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New Delhi, Dec. 30: India wants its neighbours to follow the example of Bhutan?s operation against Northeast insurgents entrenched in its territory to show their commitment to ?good neighbourly? relations. Foreign secretary Shashank said the issue of Indian terrorists camping in neighbouring countries would be raised at the discussion of senior officials of the Saarc summit beginning in the Pakistani capital tomorrow.

In Guwahati, Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi accused Bangladesh of playing a major role in the growth of insurgency in the Northeast, saying its reluctance to admit the presence...

SHILLONG, Dec 30 ? Barring Manipur (38.96 per cent) and Nagaland (30.59 per cent), in all other States of the north-eastern region, the proportion of gross irrigated area as percentage of gross cropped area various from nearly eight per cent to 18 per cent, which is much less than that of the national average. In light of this, the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), New Delhi, has recently taken initiative to make ?Rainwater harvesting? a popular technology in the region.

The North East, in fact the entire country has a ?millennia tradition? of rainwater harvesting, this was pointed...

SHILLONG, Dec 30 ? The Opposition Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) in Meghalaya today said it had engaged noted jurist and constitutional expert Fali S Nariman to plead its case in the Supreme Court on January 5 next against six MLAs who had caused a split in the State unit earlier this month and joined Congress, reports PTI.

Talking to reporters here after the party?s general council meeting, national general secretary Purno A Sangma said, ?We are going to file the case in the Supreme Court on January 5, the day it reopens after the vacation. Noted constitutional expert and MP Fali Nariman...

GUWAHATI, Dec 30 ? Noted filmmaker Jahnu Barua, celebrated author Indira Gowami, prominent journalists Sanjoy Hazarika , Patricia Mukhim, Dileep Chandan and others have called on Bhutan and India to ensure transparency and respect the rights, especially of non-combatant women and children, in the ongoing military operations in Bhutan.

In a statement e-mailed to this newspaper they have urged that civil society groups and media be given access to the detainees. They also called on the armed groups to turn to dialogue and end their armed struggles in an effort to solve the problems of the...

GUWAHATI, Dec 30 ? The crackdown by the Royal Bhutan Army (RBA) inflicted heavy loss to militant outfits ? the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) and National Democratic Front of Boroland (NDFB) ? both in terms of loss of cadres and weapons while more and more cadres of the outfits are still being arrested or have surrendered before the security forces.

Police sources said that so far, 170 ULFA cadres, who either surrendered or were arrested have been handed over to the police in different parts of Assam since the RBA crackdown began on December 15. Altogether 27 children of the ULFA...