Shillong, Feb. 1: Nightlife in the Meghalaya capital has gone from sedate to sizzling. The first discotheque in Shillong opened its doors to the town?s footloose and fancy-free brigade this weekend, promising to give them an ?international clubbing experience?.

The new nightspot, Platinum, is an extension of Hotel Polo Towers and equipped with the latest DJ equipment and a rocking sound system. It has, Polo Towers? regional manager Deval Tibrewalla declared, everything a party animal could desire.

?To keep the night going, we have a bevy of beverages ? from seductively named cocktails to the...

AGARTALA, Feb 1 ? Bijoy Laxmi Sinha, wife of assassinated Health Minister Bimal Sinha repeatedly broke down while deposing before the court of District Session Judge B K Goswami.

Bimal Sinha, considered to be the most popular minister of the Fourth Left Front government and his younger brother Bidyut Debbarma were shot dead by NLFT militants at Abhanga area in Kamalpur subdivision in Dhalai district on March 31, 1998. The minister had gone to Abhanga for negotiating with the militants on the release of their another Bikram. While Bimal Sinha and Bidyut Sinha were standing on the edge of...

GUWAHATI, Feb 1 ? The awards of the successive Finance Commissions have not addressed the issue of the widening economic gap between Assam and the rest of the country. Besides, the awards have also ?handsomely added to this growing disparity?, rued the State Government in its memorandum to the Twelfth Finance Commission.

The First Finance Commission awarded transfer of 4.01 per cent of the total Central transfer to the State. The Second Finance Commission transferred 5.15 per cent of the total transfer and after that the percentage of transfer started sliding down gradually. The Seventh...

DIBRUGARH, Feb 1 ?Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today laid the foundation stone of the highly ambitious Project HOPE (Hospital of People?s Expectations) at the Assam Medical College here this afternoon. The Centrally funded project has the potential to change the infrastructure scenario at the Assam Medical College. New Delhi has already committed Rs 20 crore to get the project going.

In his brief address on the occasion, the Chief Minister said he would like to see the Assam Medical College see its glorious days once again, and called for time-bound completion of the project?s work. The work...

NEW DELHI, Feb 1 ? Faced with unflattering strictures, Ministry of Water Resources (MoWR) has laid the blame for delay in execution of the multi-purpose Pagladiya Dam Project at Assam Government?s doorstep, even as it was directed to work out a time-schedule and ensure strict monitoring of the project implementation.

The long-pending project initially estimated to cost Rs 542.90 crore was cleared in 2001 hit a major roadblock in the form of problems over land acquisition and relief and rehabilitation of displaced people. The MoWR has held that delay in handing over the land and security...