Guwahati, Dec. 16: Christian missionaries in the Northeast have once again come under severe criticism from a Sangh outfit. The nascent North East India Janajati Faith and Culture Protection Forum, a front organisation of the Sangh Parivar, today accused the Church of having a nexus with insurgent outfits.

Forum president B.B. Jamatia at a press conference here today justified its claim, saying the missionary-run schools were functioning normally in the insurgency-affected areas where even government schools were unable to function.

He was specifically referring to the threat to non...

GOLAGHAT, Dec 16 — The Kaziranga National Park authority is facing great troubles in the protection and preservation of flora and fauna of the world famous park. World renowned NGOs have recognised KNP as the most protected park, but sadly in the last 15 days or so at least five rhinos have been killed by the poachers and is therefore proved that the KNP authority totally failed to protect the one horned rhinos. It may be pertinent to say that only two or three forest guards have to guard – against the animals staying in the most dilapidated forest camps without security for their lives. On...

GUWAHATI, Dec 16 — Illegal loading and unloading of coal, cement, bamboo, etc, at the Jogighopa railway station yard is causing a staggering loss of revenue worth nearly Rs 30 crore a year to the cash-starved State Government. But the most astonishing part of it is that this has been going on despite the Chief Minister’s written instruction to the administration to regularise the whole operations to prevent any further loss of revenue. The lobby of unauthorised contractors is so strong that even written orders from Excise Minister Rameswar Dhanowar (then Labour Minister) and endorsed by the...

NEW DELHI, Dec 16 — The Election Commission will not be able to set up new polling booths in the disputed Assam-Nagaland border during the forthcoming Nagaland Assembly polls, as the Supreme Court today ordered status quo following protest by Assam Government. The EC has now to confine polling to the 36 booths in the disputed Assam-Nagaland border as its plea for setting additional booths were rejected by the apex Court. The Commission had filed an application before the Court seeking directions to Assam to allow it to set up new booths in the area.

A two-member Bench comprising Chief Justice...

Imphal, December 16: Thanks to the efforts of the Department of North East Development all the capital cities of the North Eastern States will be connected by flights daily from December 25, making it perhaps the best Christmas gift for the people of the region in a long, long time. For this DONER had released a sum of Rs 35 crores to purchase four 50 seated aircrafts. The daily flight schedule will be inaugurated by Disinvestment Minister and in charge of North East, Arun Shourie on December 25. Disclosing this to The Sangai Express, NEC Secretary PL Thanga said that Arun Shourie will...