Imphal, February 08: The vice president of the Federal Party of Manipur, Prof Gangmumei Kamei has said that the declaration signed by 47 Naga candidates contesting in the Assembly elections yesterday at Senapati was not a binding document. Addressing the media at the Manipur Press Club today during the release function of the election manifesto of the FPM, Prof Gangmumei said the declaration, framed by the United Naga Council, UNC, was in the nature of a statement of conscience. Answering queries from mediapersons, Prof Gangmumei said the Naga candidates signed yesterday's declaration in their...

ITANAGAR, Feb 7 — Boori-boot, the most important festival of Hill Miri tribes of Arunachal Pradesh was celebrated with traditional gaiety and religious fervour in the state on Wednesday, reports PTI. Governor Arvind Dave greeted the people on the occasion, and said the people of Arunachal Pradesh are nature lovers and worship nature for the welfare of entire humanity. According to mythology, the festival is celebrated during January to March every year to rededicate everything to the almighty. Traditional songs and dances are performed all over the State during the festival.

JORHAT, Feb 7 — Unwinding over a cup of steaming tea held delicately between her stunningly fair slender hands, a sari-clad Ms L Crow’s mind might have raced back to the deep recess of her innermost treasured feelings, as she recalled the 31 eventful years of her life in this verdant land of mist-clad hills, lush green forests, rolling valleys, and by her own admission, an extremely hospitable people. Cynosure of all eyes at the first-ever Tea Tourism Festival organised by the State Government at the sprawling Khelmati field of the Gymkhana Club here from February 4, side by side with the...

GUWAHATI, Feb 7 — The Adivasi Cobra Militant of Assam, a militant group operating in lower Assam, has extended its unilateral ceasefire following a discussion with the Chief Minister, Sri Tarun Gogoi. The militant group which was constituted in 1996 to protect the Adivasi people living in several camps of lower Assam, had announced an unilateral ceasefire on September 15, 2001.

Addressing a joint press conference here today, the self-styled chairman and commander-in-chief (C-in-C) of the militant outfit Xabrias Khalha and Kanhu Murmu respectively said that the State Government had assured all...

GUWAHATI, Feb 7 — The kingpin of rhino horn trade in the State, Md Abdul Kalam was arrested by Mayong police led by the officer-in-charge, Pradeep Nath yesterday from Kuranibari village under Mayong police station. The arrested Md Abdul Kalam was involved in the illegal trade on rhino horn in the State and has links with rhino horn traders based at Dimapur. He is suspected to be the mastermind behind the recent rhino poaching in Pobitora wildlife sanctuary through electrocution on January 8 midnight. It may be mentioned that more than a kilometre long electric wire was used to electrocute the...