Agartala, 24: A five-member committee has been formed in Tripura to document the history of the Raj Bhavan. The committee, headed by Prof. Sirajuddin Ahmed of Tripura University, will bring out a book entitled History of Raj Bhawan, Agartala. Several meetings have already been held on the project with tribal welfare commissioner G.S.G. Ayengar and former chief engineer N.K. Dutta, who are also members of the committee.

The official residence of the governor has been home to visiting chief commissioners, lieutenant governors, visiting Prime Ministers, Presidents and vice- presidents, as well...

TURA, June 24 – For the first time in the history of the Roman Catholic church in Garo Hills, a Garo priest will assume the chair of the Bishop of Tura on the retirement of the present Bishop Rt Rev George Mamalassery. Pope John Paul II has nominated Fr Andrew R Marak as the Co-adjutor Bishop of Tura, the announcement of which was made by the Vatican Radio of Rome on Thursday, June 17, 2004.

As Co-adjutor Bishop of Tura, the Bishop-elect will assist Bishop George Mamalassery in his pastoral duties and will also be the Vicar General of the Diocese. He will succeed Bishop George Mamalassery as...

TURA, June 24 – The banned A’chik National Volunteers Council (ANVC), which is suspected to be behind the kidnapping of Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) of Balpakram National Park, D Sathiyan, from Baghmara town on June 18, has denied any hand in the abduction. Informing this, the publicity secretary of the ANVC, Arist Sengsrang Sangma, said that the outfit had no connection with the incident and came to know of the abduction from newspaper reports. “We have no idea about the incident but we cannot rule out the involvement of other groups,” said Arist Sengsrang. He also criticised the Meghalaya...

SHILLONG, June 24 –Meghalaya government Tuesday said that it intended to pursue for setting up of an ‘independent’ High Court for the State, reports PTI. Law Minister BG Momin told this to Opposition NCP MLA Ardhendu Chaudhuri in the State Assembly during Question Hour.

However, there was no proposal to set up a single or full bench of the High Court at Tura in Garo Hills, Momin said replying to a supplementary. He said the place of the independent High Court would normally be the state headquarters. Meghalaya, along with some of the other neighbouring North Eastern states, is currently...

GUWAHATI, June 24 – The State Government has teamed up with the Meghalaya Government to solve the problems of erosion and flash flood caused by the Basistha-Bahini river in the city. As a result, an inter-State committee with the officials of the Forest, Soil Conservation and Public Works Departments of the two States has been formed and the State Soil Conservation Department has been working on two projects involving the river in the city areas.

Disclosing these, J Malakar, Divisional Officer of the South Bank Soil Conservation Division, Guwahati told media men today that 80 per cent of the...