IMPHAL, January 13: Even as Governor Ved Marwah ordered 'immediate' re-convening of the House yesterday, Speaker Sapam Dhananjoy today said that efforts are on in right earnest to summon the House at the earliest and take up the no confidence motion against the ruling United Front Government. The Assembly was adjourned sine die on December 1 last year after the Speaker admitted the Opposition sponsored no confidence motion against the MSCP led United Front Government. Speaking to newsmen at the official bungalow of the Speaker this evening Dhananjoy said he has already received the order from...

IMPHAL, January 13: The former chief minister, Rishang Keishing has warned that a Constitutional crisis would result if the state Assembly Speaker, S Dhananjoy ignores the Governor's instructions to immediately reconvene the Assembly for long. Speaking to IFP over the telephone, the seasoned politician said he had no idea whether the Speaker's bulletin extending the adjourned Assembly session by another 20 days was issued before or after the Governor's advice was received. 'However, advice from the Constitutional head of the state has to be taken seriously by the Speaker,' he said. Rishang...

IMPHAL, January 13: An unspecific number of MLAs and ministers at the United Front's camp being currently run at the CM's official bungalow here is said to be fatigued to the point of being bored to death. They want to leave the humdrum of the monotonous camp life and enjoy the real vigorous life of a privileged minister in total freedom elsewhere However being afraid of what the chief minister, the deputy chief minister and other loyal senior cabinet ministers might say and think of them, these bored members of the ruling UF dare not open their mouth about the matter, a very reliable sources...

SHILLONG, January 13: As the 80-year-old Meghalaya Legislative Assembly perished in a devastating fire on January 9 last, with it losing many valuable documents spanning over more than a century. While around 8.30 pm on that fateful night firemen, Army, Air Force and paramilitary forces were trying hard to douse the inferno, Assembly cashier T Sangma risking his life entered his office room where an amount of Rs 5.16 lakh was kept. According to Sangma, he heard about the fire incident at 8.15 pm and rushed to the incident site. As he was concerned about the money and some important papers of...

IMPHAL, January 12: The Wahengbam Nipamacha government, it is now apparent, has concealed several crucial aspects of the Action Plan agreed upon with the Union home minister LK Advani on January 6 last from the public. The Action Plan consists of altogether 26 points, rather than the 12 announced before the media by the authorities, according to reliable sources. According to the sources, under the 'real' Action Plan, the state government has among others given its undertaking that the services of all persons directly recruited in the state government with certain exceptions, since the signing...