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July 30, 2007 (Khonumthung News): Chin state employees of the Myanmar government are being forced to replant over 7,000 acres with Jatropha trees destroyed in a forest fire in 2005. The order to involve government employees from various departments has come from the Township Peace and Development Council (TPDC) authorities.

The Telegraph
Silchar, July 28, 2007: Traffic movement along the Assam-Mizoram border on National Highway 54 is gradually returning to normal with Cachar traders and transporters calling off the blockade and the Mizo Zirlai Pawl relaxing the “public curfew” imposed on non-Mizos.

The Assam Tribune
Guwahati, July 28, 2007: The All Assam Minority Students’ Union (AAMSU) went hammer and tongs against All Assam Students’ Union adviser Samujjal Kumar Bhattacharyya today describing him as an agent of the Congress party.

The Assam Tribune
Itanagar, July 28, 2007 (PTI): BJP MP from Arunachal Pradesh, Kiren Rijiju today appealed to the Assam Government to extend support to the move of adjoining hilly States of Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram and Nagaland to drive out illegal Bangladeshis.

The Assam Tribune
New Delhi, July 28, 2007 (PTI): A P J Abdul Kalam has several feats to his name, like being the first President to make a submarine sortie, but probably none as daring as a night-time flight from Aizawl airport that took off after the runway was illuminated with lanterns and torches!

July 26, 2007 (Khonumthung News): Suspecting locals of providing shelter to an ethnic rebel group, Myanmar authorities have ordered a hotel owner in Chin state, to close and dismantle the hotel.

K Anurag, Rediff.com
Guwahati, July 27, 2007: Neighbouring states sounded war cry against bird flu even as culling of poultry birds continued for the second day on Friday in Manipur where incidence of avian influenza in a small poultry firm in Imphal East district was confirmed couple of days back.