SHILLONG, February 14: A colourful monograph titled Dances and Festivals of Meghalaya published by the State Directorate of Information and Public Relations was released here on Monday by Finance Minister AH Scott Lyngdoh. Speaking on the occasion, he said, "The Cabinet is shortly considering a tourism policy for the State which will list incentives for the sector." The government is keen to speedily develop the tourist infrastructure in the State so as to tap the tremendous potential in the sector, he added. Scott Lyngdoh, who also holds the charge of I and PR, announced that the department...

GUWAHATI, February 14: In an alarming development, a group of Bangladeshi intellectuals have launched a cyber war to divide India and mooted a proposal to form a confederation comprising Bangladesh and the Northeastern States of India. The intellectuals are using the website www.deja.com to propagate their idea of inclusion of the Northeastern States of India with Bangladesh and according to security sources, such propaganda may result in serious consequences for the security of the country. In an article published in the website, A H Jaffor Ullah, a Bangladeshi national, who now lives in...

SHILLONG, February 14: The Parliamentary Affairs Committee of the Meghalaya Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) recommended to the State party chief and former Chief Minister SC Marak to take "appropriate" action against dissident MLA Kapin Ch. Boro for attempting to split the Congress. The PAC in an emergency meeting at the residence of PR Kyndiah, noted with concern the claims made by Boro that he along with four other Congress MLAs would split the party for launching a new political party to be named 'Meghalaya Congress'. Party spokesman RG Lyngdoh said, "It was up to the party chief SC Marak...

AGARTALA, February 14: The much-awaited barbed-wire fencing along the 855-km stretch of Indo-Bangladesh border in Tripura will start next month. Barbed-wire fencing was felt as an immediate need to check the trans-border movement of the militants from their base camps in Bangladesh through the highly porous border that pierces the inaccessible hilly terrains, deep forests and plains. The militants used to intrude into Tripura territory often and after committing massacres and violence of all kinds, they just cross over to Bangladesh, leaving the police and security forces in the lurch. Almost...

IMPHAL, February 13: In fast-paced changes of political loyalty and strategy in Manipur, Chief Minister W Nipamacha Singh today resigned paving the way for a new coalition led by Samata party leader Radhabinode Koijam, who broke ranks with the Opposition and joined Singh's party, MSCP staking claim to form a new government. Koijam, whose party has 12 MLAs as against 22 of MSCP and five of Federal Party of Manipur (FPM), called on Governor Ved Prakash Marwah and submitted a list of 39 legislators supporting him in the 60-member Assembly with an effective strength of 59. The Samata Party, the...