SHILLONG, July 10 ? The North Eastern Council (NEC) has sanctioned an amount of Rs 4.38 lakh to IIM-Calcutta for an evaluation-cum-impact study of marketing support for agri-horticulture produce in the region. The money was sanctioned to the IIM as the third instalment of funds for the study of NEC- funded ongoing schemes, Council sources said here 0n Saturday.

The NEC also okayed a sanction for payment of over Rs 1.27 lakh to a Jawaharlal Nehru University associate professor for study on NE economy. The money sanctioned to Gulshan Sachdeva, associate professor of JNU?s School of...

ITANAGAR, July 10 ? Beleaguered Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Gegong Apang has said the Centre could not impose President?s Rule in the state as there was no constitutional crisis following the dissolution of the state Assembly, reports PTI. ?The Centre cannot impose President?s Rule and if it does so it will go against the spirit and provisions of the Constituition,? Apang, formerly of the Arunachal Congress and who now belongs to the BJP, told PTI.

He was reacting to the UPA government not ruling out imposition of President?s Rule in the state in the face of dramatic political...

ITANAGAR, July 10 ? The flood situation in Arunachal Pradesh continued to be grim today with all the rivers rising alarmingly and crossing the danger level following continuous downpour during the last few days, reports PTI. Teju, the district headquarters of Lohit, remained cut off from the rest of the country for the second day today.Lohit Deputy Commissioner P S Lokhande told PTI that at least 40,000 people were affected by the flash floods in Piyiong, Namchai, Chowkham, Sonpur, Mahadevpur and Teju circles of the district following swelling of Noa Dihing, Digaru and Derrang rivers.

While...

NEW DELHI, July 10 ? Amid dissent by few ministers in Meghalaya who were dropped in the downsizing exercise, Chief Minister D D Lapang has admitted that some of them may be unhappy but said the Constitutional provision had left no option before him, reports PTI. ?Naturally some of them may be unhappy but once the law is made, there is no option but to follow it. I had to carry out the exercise with a heavy heart,? Lapang told reporters here Thursday night.

The Meghalaya ministry comprised 39 members, including the Chief Minister, before the downsizing on July 7. Prominent among those dropped...

GUWAHATI, July 10 ? Stepping up his campaign against Governor V C Pande, Arunachal Pradesh Congress chief Mukut Mithi today demanded his immediate removal as he was 'sick and physically unfit' and imposition of President's Rule in the State. "The Governor's frequent change in stand and his loss of memory proves that he is physically unfit and sick and thus he has to be removed," Mithi told a press conference here before leaving for New Delhi to discuss the political crisis in the State with the Congress high command.

"I have a feeling that he is very sick and suffering from memory loss...