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Agartala, Dec 20 (IANS) India will invest Rs.1,666 crore (Rs.16.66 billion) to develop highways in Tripura and Mizoram to improve connectivity of the landlocked northeastern states with Bangladesh and Myanmar, an official said here Sunday. “The Cabinet Committee on Infrastructure (CCI) gave clearance for four-laning of the National Highway 44 (from Shillong) up to Tripura’s southern most border town of Sabroom,” a senior government official tols ... Full story

The seven-nation BIMSTEC grouping on ... Full story

Imphal: A Bangladeshi national, who did not have valid travel documents, has been arrested from a place in Manipur's Chandel district bordering Myanmar, official sources said today. Personnel of the 29th Assam Rifles battalion nabbed Amir Ahmed (25) during frisking at security check post of Tengnoupal area, about 110 km of here. The sources ... Full story

Director General of Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) Md Mainul Islam will visit Myanmar next week to hold talks on various contentious issues, especially the recent military build up and manoeuvre by the Myanmar government at the border with Bangladesh. He will lead a six-member delegation also to discuss ... Full story