GUWAHATI, Jan 10 — The Union Health Minister, Dr CP Thakur today raised alarm over falling sex ratio in the age group of 0-6 years in N-E States of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur and Meghalaya. Addressing the meeting of Health Ministers and MPs of N-E States here today, Dr Thakur called for strict enforcement of the PNDT Act which prohibits sex determination tests. He stated that State health authorities of the region must follow the Supreme court guidelines in this regard and appoint appropriate authorities to prevent carrying out sex determination tests in district and sub...

NEW DELHI, Jan 10 – Delay on part of the Assam Government in adopting a Cabinet resolution clearing the creation of Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) under the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution, stalled the BLT talks, even as the tripartite talks concluded on an inconclusive note here last evening. The 14th round of tripartite talks scheduled for two days was cut short and discussions were winded up last evening. The talks was held among representatives of Bodo Liberation Tigers (BLT), Assam Government and the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). A two-paragraph press note issued by the MHA at...

IMPHAL, Jan 9 — Apart from frequent road blockades and other forms of strike, the National Highway-39, the lifeline of Manipur, is still suffering from lack of proper repairing works. Though the national highway is giving life to more than 100 trucks and buses everyday, the signs of neglect on the highway are obvious. The present Advisor to Governor, EN Rammohan, had recently inspected the road along with the higher officials of the State Public Works Departments. However, no visible repairing work has been taken up so far. The travellers are put in an unviable position whenever they have to...

GUWAHATI, Jan 9 — The gameplan of the Pakistani Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) of monitoring the movements of the Indian troops in the North-Eastern part of the country and North Bengal areas was foiled after a swift operation by the central intelligence agency and other security agencies. The most disturbing fact in the whole episode is that during the operations, the security agencies found out that the ISI was able to infiltrate into the ranks of the Indian Army. Security sources in North Bengal told The Assam Tribune that the whole episode came to light following the arrest of ISI agent...

GUWAHATI, Jan 9 – In a significant development the Autonomous State Demand Committee Progressive (ASDC-P) today announced its decision to direct its two members in the newly elected Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council (KAAC) to vote for non-Congress and non-BJP candidates in the election to the Executive Committee (FC) on January 11 next, thereby serving a blow to Congress prospects. In a statement ASDC-P president Chandra Kanta Terang gave a clear indication that the party members in the KAAC will vote for candidates put by the ASDC-U (led by Holiram Terang) for the formalities of EC in the 26...