MOREH, April 4: The border demarcation process by a joint team of the Surveyor General of India, SGI, from Shillong and its Myanmarese counterpart, which began from Moreh form November last reportedly could not resolve boundary disputes around Border Pillars No 101, 98, 66, 51 and 54, in the Manipur sector according to a reliable source here. Manipur sector of the Indo-Myanmar border is 364 km long. Local people in and around Moreh were also not all too pleased that the current demarcation process does not involve any representatives of the Manipur government. It may be recalled the present...

AGARTALA, April 4: Twenty-seven insurgents of Borok National Council of Tripura surrendered unconditionally to the police at Longtarai valley subdivision in Dhalai district on Tuesday, reports PTI. Police said the ultras, led by one Dilip Debbarma, a self-styled area commander of the outfit, surrendered to the sub-divisional police officer of Longtarai valley at Manu police station and deposited ten countrymade guns and two pistols. The ultras surrendered responding to the call of the government to shun the path of violence and return to normal life, police said. The militants would be...

IMPHAL, April 4: Several political leaders in Manipur have expressed reservations against Union home minister L.K. Advani's objection to the extension of the unilateral ceasefire with the insurgent groups for another month. The state government had declared an unilateral ceasefire with all rebel outfits for a month in March. The Cabinet subsequently decided to extend the ceasefire for another month as per the recommendation of an all-party meet. But the Union home ministry's objection has now led to the resumption of military operations both by the Army and Assam Rifles. However, the Cabinet...

GUWAHATI, April 4: The CPI National Executive member and State Flood Control Minister, Promode Gogoi, today resigned from the State Cabinet following the party's decision to come out of the four-party ruling combination protesting AGP's overtures to have poll pact with "communal" BJP. Addressing a press conference, Gogoi informed that he had tendered his resignation to the Chief Minister this morning as per the directive of the Secretariat of Assam State Council of the CPI which took the decision to snap AGP link after reviewing the fast developing election scenario in the State. The CPI...

JORHAT, April 4: The Assam Tea Tribes Students' Association (ATTSA) has warned the state government of dire consequence in the near future for the latter's lackadaisical attitude in regard to initiating schemes for all-round development of the tea tribes and also for reneging on its pledge to 'accord' SC/ST status to the tea tribe community. Lambasting the powers that be for their hollow promises over the years, the association president Durga Bhumij and general secretary Kamakhya Prasad Tasa, in a press release, claimed that despite bilateral discussion on the SC/ST issue at Dispur, the...