DIBRUGARH, January 18: It is ungratifying to note that at the Dibrugarh University (DU), teachers, employees and officers take turns to resort to an agitation, in support of their various demands. This spate of agitation has adversely affected academics, resulting in poor academic performance and an overall inorderliness at the sprawling campus. Since the seventh of the current month, the employees of the institution were on a strike, which was called off on January 12, demanding payment of their dearness allowance arrears. The employees, who were on a picketing agitation, effectively...

AIZAWL, January 18: The entire Opposition staged a walkout on Wednesday night in the State Legislative Assembly protesting the break in the "well-laid-down parliamentary conventions", just before the voting on the motion of thanks on the Governor's address, report agencies. According to main Opposition Mizo People's Convention (MPC) president and leader of the Opposition Lalhmingthanga, the age-old parliamentary norm of inviting the Opposition leader to either initiate or wind up a discussion was ignored for the fourth time in the Assembly when a member of the Treasury bench was invited to...

AIZAWL, January 18: Close on the heels of the Opposition walk-out on Wednesday night, the Speaker had to adjourn the House for two hours on Thursday following a pandemonium created by the Opposition benches, report agencies. Trouble started soon after the Question Hour when leader of the Opposition and Mizo People's Conference (MPC) president Lalhmingthanga's demand that his adjournment motion be admitted, was rejected by the Speaker, Lalawa. Following this, the Opposition members stalled the proceedings and gathered at the Wel shouting slogans against the Mizo National Front government.

GUWAHATI, January 18: The Government of India has decided to provide Rs 200 crore during the next five years for modernisation of the State police in response to a comprehensive proposal submitted by the State police. With this enhanced grant the State police plans to modernise the training facilities in training institutions at Dergaon and Mandakata in addition to procuring vehicles, weapons and communication equipment. The police has also drawn up plan to upgrade the existing forensic laboratory at Kahilipara to international standard and set up three regional laboratories and 25 mobile...

GUWAHATI, January 18: The peace talks between the Government and the Bodo Liberation Tiger (BLT) are progressing satisfactorily and the Central Government will announce a comprehensive package for the solution of the Bodo problem shortly, said the BLT publicity secretary, Mainao Daimary. Talking to The Assam Tribune here, Daimary, who was in the city to attend a meeting of the ceasefire monitoring group, said that the BLT was hopeful of an amicable solution to the Bodo problem. He said that they have confidence in the sincerity of the Central Government in solving the Bodo problem as both the...