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GUWAHATI, June 3 ? Frequent agitational programmes like bandhs, rail roko agitations, picketing, dharna, obstructions etc in the last few years not only resulted in financial loss to the Railways but also affected the movement of people and goods to this backward region of the country.

According to records available with the NF Railway, the areas under the juridiction of this Railway witnessed 132 bandhs, 24 Rail Roko programmes, one picketing, 17 obstructions, 15 dharnas on the tracks etc in the year 2000. In the year 2001, the area witnessed 112 bandhs, 28 Rail Roko agitations, one...

GUWAHATI, June 3? Power consumers in Assam have often suffered big losses with their electrical gadgets getting burnt out due to sudden power fluctuations. Consumers have often complained about their televisions, refrigerators, ACs, music systems and even bulbs and tubes being damaged. The power supplier, Assam State Electricity Board (ASEB), says it has no control over the fluctuations, laying the blame on the power generating utilities like NEEPCO.

Asked about the reasons behind the fluctuations, especially in the evenings, ASEB officials, not wishing to be named, said that the problem is...

GUWAHATI, June 3 ? The efforts of the Central and State Governments to bring the National Democratic Front of Boroland (NDFB) to the negotiating table are yet to yield the desired results primarily because of the adamant attitude of the chairman of the outfit, Ranjan Daimary alias Nabla Daimary, highly placed security sources said here.

Sources said that efforts are on through different channels to bring the militant outfit to the negotiating table but at the same time, the Central Government is of the view that there is no point talking with other leaders of the outfit until Ranjan Daimary...

DHAKA, June 3 ? Bangladesh has said that it has found no camps of Indian insurgents on its soil as claimed by India, reports PTI. ?India?s list of Indian insurgency camps in Bangladesh has been investigated but nothing has been found,? Bangladesh Foreign Minister Morshed Khan has said.

Rejecting the suggestion that there is no forward movement in Indo-Bangladesh relations, Khan said there are no contentious issues between the two nations, adding ?what the two have are irritants.? He described the recent series of interactions between political leaders of the two sides as ?positive and...

New Delhi, June 2: Bangladesh?s history may have taken a slightly different turn had the Mizo National Front (MNF) carried out its decision to execute former President and dictator Zia-ur Rahman.

The Mizo National Front (MNF) was in hiding in then East Pakistan and was mulling over the pros and cons of the war of liberation as it would have entailed installation of a pro-India government and elimination of all camps. The MNF was allowed to set up camps in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of East Pakistan with the active support of Islamabad. The outfit?s sympathies lay with West Pakistan.

MNF...