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GUWAHATI, May 22 ? The Karbi Students? Association (KSA) has decided to ?gherao? the offices of the Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council (KAAC) on May 29 to compel the elected representatives to ?act positively? on their demands centred on not granting ST(H) status to the Bodos living in the hill district. ?The KSA is determined to launch relentless struggle till the government concedes to the demand raised by the organisation,? KSA president Bidya Teron said during a press conference here today.

Deciding to launch a series of mass agitational programmes to protest against Clause 8 of the BTC...

SHILLONG, May 22 ? With all the States in the North East in the throes of a critical power crisis, the Power Ministers of the region today expressed concern over the paradox of scarcity of power in the midst of unlimited but untapped power potential of the region. Participating in the 52nd meeting of the North Eastern Regional Electricity Board (NEREB) at Pinewood Hotel here today they urged upon the Government of India to implement the identified power projects in the region on a priority basis to reverse the trend which is adversely affecting the industrial development and economic...

GUWAHATI, May 22? The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) is preparing itself to take over the responsibility of internal security duty or counter insurgency operations from the Army in the Northeastern region. The Inspector General of CRPF, North Eastern Region, Raj Deep Singh today informed that as per the recommendations made by the Group of Ministers formed by the Central government, the CRPF was expected to relieve the Army of its responsibility to counter the insurgents in the region and other parts of the country as well by the end of the year 2005.

The para-military force is now...

Shillong, May 21: The Northeast will witness a power revolution as a number of foreign banks have agreed to fund major power projects in the region.

Revealing this to newsmen today after a meeting with a parliamentary committee on power, chairman-cum-managing director of the North Eastern Electric Power Corporation (Neepco) S.C. Sharma said power shortage in Assam and most northeastern states could end forever as 35,000 MW of hydro power is expected to be generated from the region.

The banks which will fund the projects include the Canadian International Development Agency, Swedish...

GUWAHATI, May 20? Forest officials arrested a poacher, wanted in connection with poaching of rhino horns in Nagaon Wildlife Division of Assam recently, official sources said here.

The arrested man, identified as one Md Faizul, was arrested from Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary under Nagaon wildlife division for killing a rhino and removing its horns.

The rhino had been killed by poachers by electrocution one year back, Divisional Forest Officer Chandan Bora said. A squad of forest personnel had chased the gang soon after the poaching and killed two poachers but two others managed to escape, Bora...