IMPHAL, Dec 22?To avoid any toppling game plan hatched by the Opposition Democratic People?s Alliance(DPA), Chief Minister O Ibobi has acted swiftly and literally put ten Ministers, who are suspected to have sent feelers to the Opposition camp, under ?lock? at an undisclosed hotel in Kolkata cutting off all contacts with the outside world. Amidst this new development, the DPA under the BJP is leaving no stones unturned to topple the Congress led SPF Government before the anti-defection Bill passed by Parliament becomes a law.

Sensing the new political developments in Manipur, the states...

NEW DELHI, Dec 23: Flooded with demands for recognition of languages under the Eight Schedule of the Constitution, the Government of India has decided to bring out a comprehensive list of languages in consultation with linguistic experts, Deputy Prime Minister LK Advani disclosed here today. He was replying to a discussion in the Rajya Sabha on the Constitution (One-hundredth Amendment) Bill that proposes to give recognition to Bodo, Santhali, Bhojpuri, Maithili and Dogri languages under the Eight Schedule of the Constitution. The Bill was passed by the Lok Sabha yesterday. The decision to...

NEW DELHI, Dec 23: Close on the heels of military action launched by Bhutan, Myanmar today declared that it will flush out Indian insurgent camps, if any, in that country and assured New Delhi that it will not allow militants from Bhutan to enter its soil, reports PTI. ?We will flush out Indian insurgent camps, if any in our country,? Foreign Minister of Myanmar U Win Aung told reporters here.

He was asked about reports that militants from United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), National Democratic Front of Bodoland and Kamtapur Liberation organisation were sneaking into Myanmar from Bhutan...

GUWAHATI, Dec 22? The Gauhati High Court today issued a notice on the petition filed by the Manab Adhikar Sangram Samitee (MASS) and directed the petition to come up for further orders on January 2. The petition has been filed for an order from the High Court regarding the handing over of the dead bodies of combatant and non-combatant members of the underground ULFA whose camps have been under attack in Bhutan. The Division Bench of Justice D Biswas and Justice IA Ansari further directed the Army authorities to hand over the body of Bhimkanta Buragohain, the octogenerean founder-member of the...

Agartala, Dec. 22: In a new twist to the insurgency equations in Tripura, two outfits have taken on the most powerful faction. This is likely to trigger fresh factional clashes in interior areas. The Nayanbasi faction of the National Liberation Front of Tripura and the All Tripura Tiger Force have decided to gang up against the official group of the NLFT led by Biswamohan Debbarma.

Already the two outfits have launched joint operations against the NLFT group led by Biswamohan Debbarma in remote areas of trouble-torn Takarjala police station.

Official agencies keeping tabs on militant...