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Imphal, December 21: The Peoples Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak today said the sovereign Bhutan rather than supporting the movement to restore the lost sovereignty of the region is standing against the people of the north east people whose rights had been taken away. It is a game for the government of India but it will read to conflicts amongst kinsmen it further said. Prepak wants to have good relations with Bhutanese but it condemned the puppet Jigme Wangchuk government. It condemned in the highest terms the killing of those who are in their custody. It clarified that the offer to go back...

Imphal, Dec. 21: As many as 10 Manipur ministers suspected to be disloyal to chief minister Okram Ibobi Singh have been temporarily banished from the state to prevent the BJP-led Opposition from staging a coup with their help. Jolted by the Democratic People?s Alliance (DPA)?s invitation to disgruntled members of the ruling coalition to join the oust-Ibobi campaign, the chief minister put seven ministers on a Calcutta-bound flight on Friday. Two more ministers joined them in the Bengal capital the next day.

The exodus continued today with another minister of cabinet rank, a known Ibobi baiter...

Guwahati, Dec. 21: He has spent the better part of his life protecting one of the world?s rare animals, the rhino, from poachers. Now, with recognition coming his way, he is exhibiting that even rarer quality called modesty. Bhupen Talukdar, conservationist extraordinary, was recently chosen for the Sanctuary-ABN AMRO wildlife service award from among hundreds of nominees. He was also named ?Earth Hero for 2003?, the archetype of the growing breed of ecology activists who have devoted their lives to the task of protecting the environment.

But Talukdar, who has defended the endangered rhino...

Guwahati, Dec. 21: The Kuki Revolutionary Army (KRA) has urged the United People?s Democratic Solidarity (UPDS) to revoke its war call against the Kukis in the twin hill districts of Karbi Anglong and North Cachar Hills in Assam. A KRA statement said the Karbi outfit ?must first withdraw its statement on declaration of war on the Kukis?.

?It was the UPDS which had sparked the killings by targeting the Kuki population in the Singhasan hills of Karbi Anglong,? the statement said.

?We are just defending ourselves. We are also for peaceful coexistence, but will not take anything lying down. We...

Guwahati, Dec. 21: Cornered by Bhutanese troops but apparently more angry with the Indian army, a frustrated Ulfa today said the armed forces on this side of the Indo-Bhutan border had launched a propaganda war to ?demoralise? its ranks. Ulfa commander-in-chief Paresh Barua said in an interview to an Internet news portal that the army had wrongly announced the capture of a couple of its top leaders.

?Major Bening Rabha and Captain Biju Deka are very much present in Bhutan and leading the fightback. The news of their surrender and arrest has been spread by the Indian army to break the morale of...