JORHAT, June 6 — Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today said that a special package for surrendered ULFA militants will soon be sanctioned by the Centre, reports PTI. “There are at present more than 7000 surrendered militants in the State and I am happy to announce that there will be a special rehabilitation package for them very soon,” Gogoi told reporters here. The Chief Minister said that during his recent visit to New Delhi, Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh had assured him that those who come forward to surrender will be rehabilitated.

“The Prime Minister had a very positive attitude to solve...

Imphal, June 05: The underground United national Liberation Front (UNLF) has issued a press statement instructing Executive Engineers to stop with immediate effect practices of writing and issuing cheques at private residence or elsewhere other that at the office premises concerned. The statement issued by the outfit's assistant secretary (publicity) of Central Committee Secretariat also said all works relating to writing and issue of cheques particularly for contract/supply works should be done at the office premises concerned openly under the supervision of the immediate superior officer...

GUWAHATI, June 5: Indigenous communities of the north-eastern region have expressed deep dissatisfaction with the draft National Policy on Tribals formulated by the Union Ministry of Tribal Affairs, the provisions provided therein and the manner in which the indigenous peoples were projected in it. Characterizing the national policy as arbitrary, ill-informed, patronizing and fundamentally flawed, the three-day regional consultation on the draft , which concluded at Akajan in Dhemaji district today, called for a complete redrafting of the document with proper consultations with the people...

DIMAPUR, June 5 – Reacting to the allegation made by NSCN-K that Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio had rushed to New Delhi to seek favour from the Congress and rejoin the party, Nagaland Parliamentary Affairs Minister Doshehe Y. Sema on Friday denied the report terming it false and unfounded. Dismissing the possibility of DAN rejoining the Congress, Doshehe said that DAN leaders had not discussed with any person the topic of joining the Congress.He also denied that Chief Minister Rio had secret talks with the NSCN-IM on May 27 at the Chief Minister’s residence in Kohima.

“These allegations are...

SHILLONG, June 5 – Amidst protests from certain social bodies against uranium mining in Meghalaya, the Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission Anil Kakodkar today allayed apprehensions about ill-effects of radiation. Speaking at a national symposium on environment to mark the World Environment Day here, Kakodkar said radiation is part of nature occurring since the ‘big bang’ resulting in the evolution of matter, element and life, and it existed in nature irrespective of ‘where you are’ in the solar system. Even energy from the sun, which was the source of human life on earth, was also a process...