KANCHANPUR/JANPUI(Tripura) : Tension continues to prevail in border areas along Mizoram and Tripura.

A violent mob set fire over 360 Reang tribals huts, in around 15 villages in Mamit and Kolashib districts in Mizoram on November 14, displacing over 5, 000 people.The Mizoram government has issued shoot-at-sight orders to bring the situation under control.

AGARTALA: Altogether 2,220 Reang tribesmen belonging to 487 families have taken shelter in the refugee camps in Kanchanpur subdivision of North Tripura in the past 36 hours amidst indications that those sheltered in Hailakandi district of Assam will also head for Tripura camps as bona fide refugees.

AIZAWL: A national seminar on the 125th birth anniversary of Rev Liankhaia, one of the first Mizo priests and an eminent Mizo historian, was held here today.

GUWAHATI: With demand for power in Assam increasing steadily, Assam has asked the “cash rich” oil companies operating in the state to invest in power generation to help the state tide over an imminent power crisis. The growth in demand for power has even outstripped the growth in the state economy. At a time when the economy of Assam was growing at 7 to 8 per cent, the demand for power has been growing at 12 per cent. The power demand in Guwahati alone, which was just 90 Mw in 2004, is expected to touch 290 Mw in 2010.