GUWAHATI, May 17 ? The cancer patients of Assam as well as the other States of the North East India are facing problems as two important machines of the B Barooah Cancer Institute have stopped functioning. The machines ? Linear Accelerator and Cobalt machine used for radiation on cancer cells, have been inoperative causing severe hardships for the patients in the region. It is learnt that the Linear Accelerator has been closed down by the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) for its failure to satisfy certain mandatory guidelines while the Cobalt machine has been out of order for the last one...

SHILLONG, May 17? The Federation of Khasi States, apex body of 25 traditional chiefs in the Khasi Hills has rejected the recommendations of the Constitution Review Commission (CRC) providing for representation for the ?Syiems?, ?Myntris? and other traditional heads in the autonomous district councils (ADCs). The Steering Committee of the Federation, which met here yesterday, is of the opinion. ?If the recommendation of the CRC is implemented, it will undermine the traditional status of the Khasi ?rulers?.

A resolution adopted at the day-long meeting of the Steering Committee declared ?If...

GUWAHATI, May 17 ? Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today said the Centre should apply the same principles to bring the banned United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) to the negotiating table as it had done in the case of the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (I-M) in Nagaland. Speaking at a ?Meet the Press? programme at the Guwahati Press Club, the Chief Minister said he had all along been telling the Centre to tackle the ULFA problem on the lines of its policy on the NSCN (I-M).

He also inaugurated the Press Club website www.guwahatipressclub.com prior to his speech. While reiterating that he...

GUWAHATI, May 17 ? Almost all the 23,191 bigha, 4 katha and 6 lechas of settlement area of the Government land in Guwahati city is under encroachment. The city has in all 24,283 bighas of Government land which include khas, ceiling surplus and VGR land. The city has two revenue circles ? Guwahati and Dispur. All Government land under the Guwahati Circle, including 110 bighas of hilly land in Kharghuli area, are under encroachment, said official circles here today.

However, it is worthmentioning here that the official documents have treated 4,500 bighas of Government land in the city area...

NEW DELHI, May 17? The Union Human Resources Development Minister, Dr Murli Manohar Joshi today declined to make any commitment to set up a Central University at Kokrajhar but assured that the Central Government would implement proposed agreement between the Centre and the Bodo Liberation Tigers (BLT). The Union Minister responding to a question by U. G. Brahma at the Rajya Sabha here today, urged members to exercise caution and have patience as talks between the Government of India and BLT was on and setting up of Central University besides several other Central institutions were part of the...