NEW DELHI, March 8 ? Is Assam Chief Minister, Tarun Gogoi and his deputy the Minister of State for Home, Pradyut Bordoloi looking for ?Z? category security cover in the face of threats from outlawed ULFA? If a recent report received from Assam Government is anything to go by, then the Black Cat cover is what they are eyeing. According to sources, Assam Government has recently informed the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) that the ULFA militants have categorised the Chief Minister and Sri Bordoloi as ?enemy? because of the State government?s hard-line approach against militancy. The Home ministry...

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...

GUWAHATI, March 8 ? The visiting US Ambassador to India, Robert D Blackwill held a meeting with the wildlife experts of NE region. Dr. Bibhab Kumar Talukdar, secretary general of Aaranyak, Dr Anwaruddin Choudhury of Rhino Foundation, Dr Rathin Barman of Center for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation and Dr. Anil Goswami of WWF-North East India on Wednesday morning at Hotel Bellevue stated a release. The meeting was also attended by Hildebrand wife of the US Ambassador, US consulate General C J Sandrolini, D Myers Lanzer and Lt. Col. Tollie, which lasted for a hour. The discussion was...

Imphal, March 08: Pro-tem Speaker of the 8th Manipur Legislative Assembly, former chief minister RK Dorendro today administered the oath of office to the newly elected members of the Assembly at the newly reconstructed Assembly Hall at 1 pm today. Except for chief minister Okram Ibobi, who is currently in New Delhi, and Dorendro himself, who was administered his oath as MLA and pro-tem Speaker by the Governor, Ved Prakash Marwah this morning at 10:30 at the state Raj Bhavan, all the remaining 58 candidates elected in the 8th Assembly elections were sworn in as members of the Assembly during...

Imphal, March 08: Veteran Congress leader and former Chief Minister Rishang Keishing who lost his Phungyar Assembly seat in the 8th State Assembly election has finally decided to retire from electoral politics. However, the longest serving Chief Minister of the State is still keen to be around for a while in the State political arena. During an interview a few days back, Rishang told The Sangai Express that he will never contest election again. "My candidature in the 8th Assembly election was my last one. I will never contest in any election again", said the leader who is at the helm of...