KPLT leader arrested, M16 ammunition seized Diphu, May 11 (PTI): The army and Assam police arrested the leader of the militant outfit Karbi Peoples Liberation Tigers (KPLT) and seized a huge quantity of M16 ammunition during a joint operation in Karbi Anglong district, said a senior police official today. The rebel was identified as Sing Timung alias Binong Timung alias Songriso Tungjang who was the acting chairman of the outfit when its chairman Donri Kramsa was in jail, the district superintendent of police Siva Prasad Ganjala here. The Army's 12 Gorkha Rifles and police from Dokmoka jointly searched the courtyard of Timung's uncle's house at Belughat yesterday and found 301 bullets of M16 ammunition, Ganjala said. A case has been registered in Dokmoka police station under the Arms Act, the SP said. The KPLT is dedicated to forming an autonomous Karbi State out of Assam. 1,904 pigs die of 2 diseases in Mizoram since March Aizawl, May 11 (PTI): At least 1,904 pigs and piglets have died in Mizoram since March due to outbreak of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) and Classical Swine Fever (CSF), a senior official today said. Joint director of the state Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Department Dr Hmarkunga told PTI that the figure was based on data collected from officials of the department in all the eight districts of the state. He said that at least 4,064 pigs were found infected with the two diseases in 91 villages spread across six districts. Except for southern Mizoram's Lunglei district and Mamit district on the Mizoram-Tripura-Bangladesh border, all the other districts have been affected by the outbreak, he added. Around 8,000 pigs died of PRRS in the state in 2013 and 2016 and it was suspected to have been propagated by pigs and piglets imported and smuggled from Myanmar where the dreaded disease was reported to have been prevalent. Sikkim nominates State’s Green Ambassador Gangtok, May 10 (PTI): The Sikkim government has nominated Bollywood singer Mohit Chauhan as the Green Ambassador of the state, an official notification said today. The state government had earlier this year roped in AR Rahman as its ambassador to promote tourism in Sikkim. "Mohit Chauhan, Bollywood playback singer and singer of a band known as 'Silk Route', has been nominated as the Green Ambassador for promoting Sikkim as a Green Destination, nationally and internationally, on voluntary basis," the notification said. It said Sikkim is known for its rich biodiversity and abundant natural resources due to environment-friendly policies being followed by the state government for more than two decades. Mizoram CM confident of Cong retaining power Aizawl, May 11(NNN): Mizoram Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) president and Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla on Friday expressed confidence that his party would retain power in the next assembly. The Congress leader and five time chief minister said while addressing to party workers at Congress Bhawan here on Friday. He said that the Opposition parties are not a big threat to Congress winning the next assembly elections. “Mizo National Front (MNF) has been helpless and became desperate and BJP is not a big rival. Other opposition parties including Mizoram People’s Movement (ZPM) too are no big threat and will not be able to dent our chances,” Lal Thanhawla said. Making a mockery remark at ZPM's chief ministerial candidate Lalduhoma’s comment that he would take effort to become a "super chief minister", Lal Thanhawla said, “I wonder how he will become a super chief minister with his weaknesses.” Lal Thanhawla then alleged that the ZPM leader was a liar, who simply talked about things which he had never done or he would never do. “He (Lalduhoma) might have a wide range of experience in the State’s politics as he had joined all the political parties before and he is now about to leave the party which he had formed,” sarcastic Lal Thanhawla said. He then said that his party has better future than others as opposition parties are helpless to point out the faults of Congress leaders and their corrupt practices.
