ITANAGAR, March 9 ? Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Mukut Mithi today said that one-third of the total number of seats in gram panchayats, anchal samitis and zilla parishads in the State would be reserved for women for their empowerment at the grass root level. The reservation, in accordance with Panchayat Raj Act 1997, was notified on April 30 after receiving the assent of President K R Narayan, he said inaugurating a 10-day photo exhibition on women and child welfare organised by the Directorate of Advertising and Visual Publicity here. He regretted that women had not been given their...

IMPHAL, March 9 ? For the first time in the history of Higher Secondary Examination, unidentified armed gunmen attacked some individuals who involved themselves in alleged a unfair means in the ongoing higher secondary school certificate examination which started from Friday. Meanwhile over 20 students were expelled from the examination halls of four different centres for using unfair means. On the fiirst day of the examination yesterday, unidentified gunmen struck and shot three individuals including an invigilators and a helper. It may be noted here that the KYKL, an underground outfit, had...

JAGIROAD, March 9 ? The second day of the Tiwa Sahitya Sabha session began today with the hoisting of Sabha flag by the president, Tiwa Sahitya Sabha, Balai Ram Senapati, amidst a festive atmosphere. Tulsi Bordoloi, former president, Tiwa Sahitya Sabha, released the Sabha souvenir Thuri while Tabu Ram Taid released the second election of Tiwa dictionary (Tiwa Matpadi) and another book Tiwa Matpalan. Meanwhile, former president Tulsi Bordoloi was elected as the next president of the Sabha session in the delegates session Friday night.

Imphal, March 09: President of Federal Party of Manipur, FPM and convenor of the Opposition, Democratic People?s Alliance, DPA Dr L Chandramani today confidently predicted that a DPA Government led by the FPM would assume power within two/three months. FPM is the second largest party after the Congress with 13 MLAs and the DPA has 24 members (BJP-4, SAP-3, MPP-2 and DPP-2). Speaking at the reception function accorded to the newly elected MLAs of the FPM today at its party office, Dr Chandramani said that the FPM has now emerged as a major regional party and the electoral success of its 13 MLAs...

TURA, March 7 ? The Council of Nokmas, from East, West and South Garo Hills, have urged the Meghalaya Community and Rural Development (C&RD) Minister to look into the appointment of Block Selection Committee members as there has been ?discrimination? towards the selection of Nokmas. The Governor of Meghalaya had assured the inclusion of twelve members from among the heads of traditional institutions of Meghalaya, such as the Nokmas, Syiems, Dolois etc, as members of the Block Selection Committee. But the Nokmas allege that the authorities concerned failed to properly implement the same. The...