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TAMULPUR (Nalbari), Dec 25? All the 64 kin of ULFA leaders which included some armed cadres of the outfit?s women wing captured by the Royal Bhutan Army and handed over to India yesterday, are being interrogated by the high officials of civil administration at Tamulpur under tight security. They include ULFA leader Bening Rabha?s wife Anima Rabha, Ashanta Baghphukan?s wife Hema Hangshipa and their daughter Kareng Tagtipi, Mrinmoy Hazarika?s wife Mira Sarma Hazarika and their daughter Bandana Hazarika among others.

The 27 children between the age group eight months to eight years include...

NALBARI, Dec 25 ? The on going operation of the Royal Bhutan Army (RBA) against the militant outfits ?with the direct help? of the Indian Army, will make the NE people re-think the issue of sovereignty raised by the militant organisations, said president of the All Assam Students? Union (AASU) Prabin Boro here today. Sri Boro, who was talking to The Assam Tribune, also said that the recent developments in Bhutan had also made it quite relevant for the NE militants to come forward for negotiated solutions to the issues they had raised. For, he said, the militants should honour the sentiments...

DIBRUGARH, Dec 25 ? In a strongly worded message faxed to the Prime Minister today, the All Assam Ahom Sabha has called for an end to the ?systematic annihilation of Assamese youths? in Assam and Bhutan by the security forces. The Sabha said that in Assam in the last thirteen years, thousands of Assamese youths have been killed ?mostly in fake and sometimes in actual encounters.?

The Sabha has come down heavily on the Assam Police too, saying the police have arrested and maimed Assamese youths in their hundreds and framing them in cooked up charges. Terming the Bhutanese army action against...

Silchar, Dec. 24: The Greater Aizawl Water Supply Scheme Phase II project is likely to be abandoned midway because of the ?slow and unsatisfactory? progress of the project. The Rs 176.55 crore-project was undertaken to ensure a steady supply of potable water to Aizawl.

A recent survey conducted by the Centre for Northeast Studies and Policy Research under the department of the development of the northeastern region (Doner) concluded that the project ?was being implemented by the Mizoram government whimsically without any systematic approach?. ?Hence the scheme may have to be abandoned half...

GUWAHATI, Dec 24 ? Eminent poet and litterateur Bireshwar Baruah was today named for the coveted Sahitya Akademi award along with 15 others. Baruah, who has been contributing to the realm of Assamese litterateur for several decades, was selected for the award for his collection of poems Anek Manuh, Anek Thai Aru Nirjanata. Baruah, who retired as an able administrator in 1991 after serving in various capacities as an IAS officer, has authored 34 books. Essentially a poet, he showed equal ?lan in other fields of creative literature as well. Baruah had earlier been conferred with the prestigious...