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Feb. 19: The All-Adivasi Students’ Association of Assam today asked all ministers, MPs and MLAs of the community to resign from their political parties in protest against the new Bodo accord, which has paved the way for the creation of a Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC).

Leaders of the state’s Adivasi community include Speaker Prithibi Majhi, PCC president Paban Singh Ghatowar, revenue minister Methias Tudu, labour minister Rupam Kurmi and minister of state for PWD Etuwa Munda.

The students’ association is an influential organisation and its appeal is likely to be backed by the entire...

Guwahati, Feb. 19: Manipuri residents of the city, concentrated in the Manipuri Rajbari area, have remained a backward community as a result of government apathy and neglect. The locality is popularly known as Manipuri Basti.

The residents trace the roots of their problem to the lack of proper pattas for the land they own in the heart of Guwahati.

Manipuris from Manipur and other parts of Assam, like Cachar and Hojai, had settled in Manipuri Rajbari, a plot of land covering 13 bighas, that was purchased by the erstwhile king of Manipur, Maharajah Churachand Singh, over 100 years ago during...

KOKRAJHAR, Feb 19 — More than 1.61 lakh persons, affected by the ethnic riots in Kokrajhar district in 1996 and 1998, are still languishing in 49 relief camps spreading all over the district. Though the State Government has started the process of rehabilitation of the relief camp inmates, the process is very slow because of paucity of funds. According to records available, as many as 1,10,269 persons, including 71386 adults and 38883 minors of 21,523 families, are living in 26 relief camps in Gossaigaon subdivision, while, 51,393 persons including 34,063 adults and 17,330 minors of 8660...

JAMUGURIHAT, Feb 19 – Coming from Panpur Reserve Forest (6th addition of Kaziranga National Park), depredation of wild elephants is becoming a common feature in the southern part of Jamuguri area which includes revenue villages like Amdara, Hokoma, Panpur, Puraniveti, Nepali Panchigaon, Panchigaon, Habipal, Mohmorapar, Erabari and Borbhagiagaon under Naduar revenue circle (NRC) within East Sonitpur Forest Division of Sonitpur district.

A herd of the giants consisting of 20 to 25 elephants including three menacing ones have been continuously damaging sugarcane cultivation, dwelling houses of...

KOKRAJHAR, Feb 18— The Bodo Liberation Tiger (BLT), which became the first militant outfit from Assam to sign a peace accord with the Government, will be disbanded after the formation of the interim body of the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC), rehabilitation of the cadres of the outfit may turn out to be a tough job for the BTC authorities. Official sources said that the BLT cadres are well aware of the fact that all of them can never expect a Government job, but the BTC authorities will have to take up self-employment schemes for their rehabilitation. The BLT cadres will surrender weapons...