10 killed, thousands displaced in northeast floodsGUWAHATI/ITANAGAR - Ten people were killed and about 300,000 displaced in flash floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains in the northeastern states of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, officials said Sunday. A PIL that unravelled one of India’s biggest scamsITANAGAR - Bamang Tago, a civil rights leader, did not have the faintest idea that a PIL (public interest litigation) he filed way back in 2004 could eventually unravel one of India’s biggest frauds involving over Rs.1,000 crore ($213 million) of government funds allegedly pocketed by a clique of politicians-bureaucrats-contractors in Arunachal Pradesh. Gegong Apang arrested in PDS scam, sent to police custody (Lead, Changing dateline)ITANAGAR - Former Arunachal Pradesh chief minister and veteran Congress leader Gegong Apang was Tuesday sent to seven days police custody after he was arrested by Special Investigation Cell (SIC) sleuths for alleged involvement in the Rs.1,000 crore public distribution system (PDS) scam. Sixteen dead, 50,000 displaced as rains lash northeast (Roundup)AGARTALA/ITANAGAR/GUWAHATI - Incessant rains caused havoc in the northeastern states of Asssam, Arunachal Pradesh and Tripura, claiming at least 16 lives and displacing over 50,000 people, officials said Thursday. Arunachal hostel fire toll now 14, locals vandalise schoolITANAGAR - The toll in the hostel fire tragedy in Arunachal Pradesh went up to 14 with two more bodies recovered from the debris. Irate locals Friday vandalised the school, forcing authorities to airlift 14 teachers and supporting staff for security reasons, officials said. 12 school children killed in Arunachal hostel fireITANAGAR - At least 12 school children were charred to death and eight injured in a massive fire that broke out at a private hostel in Arunachal Pradesh, officials said Thursday. 12 school children die of burns in Arunachal hostelITANAGAR - At least 12 school children were charred to death and eight injured in a massive fire that broke at a private hostel in Arunachal Pradesh, officials said Thursday. |
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