GUWAHATI, April 22: The Asom Gana Sangram Parishad (AGSP)- a constituent of the five-party Regional Democratic Alliance (RDA) has decided to field its candidates in 28 Legislative Assembly constituencies (LACs) for the ensuing Assembly polls in the State and the names of candidates for 26 LACs were released today by party president Jatindra Kumar Borgohain at a press conference here at the party office. The candidates are: Dilip Sarkar (No 32 Bongaigaon), Kamaleswar Medhi (No 46 Sarukshetri), Satyabrata Kalita (No 56 Kamalpur), Hiranya Choudhury (No 57 Rangiya), Prabin Deka (No 65 Kalaigaon)...

IMPHAL, April 22: In what could be termed as the first rumble of an impending tempest in the present People's Front Ministry led by Radhabinod Koijam, the Bharatiya Janata Party, a major partner in the Ministry, has come out with a scathing criticism of the Chief Minister, RB Koijam of the Samata Party, for his alleged high-handedness in the affairs of governance. The BJP, Manipur Pradesh, has charged the Chief Minister Radhabinod Koijam with not taking into confidence the other partners of the People's Front while making plans and policies of the Ministry. The general secretary of the BJP...

IMPHAL, April 22: The infamous ex gratia scandal case in which some state officials including doctors and policemen have been accused of forging signatures to swindle a huge amount of ex gratia payments meant for the next of kin of those killed in separate incidents has been handed over to the CBI. However, sources said that the CBI has not yet taken up the investigation of the case formally. So far no official of the premier investigating agency of the country has come to Manipur to enquire about the case nor has the state government sent any reminder to them, it added. The case was being...

IMPHAL, April 22: There is no certainty as yet to the question whether the ruling People's Front ministry would be fielding a common candidate of its own for the upcoming Kshetrigao by-poll to be held oh May 11 next. And if at all a common candidate has to be fielded, there is no surety that all the partners of the PF would be supporting him/her, a highly placed source disclosed. It said that though the Samata Party candidate for the by-poll, Vivek Raj Wangkhem, son of late Basantakumar Wangkhem is made out to be the common candidate of People's Front, there is no guarantee that his...

IMPHAL, April 22: The Manipur Human Rights Commission has today given the State DGP DS Grewal, 24 hours to locate the whereabouts of four persons including a woman and her son who are said to have been arrested and flown away by BSF personnel from Hengtam village under Singhat police station from Churachandpur district on April 14. This instruction was given following a complaint filed by Wareppam Manitomba of Tera Loukrakpam Leikai, Imphal. He contended that his younger brother Wareppam Shanou (36) accompanied by Maibam Ongbi Kunjabati Devi (50), her son Maibam Prakash (28) all of same...