GUWAHATI, April 19: State Committee of the CPM today announced that it would field 22 candidates in the ensuing election to the State Assembly. The party also released its poll manifesto for the purpose. Addressing a press conference here this afternoon, State CPM secretary Hemen Das said that its main election plank this time is to make the people aware about the threat posed by communalism to the people of the State. The party will engage itself both inside the Assembly and outside it, to resist the communal forces and their designs to divide the people on communal lines. For, the party...

NEW DELHI, April 19: In a shot in the arm for the Assam Government, the Supreme Court on Wednesday indicated that it favoured Assam's plea for entrusting the Survey of India with the job of ascertaining the inter-State boundary between Assam, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh, rather than the Union Government's suggestion for constitution of a boundary commission. The vexed issue of demarcation of inter-State boundary came up for hearing on Wednesday at the Court of the Chief Justice, A S Anand. The division bench that also included Justice R C Lahoty and Justice Doraiswamy Raju, adjourned the...

ITANAGAR, April 19: Kurung Kumey has become the fourteenth district of Arunachal Pradesh after bifurcation of Lower Subansiri district, reports PTI. The notification issued on Monday was delayed due to census operation, Information and Public Relation Minister Takam Sanjay, who is also spokesman of the state government said in a release here on Thursday. "Though infrastructural set-up and establishment would take more time, the people of Kurung Kumey district would reap the benefit in the long run," the minister said. Agri extension: Arunachal Pradesh Agriculture Minister, Tako Dabi has...

IMPHAL, April 19: Both factions of the apex body of government employees associations and trade unions, the Joint Administrative Council, JAC (AMGEO and AMTUC) have rejected the government appeal to end their cease work strike, even as disbursement of February and March salaries for the state uniformed services commenced today. Taking strong umbrage at the government decision to restrict arrears only to MR, police, jail and fire service personnel, both JA factions accused the government of discriminating among different groups of employees with the objective of playing divide and rule, and...

IMPHAL, April 19: UNC president Paul Leo who was abducted by suspected KNF (MC) cadres from Keithelmanbi on April 17 is safe and sound in the custody of his captors, said reliable sources. For the second day today leaders and representatives of Kuki and Naga voluntary organisations held a meeting at the residence of Transport Minister Haokholet Kipgen. Inside sources said representatives of both Naga and Kuki organisations met KNF (MC) functionaries late last evening at an undisclosed place at Senapati and urged the under ground outfit to release the UNC chief unharmed and at the earliest...