GUWAHATI, Nov 19 ? The archaeological site of Ambari in the city is now open for visitors. From 10 am to 4 pm every working day, visitors will be able to see for themselves what the already excavated part of the site has been preserving for them. The excavated part of the site provides testimony to the State?s civilisation dated about 13 centuries back, said Director of State Archaeology Dr H N Dutta here today.

State?s Cultural Affairs Minister Dr Hemaprabha Saikia today opened the Ambari Archaeological site and its site museum for the visitors at a function held by the Archaeology...

GUWAHATI, Nov 19 ? Manipur is all set to get practical and real railway connection as the Prime Minister will lay the foundation stone of the new line from Jiribam to Tupul near Imphal on November 20. Though Manipur is officially connected by the rail network, the last station Jiribam is located just 1.50 kilometres inside the inter-state border and the State will get proper rail connectivity only after the completion of the new line.

The Chief Public Relations Officer (CPRO) of the North East Frontier Railway, T Rabha told The Assam Tribune that the foundation stone laying ceremony would be...

NEW DELHI, Nov 19 ? On the eve of Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh?s departure to Manipur, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) today announced constitution of a five-member expert committee under the chairmanship of former judge of Supreme Court, Justice Jeevan Reddy to examine the contentious Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA).

The Centre while constituting the panel has tried to pack it with experts and balancing the committee by picking up a retired army general, jurist, a former bureaucrat and journalist. The Expert Committee has been given six months to submit its reports to the...

NEW DELHI, Nov 18 ? Lopsided policies of Government of India in dealing with the north eastern region (NER), lack of sincere efforts to understand the problems, bureaucratic indifferences, deficiency of visionary political leaders coupled with the menaces of insurgency and illegal infiltration from Bangladesh have aggravated the problems of the region.

These were some of the opinions expressed by panel of experts comprising retired Governors, army officials, security analysts, who have had long stints in the region and senior journalists at an interaction on North-east organised by the...

NEW DELHI, Nov 18 ? The internecine fight between the rival Isaac Muivah and Khaplang factions that threatened to cast a shadow over the peace talks today forced the Centre?s interlocutor, K Padmanabhaiah to deny arming the Khaplang faction.

The war of words between the two rival factions that threatened to spiral out of control that too on the eve of arrival of the NSCN (IM) leaders to Delhi has led the Centre to issue strong denial reaffirming that the Naga leaders? visit to Delhi for dialogue was on.

In a statement, the Interlocutor said that the Government would like to assure the NSCN...