GUWAHATI, June 22? Top leaders of the proscribed National Democratic Front of Boroland (NDFB) have stashed away huge sums of money which is collected through extortion in Assam, in foreign banks under fake names, according to a bulletin published by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) recently. The MHA document on the activities of the NDFB over the years claim that the NDFB top leaders including its self-styled ?commander-in-chief? Ranjan Daimari have amassed large number of property and made expensive trips to foreign countries on the strength of extorted money while its lower rung cadres are...

GUWAHATI, June 23 ? The ancient Umananda temple lying in the midst of the mighty Brahmaputra, which is one of the very few pilgrimage centres in a river island, presents a unique sight. But strangely, this temple has always been in a state of neglect although with a little planning, it could have been developed as a major tourist attraction.

However, things might change for the better as, of late, the Government seems to be waking up to this reality and the district administration is undertaking an elaborate project to turn it into a major tourist destination. The project aims to give a...

GUWAHATI, June 23 ? The National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), an autonomous institution udner UGC, has conferred accreditation to the three Universities of Dibrugarh,, Arunchal Pradesh and Tripura including 29 other institutions of higher learning in the country. The performance of these 32 institutions have been evaluated and assessed during the last three months. With this, NAAC has completed the assessment and accreditation of 261 institutions. The accreditation process involves preparation of a self-study report, its validation by the peer team by expert technical analysis...

AGARTALA, June 23? Tripura Police stumbled into startling revelations of some prominent political leaders? involvement in the financial network of banned militant organisations. The disclosure has been made when police arrested a ?self-styled prime minister? of the proscribed NLFT Nayanbashi faction on Saturday afternoon. Acting on a specific information, West Agartala police station officers arrested Haridhan Debbarma alias David Borok from near Circuit House in the heart of the city. A former ?public relations officer? of undivided NLFT, Haridhan had surrendered with 13 militants on March 11...

Imphal, June 23: MPP president O Joy has been re-elected to the post for the third term without opposition after no other candidate filed their nomination for the election to be held on June 30 till today, the last date for withdrawal of nomination papers. RO Ch Shyamjai issued a notification declaring the re-election of Joy to the post of the MPP president. Joy has been the MPP president since 1995 and is the 11th president.