GUWAHATI, April 7: The president of the Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC), Tarun Gogoi today said that chances of poll alliance with the CPI or the United Minority Front were very dim. He informed that although the CPI after snapping its ties with the AGP, had approached the Congress with a proposal for poll-pact, there was reservation among a larger section of Congressmen who were of the opinion that electoral understanding with the Left party at this moment would not be of much help for the Congress. Moreover, a tie-up with CPI would have to be approved by the AICC as the Congress is...

NEW DELHI, April 7: A cloud of uncertainty hung over the AGP-BJP alliance with the two parties locked in a standoff over the seat-sharing arrangement. the two sides were again expected to meet late in the night to break the impasse. The breakdown in the seat-sharing negotiations between the BJP and the AGP this afternoon posed a threat to the alliance, forcing the leadership of both the parties to intervene to save the situation. An uneasy calm prevailed in the BJP camp ever since it became clear that the AGP was willing to concede only 29 seats to the BJP way below their demand of 55 seats...

GUWAHATI, April 7: The Communist Party of India (CPI) is of the view that efforts should be made to avoid division of the anti-BJP votes in the State and called for an alliance of the left, democratic and secular political parties. Talking to The Assam Tribune here today, senior CPI leader, Promode Gogoi, who resigned from the AGP-led Ministry recently, said that efforts are on to form an alliance of the constituents of the Peoples' Front. He said that CPI Rajya Sabha member Drupad Borgohain yesterday had informal talks with the Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) president Tarun Gogoi...

GUWAHATI, April 6: Eminent scientist, Jagadish Bahadur has predicted more floods in Assam and its adjoining States due to depletion of Himalayan forest cover. Talking to The Assam Tribune here today, Bahadur said that the Northeast would be experiencing 10 to 30 per cent more rainfall in coming years and temperature would go up to one to three per cent in view of degrading forest coverage in the Himalayan region. Bahadur, project investigator of Himalayan environment further said that flora and fauna of the Northeast are facing severe threats due to increase in temperature and, hence a...

IMPHAL, April 6: Prominent theatre personalities of the country are going to join hands to discuss the topic, "Theatre economics in the last 50 years' at the capital of this border State during the year-long celebration of 'Chorus Repertory Theatre for its silver jubilee, which starts from tomorrow. Announcing this to a crowded press conference here at the premises of the Chorus Repertory theatre this morning, former director of the National Schools of Drama (NSD) and director of theatre Ratan and Thiyam said "theatre is nowadays becoming one of the dying performing arts in India." The noted...