Imphal, Jan. 1: The Manipur People’s Liberation Front (MPLF) has called on all concerned organisations to discontinue demanding donations and taking “extortions” from public in the name of armed movement from January 15 this year. The MPLF is an umbrella organisation of Manipur’s three major insurgent outfits — the United National Liberation Front (UNLF), the People’s Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (Prepak) and the Revolutionary People’s Front (RPF).

A statement issued by the MPLF’s permanent body today said its member-parties have long stopped collection of donations from public in view of...

GUWAHATI, Jan 1: Militant outfit National Democratic Front of Boroland (NDFB) today suffered a major setback as the vice-chairman of the outfit Dhiren Boro alias Sungtha was arrested by Sikkim Police in Gangtok. Dhiren Boro is the second senior leader of the NDFB to be arrested within a month as only last month the general secretary of the outfit Govinda Basumatary was arrested in Rangiya when he was on his way to North Bengal from Dimabur. Highly placed police sources in North Bengal told The Assam Tribune this evening that Dhiren Boro was arrested under the provisions of the Prevention of...

GUWAHATI, Jan 1 — North East Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NECCI) signed a partnership agreement with South Asia Enterprise Development Facility (SEDF) at Hotel Brahmaputra Ashok, Guwahati on December 26. This partnership agreement outlines the basic terms and conditions for achieving specific developmental goals that directly benefits NECCI and indirectly support the growth and development of small and medium enterprises in the region.

Dr Anton de Wilde, Project Manager, SEDF and DK Sarma, secretary, NECCI, signed the partnership agreement. As per this agreement, both SEDF and NECCI will...

NEW DELHI, Jan 2 —— Notwithstanding the controversy generated by the new National Council for Educational Research and Training (NCERT) textbooks for allegedly deviating from the secular line, history, culture and heritage of the North East Region in a break from the past, is likely to find place in the new textbooks.

The NCERT has been making efforts to give adequate coverage to the Region, Union Minister of State for HRD, Rita Verma gave the assurance to this effect. The new textbooks are being prepared with this in mind, she assured.

The suggestion by the HRD Ministry to the NCERT came...

GUWAHATI, Jan 2 — The UNICEF refused to cooperate with the police enquiry into the cause of deaths of 23 children after a pulse vitamin A immunisation programme in Assam on November 11, 2001. This was stated by the Inspector General of Police (CID), Sri S P Kar in his report to the Gauhati High Court.

The Gauhati High Court, in response to a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by two advocates Bijon Mahajan and Raju Pradhan, ordered the Director General of Police to enquire into the cause of deaths of 23 children after the immunisation programme and the DGP entrusted Sri Kar to conduct the...