HAFLONG, Dec 24 ? With the adoption of Roman script to be used in Dimasa language as per recommendation of expert committee constituted by Dimasa Latridim Mel (DLM) (Dimasa Sahitya Sabha) the two-day long 3rd general conference of the Dimsas Latridim Mel concluded on Sunday here. GC Langthasa, Minister, Hills Area Development etc welcomed the resolution of adoption of Roman script by the DLM. Addressing the open session as chief guest, he assured to give Rs 50,000 to the DLM from his MLA Local Area Development Fund.

Sanjib Deblaskar, representative of Banga Sahitya Sammelan, Silchar spoke...

TAMULPUR (Nalbari), Dec 25? All the 64 kin of ULFA leaders which included some armed cadres of the outfit?s women wing captured by the Royal Bhutan Army and handed over to India yesterday, are being interrogated by the high officials of civil administration at Tamulpur under tight security. They include ULFA leader Bening Rabha?s wife Anima Rabha, Ashanta Baghphukan?s wife Hema Hangshipa and their daughter Kareng Tagtipi, Mrinmoy Hazarika?s wife Mira Sarma Hazarika and their daughter Bandana Hazarika among others.

The 27 children between the age group eight months to eight years include...

NALBARI, Dec 25 ? The on going operation of the Royal Bhutan Army (RBA) against the militant outfits ?with the direct help? of the Indian Army, will make the NE people re-think the issue of sovereignty raised by the militant organisations, said president of the All Assam Students? Union (AASU) Prabin Boro here today. Sri Boro, who was talking to The Assam Tribune, also said that the recent developments in Bhutan had also made it quite relevant for the NE militants to come forward for negotiated solutions to the issues they had raised. For, he said, the militants should honour the sentiments...

DIBRUGARH, Dec 25 ? In a strongly worded message faxed to the Prime Minister today, the All Assam Ahom Sabha has called for an end to the ?systematic annihilation of Assamese youths? in Assam and Bhutan by the security forces. The Sabha said that in Assam in the last thirteen years, thousands of Assamese youths have been killed ?mostly in fake and sometimes in actual encounters.?

The Sabha has come down heavily on the Assam Police too, saying the police have arrested and maimed Assamese youths in their hundreds and framing them in cooked up charges. Terming the Bhutanese army action against...

NEW DELHI, Dec 25 ? Bhutan Tuesday said that its action against Indian insurgent groups on its soil was necessary because their presence was hampering the economic interests of the Himalayan kingdom, reports PTI. ?Since the illegal entry of these militants into our country, our economic and commercial activities have been greatly hampered, resulting in negative growth in Bhutan,? Foreign minister Khandu Wangchuck told NDTV 24xTV in an interview in the Bhutanese capital, Thimphu.

?The security environment at the borders was not conductive for industrial growth,? he said. He also denied any...