GUWAHATI, July 7 ? The Ministers who have been dropped in the exercise to downsize the State Ministry would continue to enjoy the same status they used to prior to the exercise. Those who were Cabinet Ministers will continue to enjoy their previous status. They would be provided with the perks too if need be, said Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi here this morning at a press conference. He also hinted that some of the dropped Ministers would also be engaged in party activities.

The statement of the Chief Minister that the dropped Ministers would be enjoying their previous status with the perks...

GUWAHATI, July 7 ? Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today warned firm steps against those Congressmen resorting to bandhs in some parts of the State in protest against dropping of some of the Ministers. ? Bandh culture is against the political culture of the Congress. The Congressmen resorting to bandhs in some parts of the State are opposing the Congress High Command. From tomorrow I will be dealing with them very firmly,? he said. He was referring to the bandh called by the Congressmen of Sonari in protest against the decision to drop Sarat Barkataki from the Council of Ministers of the State.

He...

GUWAHATI, July 7 ? The man-animal conflict that has assumed alarming proportions in the State of late, claimed yet another victim today in the form of a leopard that was killed by the public after it strayed into a residential area in the city and attacked three persons. The injured have been admitted to the Guwahati Medical College Hospital. The condition of Tilok Chauhan (22) who was first attacked by the leopard, is said to be critical. The other two injured are Bapan Das (20) and an elderly Nepali lady. All the three persons hail from Shankar Nagar on the fringe of the Narakasur hills from...

Agartala, July 6: While the National Socialist Party of Tripura (NSPT) leadership is waiting for the resignation of the party leader Hirendra Kumar Tripura by Thursday, the state government has ordered a CID investigation into charges of corruption against him. Tripura, the chief executive member of the Autonomous District Council (ADC), is currently outside the state for treatment. An official press release issued by the state government last night stated that the state government has received allegations of illegal collection of money by Tripura from unemployed youths. The government has...

Nagaon, July 6: The United People?s Democratic Solidarity (UPDS) today warned members of its breakaway faction, the Karbi Longri NC Hills Liberation Front (KLNLF), to ?return to its fold or face its military strength.? The KLNLF has entered into a ceasefire with the Centre against the wishes of the UPDS.

In a press release, UPDS joint secretary W. Musrang said his group would launch a fight against the KLNLF members unless they rejoined the parent organisation.

Claiming that the chief of the KLNLF, Horsingh Timung, had already fled the hilly region to escape the operation, Musrang urged the...