GUWAHATI, Dec 3 ? Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today ordered an enquiry into the December 1 Adhiapara (Dehar-kuriha) incident which resulted in the death of ten persons, including an Army Major and a sepoy and eight civilians. Chairman, Assam Administrative Tribunal MS Pangtey will conduct the enquiry and submit his report within 30 days since today, official sources here said. The Chief Minister also granted an ex-gratia amount of Rs 25,000 to the next of the kin of each of those killed in the incident, the sources said.

Meanwhile, the Chief Minister, in a letter to Defence Minister George...

NEW DELHI, Dec 3 ? Assam is the lone State in the North-East to pay for deployment of Central Para-military Forces (CPMF). The State has an outstanding of over Rs 32.49 crore towards deployment of CPMF in Assam. As for the other North Eastern States of Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Manipur, Nagaland and Tripura, they do not have to share the burden as the Central Government has exempted them from paying for deployment of Central forces. This was revealed by Deputy Prime Minister, L K Advani in the Lok Sabha this morning during the Question Hour discussion. The Deputy Prime Minister added that...

SHILLONG, Dec 2 ? Meghalaya Community and Rural Development Minister, Maysalin War handed over the 1.33 acre of land for the establishment of an office for the traditional durbar of Hima Mawphlang and protection of the monoliths, which are a rare legacy inherited by Hynniewtrep community about 25 kms from here, reports PTI. Way back in 1964, the durbar of Hima Mawphlang had gifted to the then Assam Government 15 acre of the land in which the Mawphlang block of was established. Now on the request of the traditional institution, the State government returned part of the land (1.33 acre) to...

GUWAHATI, Dec 2 ? The Autonomous State Demand Committee (ASDC) today threatened to snap its ?working understanding? with the BJP for the failure of the BJP-led Government in the Centre to resume talks on creation of an autonomous state in Karbi Anglong and NC Hills. Stating that the MoU signed with the Government in 1995 has failed to fulfil the aspirations of the people in the two hill districts, the ASDC has announced its decision to launch fresh agitation with a 48-hour hill areas bandh beginning at 5 am on December 13 next. However, essential services and examinations have been exempted...

IMPHAL, Dec 2 ? Seventeen militants were killed, 107 others arrested and several arms and underground materials recovered by BSF in the past one year in Manipur, BSF DIG (Manipur and Nagaland) PK Misra said on Sunday, reports PTI. Misra said in a statement 10 militants belonging to different outfits had also surrendered to the para-military forces, which had been deployed to assist the counter-insurgency operations in the sensitive state. The militants killed or nabbed belonged to different underground groups, he said adding 58 arms including AK 47 rifles, light machine guns, pistols and 2693...