SHILLONG, July 3 ? In its strongest-ever attack on the Khasi Students? Union (KSU), Meghalaya Government today charged the student body of extorting money from businessmen, truckers and traders specially the non-tribals besides imposing labour-tax on outside labour. Chief Minister, Dr FA Khonglam and Deputy Chief Minister DD Lapang briefing newsmen at the end of the Cabinet meeting here alleged. ?The KSU is forcibly collecting money to meet the expenditure of its newly floated political wing which is contesting the coming Assembly polls early next year.?

?The Government will not be a silent...

GUWAHATI, July 3 ? A 20-member group of the banned ULFA has sneaked into several districts of Lower Assam in a bid to collect funds, highly-placed official sources disclosed today. The sources said that the group including three women cadres of the militant outfit had entered the Nalbari district last week at the instruction of the leadership. ?Their aim is to collect funds and mobilise the youths of lower Assam to join the ULFA? they said. (In this context, the sources revealed that the security forces have already geared up vigilance to nab the cadres who are now operating from various...

GUWAHATI, July 3 ? Uncertainty has hit travel plans of many prospective Bangkok going tourists from this part of the country in view of the repeated cancellation of both ways flights in Mumbai-Kolkata-Guwahati-Bangkok route. Sources informed that there was virtually no operation of the Bangkok flight to and from Guwahati since the beginning of June this year till date causing hardship to travellers besides adding to the loss of Air India.

Although about 75 Bangkok bound tourists were waiting to catch the Bangkok flight from here tomorrow (Thursday), the Air India once again cancelled it...

Imphal, July 03: To meet the threat posed on the Indian border by neighboring countries and to strengthen the vigilance on the border area, a Ministerial group has charted out a policy christened 'One border, one force.' Under this policy Assam Rifles personnel will be given the responsibility to keep vigil over the 1200 km long Indo-Myanmar border. The Pakistan and Bangladesh border are manned by BSF, SSB Nepal border, China border is under the vigil of the ITBP and the Line of Control is watched by the Indian Army. Disclosing this during an informal chat with media persons, Assam Rifles DIG...

Imphal, July 03: The home secretary of the underground People's Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak, PREPAK, Tourangbam Brojeshwor alias Nanao, 38, of Uripok Tourangbam Leikai, was nabbed by the Imphal west district police today. A police statement said the PREPAK leader was caught while coming out from the League of the Fourth World People Kangleipak Computer Centre at Keisamthong after preparing several demand letters addressed to various officials of the state government on the letterhead of the PREPAK's finance department. According to the statement, there were altogether ten demand letters...