GUWAHATI, February 16: State Tourism Commissioner, Surajit Mitra today informed that there had been a steady rise in flow of domestic and foreign tourists to the State during the last three years. He informed that inflow of domestic tourists had registered a growth of 37 per cent during the same period indicating that the people were no longer bogged down by apprehension about disturbed situation in the State. He further informed that local investors had become more confident about market potential of tourism sector in the State saying that the department was receiving 'tremendous' offers from...

GUWAHATI, February 15: The growing links of the militant outfits of the Northeast region with foreign countries is causing concern among the security forces engaged in the counter-insurgency operations. Police sources said that at present almost all the major militant outfits operating in the region have foreign links and their leaders very often take shelter in foreign countries to escape the security net. Sources revealed that the first recorded links between NE militants with foreign countries dated back to 1960s when the Naga militants established contacts in China. In fact, the Isak...

JULI MAIDAN (Barama), February 16: The 33rd session of All Bodo Students Union (ABSU), held at Juli Maidan, Barama has called upon the Bodo people to pursue education in the Bodo language with the aim to develop the language. ABSU further decided not to encourage setting up of English medium schools in Bodo villages in order to help the Bodo medium schools to flourish. ABSU will also encourage establishment of private Bodo medium schools to keep Bodo children in the private Bodo medium schools instead of going to private English medium schools. In this regard the ABSU will form a forum to...

IMPHAL, February 16: The newly, sworn-in Chief Minister, Radhabinod Koijam, in his first message to the people of Manipur, has declared that his government's first priorities would be to tackle the deteriorating law and order situation and the ongoing financial crisis, and to wipe out corruption. The new Chief Minister, in the first place, reiterated his government's commitment to bringing back peace in the state, acknowledging that the decades long problem of insurgency that the state had faced had retarded development, and frequent acts of violence had seriously disturbed public life. In...

IMPHAL, February 16: While a new government has been installed in the state, the battle continued inside the Manipur State Congress Party (MSCP) with a meeting of MSCP legislators held at 3 p.m. today at the residence of Speaker S Dhananjoy Singh unanimously resolving to reunite the party legislators even as the Nipamacha group of the MSCP resolved to expel the eight MLA s led by Hemanta who were at the camp of the People's Front. The meeting of MSCP legislators which was held at the residence of Speaker S Dhananjoy Singh was presided over by the party working president and union minister of...