SHILLONG, Feb 6 ? Meghalaya Chief Minister D D Lapang on Thursday alleged that the NCP leader P A Sangma's link with militants has now been proved with the banned Achik National Volunteers Council (ANVC) openly backing him in the coming Lok Sabha polls reports PTI.

The issue of Sangma playing the facilitator between the outfit and the Centre had led to acrimony last year with Lapang terming it as 'unauthorised' and welcoming any individual or organisation if their proposals came through the government.

?It (link) has been proved now," Lapang told reporters here and said Sangma would be held...

GUWAHATI, Feb 6 - The list of the regional Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) central executive committee members is yet to be finalised. The constitution of the party has provided for a central executive committee of 106 members. The latest Tezpur conference of the party had authorised party president Brindaban Goswami to constitute the executive committee.

According to party sources here today, the list will be declared in two phases. The first part of the list will be finalised this night, while the second part will be finalised after consulting the party steering committee, being formed in the first...

SHILLONG, Feb 6 ? Eminent musician Bhupen Hazarika's famous Bengali composition Manush manusheri janya (man is for mankind) was selected as the 'best song of the millennium by the BBC Bengali service, reports PTI.

This was announced by the singer himself, a Dadasaheb Phalke awardee, here today saying he got a telephone call to this effect on the first January this year from BBC. Hazarika, who was here to inaugurate a Rotary conference, also enthralled the audience with his rendition of the song first in Nagamese followed by Assamese and lastly in Bengali.

Recalling his experience, the...

New Delhi, Feb. 6: Stung by protests over Delhi?s decision to slash the North Eastern Council?s budget, the department for development of the northeastern region (Doner) has rushed in for damage control. Doner has apprised the Prime Minister?s Office (PMO) about the likely consequences.

Union minister for Doner C.P. Thakur said the PMO has been informed about the budget allocation. ?The matter has been taken up with Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and he has been apprised about the possible fallout. The matter assumes seriousness in view of the sharp reactions from northeastern states,? he...

Kohima, Feb. 6: The discovery of World War II relics within a residential complex in this capital town has excited historians and archaeologists alike. Lanu Longkumer, an electrician at a government poultry farm here, found an exquisite glass and a spoon with Japanese markings beside the skeleton of a Japanese soldier, buried beneath what has been the veranda of a house at veterinary Compound for 26 years.

The skeleton was in good shape, albeit with powdered bones. Longkumer?s family disposed of the bones before the authorities came to know of the discovery.

Examining the spoon and glass, the...