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GUWAHATI, June 23 – The atmosphere in Kamakhya wears a festive look as pilgrims continue to throng the hilly locale anticipating the opening of the temple doors, which closed on June 22. Till today about two lakh, twenty thousand pilgrims have visited the temple town, even though the doors would open for pilgrims only on Friday morning. The nibritti, however will take place some hours before the pilgrims are allowed inside the temple. This year visitors have come in from several foreign countries, including France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Korea, Switzerland and USA. A sizeable number of...

SHILLONG, June 23 – Majority of 41-member Meghalaya council of Ministers today tendered their registration letters to Chief Minister DD Lapang to enable him to complete the mandatory ministry down-sizing exercise before the July 5 deadline.

Confirming the receipt of the registration letters, sources close to the Chief Minister said “a handful of Ministers who are yet to submit their papers are expected to comply with the Meghalaya Democratic Alliance (MDA) resolution asking all the Ministers to submit their resignations by June 25 to facilitate Lapang to carry out the exercise smoothly”.

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Guwahati, June 23: The state government has agreed to the formation of three new wildlife sanctuaries to bring more forest areas under government protection. The decision has been taken despite the fact that the government is facing funds and manpower shortage. Addressing a press conference today, forest minister Pradyut Bordoloi said the government has issued final notification to three new wildlife sanctuaries — Amsang, Barail and Dihing Patkai. The total area under the three sanctuaries is 516 square km.

“All the demands of NGOs for creating wildlife sanctuaries cannot be met and many...

Imphal, June 23: Manipur chief minister Okram Ibobi Singh and Lok Sabha member Thokchom Meinya Singh today rushed to New Delhi with Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, asking for the list of legislators who will make up the new Secular Progressive Front (SPF) ministry.

Meinya Singh said before leaving for the capital that the AICC had devised a formula to prevent dissidence. “We hope there will be no problem during the downsizing exercise. We will urge Sonia Gandhi and the Prime Minister not to tolerate lobbying for ministry berths.”

The size of the 33-member...

KOHIMA, June 22 – In the backdrop of abetment of movement of insurgents across the international border, Myanmarese and Indian Army official met at Dimapur to discuss strategies to launch operations against holed-up militants in Myanmar on the lines of a similar one in Bhutan, reports PTI.

Although officials denied that there was any discussion to flush out North-east militants taking shelter on the other side of the international border, an intelligence report said the meeting chalked out strategies to launch operations against Indian militants sheltering in Myanmar.

The meeting held at...