GUWAHATI, June 30 – The overall flood situation in the State has shown signs of improvement today. The water levels of most of the rivers including the Brahmaputra and its major tributaries have receded. However, the mighty river is still flowing above the danger level (DL) at Dibrugarh (14cm) and Dhubri (13 cm). In the Barak valley, the Kushiara is also flowing .02cm above the DL at Karimganj.

The breaches caused by the floodwaters to the roads in many areas of Rangiya subdivision in Kamrup district, in many places in the districts of Nalbari, Barpeta, Morigaon, Goalpara and Hailakandi are...

Guwahati, June 29: Amid pulls and pressures from various quarters, Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi today got a breather when the influential Assam Jamiat-e-Ulema decided not to clamour for ministerial berths. Jamiat working president Badruddin Azmal, who is currently in the Saudi city of Jeddah, told The Telegraph that his organisation would not make any demand to the chief minister regarding the composition of his ministry.

In the past, the organisation had openly lobbied for plum ministerial berths for minority legislators of its choice and had also voiced its opinion on the size of...

Shillong, June 29: Come Saturday and designers from all over the region and Delhi will flock to Shillong to take part in Shades ’04, an event to promote textiles and designs of the Northeast. The one-day event, which will be held at Pinewood Hotel, has already attracted big names in the fashion industry. Besides a show and inauguration of a fashion gallery, the event will be spiced up with a DJ nite.

Organised jointly by the Meghalaya Tourism Development Corporation and the North East Event Management Agency, the show is the first of its kind here. It has been planned with the sole purpose of...

Imphal, June 29: The CPI, a partner in the Congress-led Secular Progressive Front (SPF) government in Manipur, has demanded two cabinet berths in the new downsized ministry. The party, which placed its demand before the SPF steering committee, is “confident” of getting its way.

Moirangthem Ibohal Singh, chairman of the CPI control commission, today said, “We consider at least two berths in the new council of ministry after the downsizing is our right.”

At present, the CPI has five members in the coalition, which has a combined strength of 40, including the Speaker. At present, all five are...

Nagaon, June 29: The Karbi Longri North Cachar Hills Liberation Front (KNLF) today said it was ready to call off its indefinite blockade in the two hill districts if voluntary organisations and political parties can dissuade the rival United People’s Democratic Solidarity (UPDS) from attacking its activists.

The KNLF, earlier known as a splinter group of the UPDS, clamped the blockade on June 21 in protest against the killing of four of its members in an encounter with security forces at Donkamokam in the last week of May.

KNLF general secretary H.S. Timung said it might call off the...