NEW DELHI, July 29: With elections round the corner, political parties of Assam, specially the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and the Congress are gearing up to woo the minorities. The scene of intense politicking to garner the support of the minorities has shifted from Assam to Delhi as both the state Congress and the AGP have rushed emissaries to talk with Muslim outfits. While APCC president, Tarun Gogoi, apparently not willing to take any risks, has posted himself at the capital, AGP has despatched the state irrigation minister and minority leader, Abdul Muhib Mazumdar, to seal a deal. The...

GUWAHATI, July 28 - The banned United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) has shifted three of its big camps further deep inside Bhutanese territory to avoid conflicts with the Royal Bhutan Army (RBA), according to the deputy inspector-general of the Border Security Force (BSF), Ashok Kumar. He said the outfit had shifted the camps last week in view of the Bhutan government's fresh move to evict them from its soil. The Bhutan government had held two rounds of talks with the leadership of the ULFA and during the discussions the latter had agreed to reduce the number of men instead of leaving the...

NALBARI, July 28: Disgusted with the activities of the different militant outfits, which had vitiated the atmosphere of the district with rampant killings, extortion, abductions, the people of Nalbari have come out to the street to put an end to it. Four militant outfits - United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), National Democratic Front of Boroland (NDFB), Bodoland Liberation Tiger Force (BLTF) and Bengali Tiger Force (BTF) are active in the area. A new outfit Adivasi Cobra militants has also emerged. The people of Nalbari held a series of public meetings at several places to protest the...

NEW DELHI, July 28: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has decided to refer the complaint lodged by Dr Dhani Ram Baruah to the full bench of the Commission. The controversial surgeon who was in the news for transplanting a pig heart into a human being had filed a complaint with the NHRC alleging human rights violation by the Assam government. The commission had since heard the representatives of the two sides and reserved its order.

AIZAWL, July 28: The Mizoram government is making concerted efforts to make the sub-treasury at the India-Bangladesh border town of Tlabung functional so that border trade between the two countries can be started at the earliest. Stating this in the Assembly on Tuesday, chief minister Zoramthanga said a conducive atmosphere has prevailed in the border areas after an accord was signed between the Bangladesh government and the Chakma rebel outfit, Shanti Bahini. Zoramthanga said more treasuries and sub-treasuries will be constructed in different districts, subdivisional headquarters and big...