GUWAHATI, March 1: The ruling Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) is open to forge poll alliance with constituents of National Democratic Alliance (NDA) barring the BJP. The AGP Vice-president Nurul Hussain today informed during a Press conference held at the party headquarter that regional party's allies in the ruling coalition would not oppose to poll alliance with NDA constituents in the State. He, however, did not divulge the names of NDA constituents, the AGP is considering for poll alliance.

IMPHAL, March 1: Thousands of Christians, mostly Nagas from the northwest border of Myanmar have been taking shelter in neighbouring Manipur and Nagaland for the last 2-3 years in fear of alleged religious discrimination and prosecutions carried out by the military junta of Myanmar. This was disclosed by L Longsa, general secretary of the Myanmar based Naga National League for Democracy (NNLD) which extends support to Aung San Suu Kyi. He said that the mass exodus will continue in the days to come as the military junta is intensifying it 'exercise of iron rule'. More than three thousand...

IMPHAL, March 1: GAD officials are in a fix as many ministers of the PF Government have started squabbling over their allotment of office rooms at the Old Secretariat and New Secretariat. According to inside sources GAD officials are caught in a dilemma as many ministers have started hankering after spacious and well-maintained rooms for their offices. Meanwhile some ministers have started attending office following the completion of renovation and repairing works of the offices, added sources. However some Ministers have still not been assigned their private secretaries, informed a senior...

GUWAHATI, March 1: Nearly eight thousand militants belonging to different outfits, including the ULFA, NDFB, BLT, BTF, KNV, DNSF and MULTA, surrendered before the Government since 1992. Official sources said that the surrender process started in the year 1992 and in that year, 3850 militants, all of whom belonged to the ULFA, surrendered. As many as 1986 militants, including 1625 ULFA, 128 NDFB, 42 BLT, 39 BTF, 23 KNV, 58 RNSF, eight GNLF, 13 UPDS and 43 MULTA, surrendered last year. Sources said that 889 militants were given training on vocational courses through Government and non-government...

SHILLONG, February 28: Rituals and traditional crafts of Northeast India urged highlighted in a three-day exhibition which concluded here on Wednesday at the State Central Library complex. The exhibition, organised by the Anthropological Survey of India, as part of the celebration of 50 years of India's Republic Day, focussed on the socio-cultural traditions of the numerous tribal and ethnic groups dotting the region. On show were fine pottery work developed in the region, without the usual pottery wheel. The exhibits included a tea pot, a recepticle, varieties of pots - all made of clay. The...