GOALPARA, April 10: Koch-Rajbangshi Yuva Chatra Sanmilanee has decided not to support any particular political party but to remain neutral in the ensuing Assembly election. Disclosing this stand of the Sanmilanee in the open session of two-day national convention of the organisation held here on Saturday at Dudhnoi playground, the acting general secretary S Rajbongshi appealed to the people to give a befitting reply to the neglect and deception to the race by Assam government and Central government in the election. While expressing concern at the role of the State and Central government the...

GUWAHATI, April 9: Militant outfit Bodo Liberation Tiger (BLT) has assured that Constitutional safeguard would be given to all Indian citizens living in the proposed Bodoland Territorial Council areas and that there is no reason for the non-Bodos to feel apprehensive about the proposed Bodo accord. Talking to The Assam Tribune, the BLT publicity secretary Mainao Daimary said that the BLT, as a goodwill gesture to the non-Bodos, even proposed that 50 per cent of the seats of the proposed Council should be open for general people to give all sections of people presentation in the Council. "This...

TURA, April 8: The 72 Battalion of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) which has been deployed in all the three districts of Garo Hills since October 1999, has been, besides taking up counter-insurgency operations and maintaining law-and-order situations, conducting a series of people-friendly activities. The battalion has adopted two villages, near Tura which are underdeveloped, to ease the economic condition of the villagers. The two villages, namely, Asipara and Ringre Songital, have now got the privilege of getting some assistance. Recently, the battalion personnel led by its Command...

GUWAHATI, April 9: A high-level team from Arunachal Pradesh has moved the Union government to counter the moves of certain neighbouring countries who, it pointed out, were carrying on propaganda over their electronic media and starting to influence the Indian villagers living along the international border. The team led by Arunachal Pradesh Minister for IPR and Land Management, Sanjoy Takam called on the secretary telecommunications, Shyamal Ghosh, at Sanchar Bhawan, New Delhi on April 4. The state team pointed out to the secretary, defence, that such strategy of China and Myanmar will, in the...

IMPHAL, April 9: Preparations for the reported defection move by some sitting MLAs of the Manipur State Congress Party, MSCP, to the ruling Samata Party, is near complete, according to an insider source. The defection move is the result of a low profile campaign by the Samata Party to increase its strength of 12 in the House, to one of a single party majority, together with the growing disillusionment of the MSCP legislators with the internal power struggle between the former Chief Minister, Wahengbam Nipamacha Singh, and the Union minister of state for food processing, T Chaoba Singh. The...