GUWAHATI, Feb 5 — Several top-notch schools in the State which are now affiliated to the Board of Secondary Education, Assam (SEBA), are trying to shift their affiliation to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) in view of the growing popularity of the CBSE-affiliated public schools in the State of late. Sources in the CBSE regional office here claim that they are getting increasing number of requests from reputed SEBA-affiliated schools for fresh affiliation under the CBSE. The basic reasons for which more and more guardians and students are preferring education under CBSE are that...

NEW DELHI, Feb 5 – Rifts have surfaced in the ruling Congress party in Assam, with a section of leaders lodging complaints with the party high command against a section of senior leaders alleging their involvement with SULFA men in running coal syndicates. With the uncertainty over the next expansion lingering and three Rajya Sabha seats falling vacant, restless Congressmen have begun to mount campaigns against one another, so much so that at least two delegations of Congressmen in the recent past have met the AICC president, Sonia Gandhi, to complaint about the alleged nexus between...

Imphal, February 05: Following Sunday evening's attack on the residence of former MoS, home, M Oken, which took two lives, the state administration has decided to make special security arrangements for candidates for the forthcoming elections who are under serious threat from underground elements. The state election security coordination committee, in its fourth meeting today, reassessed its security policy in view on the attacks on Oken and on several other candidates. In this regard, the concerned intelligence agencies have been asked to submit the candidates' risk status at the earliest...

Imphal, February 05: Nine KYKL(T) activists were apprehended by Manipur Rifles (1st IRB) from the Maphou Dam area today. The IRB personnel posted at the Maphou Dam apprehended the ultras while conducting a routine frisking in the area, said an official release from the PRO, police department. One demand letter for Rs 2 lakhs addressed to Laishram Kadamjit Singh, FPM candidate of Wangkhem A/C, one money receipt for Rs 3 lakhs from the same candidate, a walkie talkie set and the jeep bearing regd no MN03 A-0924, in which they were moving were recovered from those apprehended and a case has been...

ITANAGAR, Feb 2 — Assistant Commandant of India Reserve Battalion, Kime Kameng was arrested on January 27 last for allegedly raping a 13-year-old local girl in his official residence at Khonsa, headquarters of Tirap district, official sources said here on Friday, reports PTI. Kime was produced in a local court the same day and remanded to judicial custody for 11 days. However, the victim belonging to nearby Dadam village was sent for medical checkup after a complaint was lodged on January 26 the day of the incident, the sources added. When contacted state IGP Deep Chand said departmental...