government will very soon resolve the issues related to the delayed Teesta power project, the first unit of which was to be commissioned in 2013. The project, designed to generate 5,214 million units of power, is being constructed by the Sikkim government-run Teesta Urja Ltd. on the Teesta river in the North Sikkim District of the state. Woman gangraped in Tripura, three arrested Agartala, February 2 (PTI): Three persons were arrested from Adarini tea garden near here for allegedly raping a woman, police said today. The trio allegedly raped the woman inside the tea garden yesterday. The locals, who later rescued the woman informed the police about the incident following which the accused were arrested last night, Superintendent of Police Bhanupada Chakraborty said. The victim has been admitted to the hospital and investigation is underway, he said.
