IMPHAL, April 2: After Moirangthem Oken, popularly known as 'Samballei' Oken, it's now the turn of another man from this tiny State who walked into the Limca Book of Records, 2001 for an innovative invention in the field of agricultural science. The new inventor is T Surendranath of Manipur Science and Technology Council (MASTEC), a registered government society, under State Science and Technology department. A scientific officer of MASTEC, T Surendranath has entered the 2001 edition of the prestigious Limca Book of Records, for his landmark invention of a pedal-operated rice mill. The new...

SHILLONG, April 2: Bowing to Opposition pressures, Meghalaya Chief Minister E K Mawlong today assured the Assembly to probe the alleged corruption charges against the Food and Civil Supplies Minister Nimarson Momin. As soon as the state Assembly assembled today, several Opposition members were on their feet- waving copies of a local Khasi newspaper, to raise a point of order. The Speaker E D Marak told them to do so after the question hour. But when the Opposition members wanted to raise the point of order at the conclusion of the question hour, the Speaker denied them permission saying rules...

GUWAHATI, April 2: It seems AGP legislators belonging to religions minority community are divided on their view over the on-going efforts for the party's electoral alliance with the BJP although the party's general council today favoured it. While taking part in a discussion of the general council today, AGP Dalgaon LAC legislator Abdul Jabbar welcomed the move for an alliance with the BJP and hoped that religious minority community voters would continue to support the AGP even if it struck an understanding with the BJP. However, during an informal that with a few newsmen outside Rabindra...

GUWAHATI, April 2: The general council of the ruling Asom Gana Pari-shad (AGP) today gave the go-ahead for the party leadership to go for electoral alliance with 'like-minded' political parties including the BJP and other constituents of National Democratic Alliance (NDA). Following a day-long sitting at Rabindra Bhawan here, the General Council of the party in a resolution while approving the last night resolution of the party's executive body, allowed the party to forge electoral alliance with the BJP and other NDA constituents "in order to root out Congress" in the forthcoming electoral...

GUWAHATI, April 2: The All Bodo Students' Union (ABSU) will take the final decision on extending support to the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) in the ensuing polls within the next few days, said the ABSU president, Rabi Ram Narzary. Talking to The Assam Tribune, Narzary said that both the AGP and the BJP have sought the support of the ABSU for the ensuing polls. He revealed that the ABSU and other Bodo organisations like the Bodo Peoples' Action Committee, All Bodo Employees Federation and the Bodo Women's Welfare Federation would meet at Kajalgaon on April 4 to form a central election committee and...