GUWAHATI, March 15: The Governor of Assam, Lt Gen (retd) SK Sinha today took over the power of the Karbi Anglong Autonomous District Council (KAADC), official sources said. The Governor has directed the Karbi Anglong deputy commissioner to hold the election of the chairman of the district council by March 19 and the other executive members within the next couple of days. Sources said that the Governor directed removal of the chairman, deputy chairman and the CEM of the Council following allegations of corruption against the executive committee headed by Mojari Hanse.

GUWAHATI, March 15: The All Assam Students' Union (AASU) and the Tribal Students' Federation (TSF), an umbrella organisation of 14 students' unions of the ethnic groups of the State, have decided to launch a joint movement for the solution of the burning problems of the State including infiltration of foreigners, floods and erosion, problems of the ethnic groups etc. The AASU and the TSF have also decided to send a delegation to New Delhi to put pressure on the Union government for solution of the burning problems of Assam. Addressing a press conference here today, AASU president Prabin Boro...

IMPHAL, March 15: With a view to curb extraneous expenditure, the government has initiated a number of austerity measures in the state with immediate effect. Among other measures, the government has temporarily withdrawn grant of special pay, special allowance and secretariat duty allowance hitherto allowed to certain specific posts. Non-practicing allowance, paid to medical and veterinary doctors in government service has also been withdrawn. According to an office memorandum issued in this regard by the state finance department (pay implementation cell), the temporary withdrawal of...

SHILLONG, March 15: Meghalaya is heading towards anarchy unless sthe people decide to shun violence and oppose militancy. "After all, the strength of the militant outfits was not AK-47 but the common men," said the East Khasi Hills District Superintendent of Police, GRP Raju. That the Khasi intelligentsia is silent on the issue of activities of the banned Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council (HNLC) in the Khasi Hills, should not be construed as whole hearted support of the public, contended the policeman while addressing an informal gathering at a workshop for the youth organised by The...

IMPHAL, March 15: In yet another suspected custodial death case, a 25-year-old Kuki farmer, son of a village chief in Sadar Hills, Senapati district was allegedly tortured to death by the security force personnel after being picked up along with another youth, from the Keithelmanbi area in the district recently. The deceased has been identified as Pouminlun Lhouvum, son of Seikholen, chief of Heibung village in Senapati district. The suspected custodial death case came to light when the Manipur Human Rights Commission (MHRC) took up the case following a complaint lodged by the deceased's...