IMPHAL: In the light of failure to repair and ensure security along the deplorable National High ways 39 and 53, transporters have announced that they would be launching an indefinite Chakka bandh along the two routes with effect from midnight of August 4 .

AGARTALA: Floods continued to wreak havoc in Tripura with continued heavy downpour dislodging hundreds of villagers from their houses in low-lying areas.

In Agartala and outskirts, rising waters of the Howragh and Kathakhal rivers swamped large swathes of farmland, submerging homes and disrupting road transport.

KOHIMA: The All Nagaland PWD (R&B) & (H) Work-charge Employees Association (ANPWD (R&B& (H) WCEA) has requested the Minister for PWD (R&B) to release the work charge salary, stating that the salary of work charge employees have not been released by the government since December 2008 up to June 2009.

GUWAHATI: Political parties in Assam are ready for a “dress rehearsal” for the 2011 Assembly elections even as the government is taking steps to ensure peaceful civic polls tomorrow.

A tight contest is on the cards, primarily between the AGP-BJP combine and the ruling Congress, to win the civic bodies ahead of the big battle in less than two years.