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Silchar, April 7: Chief minister Tarun Gogoi?s appeal for restraint appears to have had a sobering effect on the warring Hmars and Dimasas, but the air remained charged with tension as Cachar and the North Cachar Hills struggled to come to terms with last week?s ghastly massacre.

The feud between the two tribal groups began in February with the abduction of three senior members of the Dima Halam Daoga (DHD), which claims to represent the Dimasa community, by Naga and Hmar militants.

Haflong, the headquarters of North Cachar Hills district, today wore a deserted look with residents staying...

IMPHAL, April 7 – Manipur government’s plan to import good variety of rice from Myanmar through Moreh, India’s gateway to the south east Asian countries is likely to suffer a bit as New Delhi has reportedly asked the state government not to import rice from Myanmar. The Centre’s instructions have reportedly been given to the state authorities in the backdrop of the state’s willingness to import rice to weather through the rice crisis in the state. The Union Commerce ministry has categorically stated that the Centre would provide the rice required by the state. The state had submitted a...

GUWAHATI, April 7 — The maidams of Charaideo in Sivasagar District are unique monuments. The practice of burying the dead ones, as has been found in the maidams, is to be found nowhere in the rest of India. The structure of the one excavated by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) is also huge and unique. It resembles only the Egyptian pyramids, said Dr Syed Jamal Hasan, Superintending Archaeologist of the ASI’s Guwahati Circle.

Dr Hasan, who was the director of the excavation works of the Maidam No. 2 of the four maidams, declared as centrally protected sites by the Government of India...

NEW DELHI, April 7— Flooded by pleas for more funds from the north-eastern States, the Ministry for Development of North-eastern Region (DONER) has sought enhanced Budgetary allocation from the Finance Ministry. Minister for DONER, Dr CP Thakur disclosed this here today that even as he sought an appointment with the Prime Minister to discuss the issue of withdrawal of Central Excise Duty exemptions on certain products.

Talking to newsmen on the sidelines of an exhibition ‘Development Initiatives in the North-eastern Region’, which he inaugurated here this afternoon, the Minister divulged that...

TEZPUR, April 6— The Adivasi people living in the proposed Bodo Territorial Council (BTC) areas are not safe and are facing death threats said Silvius Condpan chairman Assam Planning and Development Board. Talking to mediapersons here at Tezpur circuit house, Condpan said without any tangible solution by the ruling State Congress (I) government, the lives of the Adivasi people and other non Bodos living in the BTC areas will be at stake in future.

Many of the Adivasi people living in Kokrajhar and Gossaigaon areas have left their villages and have been camping in the relief camps, the...