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ITANAGAR, Jan 24 : Arunachal Pradesh State Planning Board deputy chairman Tadik Chije, MLA was inducted to the Mukut Mithi ministry as cabinet minister on Friday.

Governor Arvind Dave administered the oath of office and secrecy to Chije in a simple ceremony at the Raj Bhawan, which was attended among others by the Chief Minister and his cabinet colleagues.

With the induction of Chije, the strength of the Mithi ministry has again become 40, including 24 of cabinet rank. The assembly is a 60-member one where the Congress has 59 seats and the opposition Arunachal Congress just one seat.

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GUWAHATI, Jan 29 ? After three years of peace talks between the State and Central Governments and the Bodo Liberation Tiger (BLT), only one issue, that is reservation of seats in the proposed Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) is delaying the signing of an accord for solution of the vexed problem. The leaders of the BLT are not willing to accept the State Government?s proposal on reservation of seats in the proposed council to be formed under the provisions of the amended Sixth Schedule of the Constitution of India, while, the State Government, on its part, is yet to take any decision on the...

TEZU, Jan 29 ? The Union Civil Aviation Ministry will continue to give top priority to air connectivity in the North East, Union Civil Aviation Minister Syed Shahnawaz Hussain said here today. More and more towns in the region will be brought under the air map, he said. Hussain, who was speaking to The Assam Tribune on the sidelines of the ongoing Brahmaputra Darshan Festival here today, said that from next year Haj flights will be introduced from Guwahati airport. This will come as a major relief for hundreds of Haj pilgrims who have to travel outside the region to take the flight to Mecca...

SHILLONG, Jan 29 ? Meghalaya Police is investigating possible British connection of the banned Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council (HNLC). East Khasi Hills District SP, Ida Nongrang this evening told newsmen that the External Affairs Ministry has been approached to verify the antecedents of a British national, Timothy Paul Minds, student of Oxford Brooks University.

The development emerged after the police today arrested a HNCL overground activist in the State capital and recovered one American M-16 rifle and a Chinese assault rifle in a raid. The police also recovered some ammunition and...

BOGOLAMARI (Goalpara), Jan 29 ? This tiny village, home to barely 2000 people, has suddenly woken up to a new beginning. Till the other day, the people here, almost all tribals, were eking out a living from the fields that yielded just enough to sustain them. Today, they plan to open their doors to tourists from India and abroad who seek the unique. The villagers believe that tourists will bring with them the much needed money to give a push to the local economy.

Bogolamari is 120 km from Guwahati, near Dudhnoi, in Goalpara district. Its population comprises the Bodos, Rabhas, Garos and...