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GUWAHATI, April 2 — Cutting across party lines, members of the State Assembly today demanded Scheduled Tribe status to Koch Rajbongshi community. Raising the issue in the House, the Leader of the Opposition, Sri Bridaban Goswami pointed out that the Koch Rajbonshi community was given the status of Scheduled Tribe twice through ordinances, but the Centre failed to take necessary steps for giving the ST status permanently to the community. He pointed out that other tribes like Ahom, Motok, Moran and tea tribes are also demanding ST status. He suggested that the reservations should be increased...

GUWAHATI, April 2 — The Assam Legislative Assembly today passed the Assam State Commission for Minorities Bill, 2003 to pave the way for setting up of a State Commission for Minorities. The Commission will consist of a chairperson and two members — one from the religious and one from linguistic minority groups — to be nominated by the State government. Retired judges of the High Court will be appointed as chairpersons and members and their term will be for a period of three years. The State government will provide the Commission with a secretary and such other officers and employees as may be...

IMPHAL, April 2 – Manipur today celebrated ‘Sajibu-nong-ma-panba’ popularly known as “cheirsoba”, the Meitei new year day across the State. Inhabitants of this picturesque place pray for a fruitful harvest drying celebration in the next season as spring arrives in the region.

Every household worships the God of grain and every Manipuri family prepares identical menu.

In the evening, the family members along with their children enjoy a walk in the nearby hillocks as part of the occasion. However, nowadays, almost all the people of Imphal walk towards ‘Cheiraoching’ (meaning hillock)...

UDAIPUR (South Tripura), April 2 – Sudden death of tortoises in the lake of Tripureswari Kalibari, one of the 52 pilgrimage centres that embodies the spirit of ‘Shakti”, has become a cause of anxiety for the local authorities here, reports PTI.

South Tripura’s District Magistrate M Nagaraju, who is the temple’s ex-officio principal sevait, said since January last ten tortoises have died in the lake.

“Initially, we thought it was due to contamination but upon testing of the water nothing of that kind was detected,” he said.

However, Animal Lovers Society of Tripura (ALST), blame it on the...

SHILLONG, April 2 — The North Eastern Electric Power Corporation (NEEPCO) Ltd, a Central public sector undertaking headquartered in Meghalaya, was working towards timely completion of ongoing projects, its chairman-cum-managing director S Sharma has said, reports PTI. Addressing an annual general meeting of the association of engineers here on Saturday last, Sharma expressed hope that the Corporation would take up more projects to solve the unemployment problem in the region.

Meghalaya Home Minister R G Lyngdoh lauded NEEPCO’s efforts for developing power situation in the region and exuded...