GUWAHATI, January 1: The All Assam Students' Union (AASU) deadline to the political leaders to resign from the managing committees of the educational institutions to keep the education system free from political interference passed off yesterday without evoking any response. The AASU president, Prabin Boro said that the AASU would be forced to launch a democratic movement for keeping the education system free from political interference. He said that the AASU would announce its agitational programme shortly and "we may even go for obstructing the meetings of the management committees of the...

A Naga separatist group in India's troubled north-eastern region says two of its bases inside Burma have been attacked this week.

The chief of the military wing of the Khaplang faction of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN), Khitobi Zhimomi, told the BBC that Burmese troops smashed two of his bases in the Sagaing division of western Burma this week.

Former army chief General Malik: Made two visits to Burma

He described this as a major attack and said only a timely withdrawal from the two bases saved the NSCN guerrillas from suffering major losses.

However, he did not rule out...

GUWAHATI, August 14: The forum for protecting the identity of the people of Assam in its meeting held on August 6 last resolved to launch a vigorous and sustained mass movement against the notorious IMDT Act and to create national public opinion for early solution of the problems faced by the Assamese community, stated a press release. The executive committee of the forum styled as the Asom Astitwa Suraksha Manch in its meeting also called upon the people of Assam to boycott socially and politically all those individuals and political parties and organizations holding brief for the unjust IMDT...

GUWAHATI, August 14: The Forest Department is trying to evict the encroachers of the Kaziranga National Park (KNP) who are involved in poaching and illegal fishing, said Union Minister of State for Forest and Environment Babulal Marandi while replying to an unstarred question by Arun Kumar Sarma, MP from Assam, in the Rajya Sabha on August 11, says a release here. Marandi admitted that out of the 50,000 inhabitants in and around Kaziranga National Park (KNP), 500 were encroachers. Even though the authorities had initiated steps for the eviction of the encroachers, they obtained stay orders...

GUWAHATI, August 13: Union information technology minister Pramod Mahajan has urged the youth of the Northeast to drop their guns and take to computers. At the inauguration of a software technology park here on Sunday, Mahajan said: "Bullets and barrels can never bring in peace and prosperity. The youth of the region should understand the miracle of information technology." According to him, India would emerge as the global leader in IT in the next few years. Giving the example of Germany, the minister said they are considering allowing Indians to work there. "Indians have established their...