Imphal, March 25: The Assam Rifles has strongly denied reports of harassment and assault of civilians in the areas of Khabam Lamkhai and Luwangsangbam in the wake of the March 21 bomb attach in which one AR personnel was killed and four injured. A statement issued by the Assam Rifles claimed that AR troops exercised extreme caution and restrain inspite of suffering casualties in the IED blast. It said the credentials of a few of the students of Liberal College were checked without causing any harassment since the locals confirmed of two boys moving under suspicious circumstances in the...

DIMAPUR, March 24 ? Nagaland Chief Minister SC Jamir has criticized the role of the churches in Nagaland for having blurred the ?truth?. He said if Nagas were to live as brothers and sisters of one family, it was high time the church leaders, political leaders and village elders have to imbibe the spirit of cordiality and forgiveness. Jamir was addressing a gathering of students and residents of Thahekhu, a Sumi Naga village established in 1951, near here while inaugurating the newly constructed building of the Government Middle School. ?Nagas should be clear about what kind of Nagaland they...

NEW DELHI, March 24 ? The Union government has asked the state government to urgently submit the modifications to the Sixth Schedule it has sought for protection of the non-Bodos in the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC). Though the tripartite talks involving the Bodo Liberation Tiger (BLT), Assam government and the Central government remained inconclusive here on Saturday, talks were stated to be on tracks. The next round of tripartite talk is scheduled to be held next month, sources informed this newspaper. The BLT delegation was represented by its vice-chairman Kamal Mushahary, while the...

GUWAHATI, March 24 ? The historic Dighalipukhuri, which added to the beauty of this picturesque city till the other day, is now stinking. Irrational behaviour of the people of this city, which is known since the days of the epics, is said to be the reason behind this degradation of the massive tank. Dighalipukhuri is connected with several myths. One such myth attributes its digging to the Mahabharata fame king Bhagadatta, the father-in-law of king Duryodhana. History of the State has its mention as a part of the city?s fortification in the pre-British period. The tank is one of the major...

GUWAHATI, March 24? The All Bodo Students? Union (ABSU) today made a fervent appeal to Smt Pramila Rani Brahma, MLA, to withdraw her resignation letter as leader of the Bodoland Demand Legislature Party (BDLP). Smt Brahma resigned from the post yesterday resenting the defiance by the ABSU-supported member of the Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council of the ABSU and BDLP instructions in connection with the election of the Chief Executive Member (CEM) of the Autonomous Council.

The ABSU central committee and the BDLP had asked the ABSU-supported member, Sri Thorendra Brahma, to support the ASDC (U)...