Swami arrives at Mancachar for on-the-spot study

SHILLONG, April 25: Union Minister of State for Home Affairs I D Swami has arrived at Mancachar in Assam bordering Bangladesh today for an on-the-spot assessment of the border situation after the killing of 16 BSF personnel by Bangladesh Rifles, reports PTI. Swami was accompanied by the Joint Secretary in charge of Northeast GK Pillai. Swami was received at mancachar by V K Gaur, Inspector General of BSF headquarters here. Swami will stay here tonight after visiting mancachar area. He will then visit Pyrdiwah in Khasi hills district of Meghalaya and Lathitill in Assam tomorrow, BSF Commandant...

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Mahanta refutes NHRC stricture

GUWAHATI, April 25: The Chief Minister and the AGP president, Prafulla Kumar Mahanta today refused to be drawn into a war of words with National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) which yesterday issued stricture against him for his earlier critical remarks on the rights body over the issue related to his colleague in the Ministry, Rajendra Mushahary, accused of raping and impregnating a minor school girl. The NHRC yesterday issued stricture against Mahanta for trying to belittle the role of the Commission without understanding its function. However, Mahanta today refused to make any comment on...

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EC ban fails to deter wall postering

GUWAHATI, April 25: Though there is a ban on wall painting on the walls of the Government offices, almost all the political parties are making free use of the walls of the State and Union government offices in utter violation of the norms. As per the code of conduct issued by the Election Commission, no political party or candidate can put up hoardings, cut outs, wall paintings etc. on highways, walls of the Government buildings and traffic inter-section crossings, without prior permission. As per the Commission's instruction, such unauthorised cut outs, hoardings, wall paintings etc. should...

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GSS call to candidates to clarify stand

GUWAHATI, April 24: The Grahak Suraksha Sanstha (GSS) has called upon parties and candidates contesting the ensuing elections to the Assam Legislative Assembly (ALA) to unequivocally state their positions and declare their policies with regard to the various burning problems of the common people and has further urged the voters to unsparingly question and cross-examine the candidates during the election campaign. In a release to the press, GSS president Deven Dutta and secretary Olee Nath have said that parties and candidates, stuck up to their necks in the uagmire of squabbles and fisticuffs...

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Kshetrigao set for to see four-cornered contest

IMPHAL, April 25: The deck is cleared for a four cornered contest to 4 Kshetrigao Assembly seat with the returning officer S Binodini issuing a list of four validly nominated candidates. Laishram Somorjit of Chaoba faction of the Manipur State Congress Party, MSCP(C), was disqualified during the scrutiny today, leaving the four out of five nominated for candidature in the fray. The candidates are ex-minister and MLA of the Assembly constituency Mohd. Muhamuddin Shah, son of former MLA and Samata Party president, Basantakumar Wangkhem, Vivek Raj Wangkhem, Irengbam Sanatomba of Congress-I and...

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The Northeast Vigil website ran from 1999 to 2009. It is not operated or maintained anymore. It has been put up here solely for archival sentiments. This site has over 6,000 news items that are of value to academics, researchers and journalists.

Subir Ghosh